Program

Join our motley crew as they venture out into the ether where flight attendant Angel must face off with the greatest man of all time in a battle for the ultimate prize.

Experience a stunning choral concert bringing together musicians and singers from Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Consume the sights, tastes and sounds of Punjab in this vibrant installation and performance series about migration and resilience.

These lectures provide an insight into the work and process of one of the most celebrated performance artists of our time. They are for all to enjoy, whether you’re an artist, arts curious or looking to get up close and personal with our artists.

Dance, body percussion, and stunning visuals, Bunyi Bunyi Bumi unites Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Indonesian artists in a groundbreaking world premiere.

Dive into a surreal nightclub experience where cabaret collides with chaos!

Chronotopia is a specially-curated exhibition accompanying Sim Chi Yin’s Asia TOPA performance One Day We’ll Understand.

Expect the unexpected in this wry, somehow ridiculous but useful performance that challenges the safety zones of art and life.

An awe-inspiring exhibition and workshop series by legendary Tagata Moana (People of the Pacific) art collective, the Pacific Sisters.

Zoot suits and ActiVAtions take over Smorgon Family Plaza

Gapu Ŋupan is a must-see Asia TOPA performance bringing together tradition with contemporary culture.

Goldfish is a ground-breaking collaboration between celebrated Tasmanian puppetry company Terrapin and Japan’s Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, with performers from Australia and Japan.

In Home Bound, diverse rope materials and practices are woven together to create a massive social tapestry. Members of different communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate to build a giant rope installation.

An innovative mixed reality concert created by legendary composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Tin Drum.

Descend into disorder at the Australian premiere of acclaimed Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo’s new work

Aki Onda's debut Australian survey exhibition, curated by Lawrence English at The Substation.

Asia TOPA opens with a landmark new commission by one of Australia’s most celebrated artists.

Encounter the infinite in this new audiovisual experience, created by Tamil-Australian electronic composer, Vijay Thillaimuthu.

One Day We’ll Understand is a new multimedia performance exploring memory and inheritance through the compelling family history of visual artist Sim Chi Yin.

A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death.

Pulau (Island) is a site-specific response to Yayoi Kusama’s iconic body of work.

Join us for this work-in-progress sharing by the internationally acclaimed Queer Indigenous arts collective FAFSWAG.

This exciting exhibition offers fresh insights on science fiction. The lines connecting science fiction with ancient philosophy and mythologies are brought to light through the work of Asian and First Nations women artists and collectives.

Sensing Dark Matter is a VR experience merging art and physics, inviting viewers to explore a speculative universe where dark matter and its gravitational effects become perceptible.

Shadows in Twin Cities brings together children from Jeonju (Korea) and Melbourne (Australia) in unusual conversations between each other and their city landscapes.

Explore the possibilities for play and conversation across hemispheres as you meet a new friend in Jeonju, Korea via a life-size video screen.

The shadows of children in Korea have flown across hemispheres. Can you find where they’ve landed?

A large-scale video installation takes place simultaneously on the screens of Federation Square and a civic location in Jeonju.

Step into Sonik Ekologies, an intimate listening room curated by Liquid Architecture.

You are invited to an audience with The Female Pope.

Sink your teeth into this cheeky new theatre show posing some of the most provocative and challenging questions of our time.

A live performance exploring the long-underestimated complexity of the human-animal emotional experience of "cuteness".

Enter an exhilarating speculative future on the stage of the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Turn up to UNITED early and join in the pre-show ambience with a curated set list by Gabber Modus Operandi.

These lectures provide an insight into the work and process of one of the most celebrated performance artists of our time. They are for all to enjoy, whether you’re an artist, arts curious or looking to get up close and personal with our artists.

Sunny Kim's Ensemble Ochaye creates extraordinary sound worlds through deep cultural collaborations, storytelling and adventurous music making.

Experience this ambitious world-premiere exhibition at NGV International, celebrating the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama.