Live Dreams

Discover the future of experimental art – from across the Asia Pacific – over three curated evenings of performance: DISTANCE, JESTER, and THRESHOLD. Now in its fourth season, LIVE DREAMS brings together artists and audiences in dynamic and responsive ways.

This innovative platform allows artists from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific to present ideas- and works-in-progress, so you can see the creative process in action. Get a glimpse into current developments in experimental art and engage in a conversation about their next steps.

9 June 2022 | LIVE DREAMS: DISTANCE

Join curator Talia Smith to explore how distance keeps us apart but can also bring us together. Examine the distance between one point and another, between each other, between homes, between sadness and happiness…
Featuring:
Morgan Hogg, NSW
Ida Sophia, SA
Natalie Quan Yau Tso, NSW
Natsuko Yonezawa, ACT
Lorcan Power, NSW
MP Hopkins, NSW
Monica Rani Rudhar, NSW

10 June 2022 | LIVE DREAMS: JESTER

Curator Joel Bray takes us through works and ideas honouring the ancient tradition of the court jester, speaking truth to power by acting the fool.
Featuring: 
Thomas Woodman, VIC
Sophie Dumaresq, ACT
Joshua Freedman, NSW
Mark Shorter, VIC
Rebecca Riggs-Bennett, WA
Emily Norton & Maddie Johnston, VIC
Rachmania Shaliha Pulungan, Indonesia

11 June 2022 | LIVE DREAMS: THRESHOLD

Join curator Victoria Spence to explore works that consider arrival, passing through and beginning anew. Works that meet the 'what if' and 'if only' questions that may bring us to the end of what we know.
Featuring: 
Aunty Rhonda Dixon, NSW
Tom Isaacs, NSW
Sēini F. Taumoepeau, NSW
X4NDR4, Vic
Charlotte Farrell, NSW
Joanna Cook, NZ
Amber Liberté, NZ
ṈìkṈáK aka Nick Wishart, NSW

Presented in association with Performance Space and Carriageworks.