Now or Never runs for 12 nights from August 19 to 30, and Broadsheet is giving away five double passes to it. A pass admits two people to the programs at the Royal Exhibition Building or Melbourne Town Hall.
More than 150 events make up this year’s festival, from installations to talks. The theme is “A Whole New World.”
At the Exhibition Building, William Basinski plays Somnia, an overnight ambient set beneath the dome. Orchestra Victoria performs Philip Glass’s In the Upper Room, Maki Namekawa plays his Piano Etudes, and Breath Haus offers live music, meditation and a sound bath.
Over at the Town Hall, Chunky Move premieres the dance work Time Remaining. Revivification, an exhibition about experimental composer Alvin Lucier, uses sound, sculpture and biological material. Two works with Arts Korea Lab mix kinetic sculpture and digital installation, and Robin Fox’s laser-and-sound piece PRESENCE is free to enter.
The final weekend is all music. Club Chuleo takes Friday, August 28, with A.Chal, Slim Soledad, LIZZ, Dinamarca and Zalina. Finding Figaro runs an all-night electronic bill on Saturday, August 29, with Octave One, Sleep D x Hybrid Man, JNETT and Baby G. Robin Fox, MY DISCO, and Jeho Yun + Kyoungjin So play the Closing Night party on Sunday, August 30.
