1. PUBLIC ART MELBOURNE BIENNIAL LAB SNEAK PEEK // 11AM
Queen Victoria Market 513 Elizabeth St, Melbourne (Access from the alley way 128 — 130 Franklin St)
Join anarchic collective Field Theory and animators Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine in conversation with Chief Curator Natalie King.
LUNCH AT QUEEN VICTORIA MARKETS
2. CALLING PERCY—CULTURAL COLLISIONS // 12.30PM
Ian Potter Museum of Art University of Melbourne 800 Swanston St, Melbourne
Sculpture and Engineering students combine their talents to produce works inspired by Percy Grainger's roving imagination. Meet the artists and witness a demonstration of these new kinetic mechanical instruments.
3. THE VITAL ORGAN — CULTURAL COLLIONS // 2PM
University of Melbourne Old Quadrangle Parkville
Be enchanted and awed by Rodney Berry's living organ composed from weather balloons and pipes set in the atmospheric Old Quad.
4. EXPERIMENTS IN FREEDOM —CULTURAL COLLISIONS // 3PM
Grainger Museum University of Melbourne, 13 Royal Parade, Parkville
Join Rosalind Hall—musician and researcher behind the exhibition — on a guided tour to explore the fascinating story of Grainger’s life long quest to realise his Free Music. See recently digitised images of Grainger’s instruments and workings, hear never before released recordings of Grainger’s original instruments, and play on the instrument remakes on display.
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5. GERARD BYRNE: A LATE EVENING IN THE FUTURE // 3.30PM
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), 111 Sturt Street, Southbank
Join Gerard Byrne in a conversation exploring his exhibition A Late Evening in the Future with Curator Annika Kristensen. Then walk through the exhibition.
6. THE HOME WITHIN CHIHARU SHIOTA // 4PM
Deakin Edge, Federation Square
Step inside Chiharu Shiota’s immersive installation The Home Within at Deakin Edge in Federation Square before it the work embarks on a journey around the city.
7. ABSENT BODIES, CHIHARU SHIOTA // 5PM
Anna Schwartz Gallery 185 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Best known for her largescale installations, see Shiota’s new body of work unfold across the entire space of the gallery.
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IMAGE l Field Theory, '9000 minutes'