-TOPIA

【 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣… 】 From the still of the chrysalis, a new -TOPIA emerges. Wet-winged and tender, we unfurl into a fleeting world of collective imagination. Rhythm reawakens. Light floods in. A spectacle of art, sound and self takes shape.

【 -𝙏𝙊𝙋𝙄𝘼 】 The -TOPIA experience returns – this time, as a living, beating cycle. Marking the second festival and eighth installment of Tessellate’s multidisciplinary art and music series, -TOPIA transforms Abbotsford Convent into a moving playground of sound and sensation. Across 11 vibrant hours, the multi-zoned festival space takes -topians on a cyclical journey, emulating the circle of life. Birthed into the space, attendees explore intensity, softness, play and reflection. A carefully orchestrated flow through experimental electronic sets, labyrinth maze installations, multi-sensory workshops and ambient listening space. Energetic pulses of music, serene whispers of aromatherapy. Step into the synergetic spiral. Embrace rebirth. Tessellate summons you into their new -TOPIA.

An immersive arts experience by Tessellate Club.

SOUND

Andy Garvey [Eora] b2b DJ Scorpion
Chuleo Club x KIKI HOUSE OF FURIA (live)
Colette
DJ PGZ
DJ Possum & Myles Mac
Eric Spanner
Ewan Sutardy (interstitials)
EXEK (live)
Genevieve Fry (live)
[Steeplejack]
Harriet Ripley (live)
KHYA (live)
No News (live)
OMOLOKO [BR]
Orange Moon (live)
Richard Sen [UK]
SEN (PL) (live)
Simona Castricum (live)
Spike F*ck (live)
Takeo.K (live)
Tilly Vickers Willis (live)
Zanzibar Chanel (live)
Zobs Palace

ART

2 Dual
Aarti Jadu (workshop)
Dance Remedy x Beatrice (workshop)
ELTEX
Emil LP
Endless Prowl
Erika Beiza
Felise Lyon (performance)
felix (Iris Elgar) (performance)
Golden Scissor Puppets (performance)
Heather Lee
hitahhchi (performance)
Lava Brain
Love Lulu Makeup
Maya Grkow
Maya Irving & Soma Practice (workshop)
Nick Marriot
niph
Nissassa Bacci & Peta Treble
Pat Flanagan Design
The Cult (performance)
WINGNUT™
Zev Tropp & Prad Sen (workshop)
ZWRFLWR

-TOPIA takes place on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Tessellate pay their deepest respects to Elders past and present, and recognise that sovereignty of this land was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

Audience notes

This event includes use of smoke and/or haze, strobe lighting, nudity, smoking etc.

Low Vision, Visual stories and Sensory Rooms available — please contact event organisers for more information.