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19/09/2024
The Substation is seeking new members to join our Community Reference Group. The Substation’s Community Reference Group (CRG) convenes local knowledge and community stakeholders to provide The Substation with advice that reflects, amplifies, and advocates for the perspectives of the Hobsons Bay community.
See PDF here:https://cdn.sanity.io/files/bh62ok4v/production/45c58542ab98fa784865615ecd0140d8dee5938b.pdf
Credits
Photography: Theresa Harrison
Artworks: Megaphone Project by Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey
06/09/2024
It's time to start planning your End of Year Celebration!
This year, The Substation invites you to host your event at our unique home, with exclusive packages starting from just $50 per head.
We have two spaces available:
Main Space - suitable for 100+
Dance Studio - suitable for 70+
Private and corporate events are welcome!
To find out more, submit an enquiry below:
https://airtable.com/app0bgKZpOtVyr2Ny/shrtJNpiVbEYwbp6N?fbclid=IwY2xjawFHSXZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHb91jMWNT7BHLse3Ru8aizGOwHWrwaO75OIRGIL_4rS0Q1ZDN0LfhH9mUg_aem_6-17I5tgJhCWoBbGY-bk5g
Read more about our venue hire here:
https://thesubstation.org.au/about
01/09/2024
23/08/2024
DONT MISS OUT/
LIVEWORKS FESTIVAL/
23.10.2024 - 27.10.2024
Showing some astonishing works previously developed and presented by The Substation.
Brolga - Joel Bray
Fell - Luke George
The crying room - Marcus Mkenzie
It’s Already Happened, we’re just in the past - Emily Parsons-Lord & Shan Turner Carrol
PHOTO CREDITS/
Tiffany Garvie
Gregory Lorenzutti
Damian Raggatt
19/08/2024
Interior by Rawcus/
August 20 – 24
24% OFF FOR 24 HOURS - USE CODE 24INTERIOR
Don't miss the premiere of Interior by award-winning theatre company Rawcus Ensemble.
Auslan interpreted performance Friday 23 August at 7:30pm.
Audio described performance Saturday 24 August at 2:00pm.
Book your tickets here:
https://thesubstation.org.au/program/interior
rawcus
Photo: Pia Johnson
17/08/2024
Are you The Substation’s next Board Director?
The Substation is seeking up to three (3) new members to join our voluntary Board of Directors. As volunteer members of the organisation, Board Directors will have relevant industry skills and expertise. We are seeking talented individuals with an interest in not-for-profit organisations, arts and culture. The Substation encourages and will prioritise First Nations applicants.
See PDF for more info.
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/bh62ok4v/production/7b2a8b657a24958acbf4947984f93d1f492bb814.pdf
12/08/2024
Japan Photo Book By Rebeca Scibilia will be taking over The Substation Billboards opening next week Wednesday 21 August.
Scibilia employs a variety of media in her practise, focusing primarily on felt-tip and paint pens. Finding inspiration in personal experiences and popular culture, she conveys personal or collective memories through abstract forms, often weaving visual references, motifs and text into the imagery. In Japan Photo Book, each piece captures a moment in time, inspired by photographs taken throughout the trip. Characterised by assured patternmaking, the works are at once reflective and electric.
Japan Photo Book is presented by The Substation and Arts Project Australia.
The Substation billboards are located outdoors and accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Image: Courtesy of the artist and Arts Project Australia
Rebecca Scibilia, Japan at Night, 2019, marker and paint pen on paper, 33.5x34.5cm
09/08/2024
We are excited to announce our 2024 Melbourne Fringe season! Join us at The Substation for:
Transmission - Into The Dark, by One step at a time like this : 30 September - 05 October
A radio-based live performance inviting you on a journey through suburban streets and into the dark.
Dream Swamp, by Melanie Lane: 02 October - 05 October
A dance performance by Melanie Lane that transports children to a universe of magic and adventure.
FEAST, by Pony Cam: 09 October - 19 October
Fine dining with a twist. FEAST is an intimate dinner party served and performed by Pony Cam.
Check out the link in our bio to book your tickets!
21/07/2024
Don't miss your chance to see Kim Gordon in conversation at The Substation this coming Tuesday. Tickets have almost sold out, so get in quick!
Photo: Kim Gordon LA River by Vice Cooler
Room40
19/07/2024
For your Friday reading pleasure, an interview with Jim O'Rourke.
Great to have Jim perform at The Substation last week along with Eiko Ishibashi and Chihei Hatakeyama.
Coming up this Saturday is the next installment in our Room40 shows - Keiji Haino, Carl Stone and Nyokabi Kariuki perform from 7:30pm. Don't miss it!
Jim O’Rourke on the anticipation of his upcoming Australian shows at The Substation (Melbourne) and The Art Gallery of NSW for Volume: Extasis (Sydney).
18/07/2024
We're excited to announce that Anaiwan gedyura artist Gabi Briggs is the first recipient of the 'Listening to Country — First Nations Experimental Sound Commission.' This program, the first of its kind nationally, supports First Nations artists to develop a new sound work, co-commissioned by Liquid Architecture and The Substation.
Gabi Briggs, a research-based artist, weaver, and community organiser, will use this opportunity to sonically explore her 100km walk on Country. Her work will highlight the interconnectedness and resilience within the Anaiwan Skin System, contrasting it with colonial narratives to prompt reflection on settler colonialism.
Stay tuned for the premiere at The Substation in 2025!
📷 by Destiny Powell
This work forms part of Gabi Briggs' ongoing project at West Space as part of her 2024 West Space Commission.
This initiative is generously funded by the City of Melbourne.
Liquid Architecture City of Melbourne
17/07/2024
Don't miss out seeing the second show in our Room40 series this Saturday 20 June, 7:30pm - secure your tickets before they sell out!
thesubstation.org.au
Photo: Keiji Haino, courtesy of Room40
Room40
15/07/2024
Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O'Rourke and Chihei Hatakeyama left the audience mesmerised last Thursday night at The Substation.
Did you miss out on tickets or do you want an encore? We have another fantastic show coming up this Saturday featuring Keiji Haino, Carl Stone and Nyokabi Kariuki. Tickets are selling fast - book now on our website.
Photos: Damien Raggatt
Room40 Eiko Ishibashi Chihei Hatakeyama
10/07/2024
Tickets have sold out to see Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O'Rourke and Chihei Hatakeyama tomorrow night at The Substation. But don't despair, tickets are still available (selling fast) to see Keiji Haino, Carl Stone and Nyokabi Kariuki on the 20th July. Book now and don't miss out.
Room40 Eiko Ishibashi Chihei Hatakeyama
09/07/2024
Announcing an anarchic gathering from the award winning Rawcus Ensemble.
Interior takes you into our struggles to connect with the people around us; our ecstatic, desperate attempts. A collision of text, movement and design, Interior is a visual and aural unravelling, a unique spectacular about the parts of us that we can’t see.
On at The Substation for one week only in August, get your tickets now at thesubstation.org.au.
Photo: Pia Johnson
rawcus
04/07/2024
Keiji Haino, Carl Stone and Nyokabi Kariuki perform at The Substation on 20 July.
Come and see these acclaimed international musicians push the boundaries of sound and song, as they explore the possibilities of electronic music.
Tickets are available on our website.
Room40
04/07/2024
Object of Projection by Kim Gordon is now showing at The Substation.
A compelling survey of her works, including photographic and mixed media pieces, the exhibition also includes video installations such as the recently completed Picture Window and Los Angeles June 6, 2019, where Gordon utilises a guitar as a navigation device through public space in a thought-provoking commentary on performance, surveillance and urban life.
The gallery is open 11am - 5pm, Wed - Sat.
Photos by Machiko Abe.
Room40
01/07/2024
Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke and Chihei Hatakeyama perform at The Substation on July 11.
Japan’s music communities are as diverse as they are rich. Electronic music, and its connection to film composition and the avant-garde, has played a central role in 20th and 21st century music from Japan and this evening celebrates those connections.
Room40 Eiko Ishibashi Chihei Hatakeyama
30/06/2024
Do you have your tickets yet?
Kim Gordon is coming to The Substation on 23 July to discuss her exhibition (now showing) with curator Lawrence English.
Kim Gordon’s exhibition, Object Of Projection, explores themes of architecture and the stage, the body gesture and dismantling the hierarchical sanctity of the object.
The exhibition is free entry, tickets to the 'in conversation' event are available on our website.
Room40
28/06/2024
Have you booked your tickets yet? This one will be popular!
Kim Gordon will be live in conversation with exhibition curator Lawrence English on the 23rd July, discussing her approach to art making and the exhibition Object of Projection, now showing at The Substation.
Photo: Kim Gordon LA River by Vice Cooler
Room40
28/06/2024
Kim Gordon is coming to The Substation in July. See her live in conversation with curator Lawrence English as she talks about her approach to art making. You can also view Gordon's exhibition Object of Projection where she explores themes of architecture and the stage, the body gesture and dismantling the hierarchical sanctity of the object.
Tickets to the in conversation event are available through our website, the exhibition is free.
Photo: Kim Gordon LA River by Vice Cooler
Room40
27/06/2024
Our gorgeous poster has been spotted all over Melbourne! If you've seen it you will know that we have two exciting new music programs coming to The Substation in July. Tickets are selling out to see Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O'Rourke, and Chihei Hatakeyama (11 July) and Keiji Haino, Carl Stone, and Nyokabi Kariuki (20 July).
Tickets available on our website thesubstation.org.au.
Room40 Eiko Ishibashi Chihei Hatakeyama
26/06/2024
We are delighted to be part of Open House Melbourne on the 27th July with a program of free events.
Step behind the curtain at The Substation and learn about the history of the building and its community from Yalukit Willam man Jaeden Williams. Hear the first-hand story of its repair and restoration from one of the original campaigners Nigel Edwards and find out what's next for The Substation with CEO Nuala Furtado.
Open House Melbourne
26/06/2024
To see more at The Substation make a donation before the EOFY. Thank you for supporting art in every form.
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25/06/2024
This July The Substation and Room40 bring you music and sound performance from some of the most acclaimed artists of our time.
Keiji Haino (JP), Carl Stone (US) and Nyokabi Kariuki (KE) will each perform at The Substation on July 20, pushing the boundaries of sound and song and exploring the possibilities of voice, electronics and contemporary composition.
Early bird tickets close tomorrow, book now and don't miss out.
Images courtesy of Room40.
Room40
24/06/2024
Our Resident Artists know first-hand what support The Substation offers, and its impact. Help us to continue to support artists and their practice for a sustainable creative future.
There is still time to donate before the end of financial year. You can do so on the Support page of our website - thesubstation.org.au/support.
Thank you for your ongoing generosity and for being part of our community.
Video courtesy of Shoelace Creative.
24/06/2024
Nasty Women by Katie Sfetkidis is now showing on our Billboard gallery at The Substation. A new series of drawings celebrating women in activism across time, place and movements.
The Substation Billboard Gallery is located outdoors on the east wall of the building, parallel to the train line. Access and exhibition information is available on our website.
Photos: Machiko Abe.
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Keiji Haino, Carl Stone and Nyokabi Kariuki at The Substation
Keiji Haino, Carl Stone and Nyokabi Kariuki perform at The Substation on 20 July. Come and see these acclaimed international musicians push the boundaries of sound and song, as they explore the possibilities of electronic music. Tickets are available on our website. Room40
Eiko Ishibashi Jim O'Rourke Chihei Hatakeyama
Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke and Chihei Hatakeyama perform at The Substation on July 11. Japan’s music communities are as diverse as they are rich. Electronic music, and its connection to film composition and the avant-garde, has played a central role in 20th and 21st century music from Japan and this evening celebrates those connections. Room40 Eiko Ishibashi Chihei Hatakeyama
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To see more at The Substation make a donation before the EOFY. Thank you for supporting art in every form. thesubstation.org.au/support #supportart #supportartists #thesubstation
Peter Waples-Crowe Resident Artist
Our Resident Artists know first-hand what support The Substation offers, and its impact. Help us to continue to support artists and their practice for a sustainable creative future. There is still time to donate before the end of financial year. You can do so on the Support page of our website - thesubstation.org.au/support. Thank you for your ongoing generosity and for being part of our community. Video courtesy of Shoelace Creative. #eofy2024 #supportart #supportartists #thesubstation
Tra Mi Dihn Resident Artist at The Substation
As the end of the financial year approaches, there’s still an opportunity to support The Substation. Your tax-deductible donation can make a big difference in our efforts to support artists and enrich our cultural landscape. We value every bit of support, no matter the size. Donate via the Support page on our website - thesubstation.org.au/support. Thank you for your ongoing generosity and for being part of our community. Video courtesy of Shoelace Creative. #eofy2024 #supportart #supportartists #thesubstation
Support artists, support The Substation
There’s still time to support The Substation before the end of the financial year. Make a tax-deductible donation today and help us support artists and shape our cultural landscape. Every contribution, big or small, is deeply appreciated and vital to our mission. Donate now at thesubstation.org.au/support. Thank you for being part of our community and for your generous support. 🎨✨ Video by Shoelace Creative. #eofy2024 #supportart #supportartists #thesubstation
Support art in every form
There is still time to support The Substation before the end of financial year. Make a tax-deductible donation today and join us in our mission to support artists and shape our collective cultural landscape. We deeply appreciate any support you can lend – however big or small – to enable us to continue supporting art in every form. Donate via the Support page on our website - thesubstation.org.au/support. Thank you for being part of our community and for your generous support. Video courtesy of Shoelace Creative. #eofy2024 #supportart #supportartists #thesubstation
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Getting Mythical With Melanie Lane's Arkadia Melanie Lane and composer Chris Clark (aka DJ/producer CLARK on Warp Records) joined Oliver Coleman in the studio to talk through their creative and collaborative processes. Listen to the recording here or via the link in bio. @3rrrfm @fw_ok @melahhnee @melahhnee @chelsea.byrne_ @rising.melbourne @kim_laughton @throttleclark @bennybosco @cecilyrabey
Tickets still available for Arkadia - thesubstation.org.au
Sneak preview of Object of Projection, an exhibition of works by Kim Gordon. Opens tonight featuring performances from Alexander Powers and Mystic Eyes (Lisa MacKinney). Alexander Powers is an Australian-based artist whose inter-disciplinary work spans across choreography and queer performance art, as well as DJing and electronic music production under the moniker Female Wizard. Lisa MacKinney is a musician and historian who has played guitar and organ in various musical ensembles for over thirty years. Very, very close pays tribute to two central influences on Kim Gordon’s musical practice: the massed guitar drone orchestras of Rhys Chatham, with whom Gordon and other members of Sonic Youth performed, and the spoken/singing style of 1960s New York pop group The Shangri-Las. Performance details: FROM NEW YORK TO MELBOURNE: ON MY LIPS THERE’S A NAME Alexander Powers Very, Very Close Mystic Eyes (Lisa MacKinney) Please note that there is a coarse language warning for these performances. Exhibition details via the link in bio. @female_wizard @lisa_mystic_eyes Room40
Big shout-out to the amazing team at Image Science, who printed these future-redefining works by queer Polynesian collective FAFSWAG. These prints are featured in their exhibition 'Alteration', showing in The Substation Galleries until Thursday 28 March. For the first time, select works by FAFSWAG are available for public purchase. Be one of the lucky few to possess a limited-edition print. View available prints and register your interest in purchasing via this link: https://airtable.com/appWK5XCgv9yyDtvB/shrSiuZvR5d7PuAAb
The Crying Room: Exhumed | The Substation
Expect a slippery descent into the unknown on this joyride through the seven thousand stages of grief. From 20–24 February at The Substation, award-winning artist Marcus Ian McKenzie performs a playful and alchemic follow up to his 2020 work The Crying Room, which was presented online in the wake of his brother’s death. The Crying Room: Exhumed is not a remake, not a sequel, not an adaptation; it’s an archaeological dig. An absurd display of psychospiritual wizardry sure to keep audiences on their toes. Tickets from $25: https://thesubstation.org.au/program/the-crying-room-exhumed View the content warnings via our website. Commissioned by The Substation and presented by The Substation and Club Greg International.
Tickets on sale now for Marcus Ian McKenzie's The Crying Room: Exhumed! https://thesubstation.org.au/program/the-crying-room-exhumed A performance about the immanent relationship between ecstasy and grief. In exhuming his 2020 work The Crying Room, McKenzie explores what it means to keep mining the past in the name of art. Join us for a special Artist Talk after the performance on Friday 23 February. Hear how this show transformed from a Zoom-presented lockdown experience to a physicalised contemporary performance. 📆 Tue 20 – Sat 24 Feb, 7:30pm 🎫$25-$40 📍The Substation This show has been commissioned by The Substation and is presented by The Substation and Club Greg International. 🎥 / Video courtesy of the artist
Cathedrals of ultraviolet music. Electronic composer Tim Hecker brings his tectonic plates of sound to The Substation on Saturday 16 March 2024, alongside time-stretched padded ambience from JWPATON. Limited early release tickets on sale now: https://thesubstation.org.au/program/room40-tim-hecker-jwpaton This show is curated by Room40 . Presented by The Substation and Room40. Video courtesy of roustghoti.
Don’t miss Harrison Ritchie-Jones’ premiere of ‘TANTRUM For 6’ next week at The Substation for PIECES. ‘TANTRUM For 6’� By Harrison Ritchie-Jones The omnipresence of the baby is frightening and special. ‘TANTRUM for 6’ is an abstract interpretation of our earliest feelings. Tickets are selling fast. Buy yours now and join us for this bold and raw work. https://thesubstation.org.au/program/pieces-2023 Harrison is an independent dancer & choreographer based in Naarm/Melbourne. His choreographic practice celebrates dance and is fuelled by a curiosity in techniques from a range of physical practices. Upskilling and blending forms, he uses dance to carve out spaces for absurdity, humour and physical virtuosity to work together in surreal and expressive explorations of storytelling. 📆Wed 6 – Sat 9 Dec, 7.30pm / Sat 9 Dec, 3.00pm 🎫$15–$30 📍The Substation PIECES is Lucy Guerin Inc’s annual dance commissioning program. Presented by The Substation and Lucy Guerin Inc.
PIECES artist Amrita Hepi premieres ‘The Read’ next week at The Substation. ‘The Read’� by Amrita Hepi Everybody dances, everybody has sex. Though the line for a professional in these industries is different. ‘The Read’ explores the body in professional service, in a collaboration between a choreographer/dancer and a sex worker. So often when lost in the act or observations of moments of irreverence or desire, we forget the transmissions or transgressions that have led us there. The labour that leads us to the sex, dance, pleasure, race and the brief encounter with the thrill of a body. Get your tickets now: https://thesubstation.org.au/program/pieces-2023 Amrita is an artist and choreographer based between Naarm/Melbourne and Bangkok. Born in Townsville, Amrita’s family hails from Budjulung, Ngapuhi, Polish and Irish ancestry. Her interest as an artist is in the idea of archive, particularly in relation to the body and how it is organised by people/events – beyond archives being documentation, or a bureaucratic entity. Amrita coalesces fact and fiction, memoir and ethnography, the local and the singular into the performance work she makes. Amrita trained at NAISDA & Alvin Ailey NYC, and her work sits between live performance and moving image. A critically acclaimed artist, she has twice been named winner of the People’s Choice Award as part of the Keir Choreographic Award, was part of the Forbes 30 under 30 for artists, and has shown and been commissioned nationally and internationally. 📆Wed 6 – Sat 9 Dec, 7.30pm / Sat 9 Dec, 3.00pm 🎫$15–$30 📍The Substation PIECES is Lucy Guerin Inc’s annual dance commissioning program. Presented by The Substation and Lucy Guerin Inc.
PIECES 2023 at The Substation Witness Amrita Hepi's collaboration with writer, sex worker and activist Tilly Lawless in 'The Read', an exploration of the body in professional service; Luke George's 'Fell', a retracing of the artist's roots in Tasmania/lutruwita, recalling in particular the impacts of the logging industry; and Harrison Ritchie-Jones' 'TANTRUM For 6', an abstract interpretation of our earliest feelings, where the omnipresence of the baby is frightening and special. Tickets moving fast, buy yours now: https://thesubstation.org.au/program/pieces-2023 📆 Wed 6 – Sat 9 Dec, 7.30pm / Sat 9 Dec, 3.00pm 🎫 $15–$30 📍The Substation
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