when: 21 - 24 August 2025 | venue: Royal Exhibition Building | cost: Free | address: 9 Nicholson St Carlton 3053
published: 24 Jun 2025, 5 min read
A collaboration between local and international artists, the installation reimagines the building as a warm, immersive womb, enveloping its wooden bones in a translucent skin that pulses and breathes with rhythmic purpose.
A resonating soundtrack vibrates through the membrane, coaxing it to respond, while a solo vocalist creates ripples across its surface with breath and sound. Contemporary dancers stretch within its boundaries, exploring the limits of this tactile space. And within this unpoppable bubble, you too will find the freedom to perform your playful dreams.
As the membrane breathes, it reveals fleeting visions of possible futures, transforming exhalation into a form of visual divination. Here, centuries-old architecture and the promise of what's to come converge in a dreamlike blend of art, breath, materials and prophecy - a uniquely Melbourne experience with a resonance that ripples far beyond.
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A collaboration between local and international artists, the installation reimagines the building as a warm, immersive womb, enveloping its wooden bones in a translucent skin that pulses and breathes with rhythmic purpose.
A resonating soundtrack vibrates through the membrane, coaxing it to respond, while a solo vocalist creates ripples across its surface with breath and sound. Contemporary dancers stretch within its boundaries, exploring the limits of this tactile space. And within this unpoppable bubble, you too will find the freedom to perform your playful dreams.
As the membrane breathes, it reveals fleeting visions of possible futures, transforming exhalation into a form of visual divination. Here, centuries-old architecture and the promise of what's to come converge in a dreamlike blend of art, breath, materials and prophecy - a uniquely Melbourne experience with a resonance that ripples far beyond.
Go see Matria 2025.
Matria 2025 is on 21 - 24 August 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Carlton. Call 03-9658-9658 for details.
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