SINK reimagines the experience of stadium techno, stripping back to minimal elements of percussion and projection to create an intimate, immersive relationship between audience and performer.

In the endlessly expanding horizon of Australian experimental music, Simona Castricum has carved out a position at the very edge of what’s next. Here she combines her talents with the light and projection sorcery of Carla Zimbler to create a live sonic experience of uncommon depth.

Informed by Castricum’s background in architecture, the pair will construct a percussive and visual exploration of queer spatial production in hostile urban environments. Blurring the distinction between sonic and spatial experience, SINK adopts the grid-like structure of the neo-liberal city before breaking the square through tactics of garble and feedback, creating a new transient space. The result is a conversational performance that destabilises normative binary frameworks of the city, moving beyond rigid opposites to become fluid.

“Simona Castricum’s new album ‘Panic/Desire’ is a dynamic work of urgent synth-pop” — Beat Magazine

“While cerebral, ‘Panic/Desire’ is ultimately emotionally transportive” — TheMusic
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“Their big banging techno meets synth pop sound brought the crowd to its feet”  — Double J – read here.

SHIFT

Audiences will also be able to view Carla Zimbler’s accompanying video installation displayed in the Arts House foyer prior to the show. 

SHIFT explores the nature of phosphenes, the glowing light inside our eyes absorbed and emitted by cells in our retina. This visual phenomena, also known as ‘prisoner’s cinema’ combines phosphenes with the psychological impact of sensory deprivation and darkness. SHIFT conjures a colourful sequence of elliptical shapes playfully merging and interacting as an expression of desire for intimacy, connectedness and emotional freedom.