Program

North and South

Person pictured from the side looking at a tuning fork — Alexandra Spence, photo: Lydia Trappenberg

A person with a white beard and light skin sits on a sandstone formation with their hands clasped. They are viewed from the side. — Akio Suzuki, photo: Hiromi Miyakita

A person with long red hair and light skin and a sullen expression taking a selfie in the mirror with a digital single lens reflex camera. — amby downs

A person with light, long hair is viewed from behind. Their arms are stretched across several mixing desks. Above them are six large tape reels. — Annea Lockwood

A person with short, thick dark hair and light skin gazes forlornly at you. — David Shea

A person with short grey hair and light skin and glasses bends over several glasses of water on the floor. They are dangling a tube with a microphone into one of the glasses. — David Toop at the White Cube Bermondsey, 2015

A person with short grey hair, light skin and glasses walks between two rows of dozens of strings at the height of their hip. They are plucking and pinching the strings and look like they're concentrating. — Ellen Fullman, photo: Keelan O‘Hehir

A person with short black hair and light skin gazes at you with a serious expression. — Hiromi Miyakita

A person with red hair and sideburns, light skin wearing a cap and sunglasses. They have a resolute expression. — JG Thirlwell, photo: Marylene Mey

A person with a long red and grey beard and light skin with glasses sits on a sofa with a large brown dog in their lap. Both the person and the dog have serious expressions. — JWPATON

A person with long, blonde hair and light skin gazes at you with a serious expression. — Lisa Lerkenfeldt, photo: George Downing

Two people in a double-exposure photo. On the left is a person with long blonde hair and light skin putting dried leaves into the bell of their alto saxophone. On the right is a person with short grey hair and light skin bent over a microphone. — Primitive Motion, photo: Keelan O‘Hehir

A person with short white hair and light skin sits playing an electric guitar. Their head is bent forward in a look of concentration. — Loren Mazzacane Connors, photo: Billy Martin

A person with grey hair and a thick grey beard holds two microphones in each hand. The microphones are pointed at mountains covered in snow on a sunny day. — Philip Samartzis

Two people seated, almost hidden, between two hedges in a park. Both have short black hair, light brown skin and glasses. The person on the right has their left arm around the person on the left. — Saint Abdullah, photo: Richard Ross

A person with short black hair and light skin playing a cello. In the background is a person with short grey hair and light skin plucking at several strings at hip-height. — Theresa Wong and Ellen Fullman, photo: Keelan O‘Hehir

A person with short grey, brown hair and light skin flings a microphone on a rope into a river on a sunny day. — Vanessa Tomlinson, photo: Tangible Media

North and South presents world premieres and new music commissions from world class artists as they all converge on Sydney for a two-night series of incredibly special musical moments.

Created in collaboration with composer, artist, curator and Lawrence English (Room40), this music performance series will activate the Art Gallery’s campus on Wednesday evenings during the Volume festival. Exploratory sonic approaches orbiting outward from drifting ambience, neo-classical forms and reductive electronics will be presented over a series of events, with a focus on intergenerational performance, emerging Indigenous musicians and international senior career musicians.

Wednesday 27 September 2023, 7–10pm
Wednesday 4 October 2023, 7–10pm

Alexandra Spence
Akio Suzuki
amby downs
Annea Lockwood
David Shea
David Toop
Ellen Fullman
Hiromi Miyakita
JG Thirlwell
JWPATON
Lisa Lerkenfeldt
Primitive Motion
Loren Mazzacane Connors
Philip Samartzis
Saint Abdullah
Theresa Wong
Vanessa Tomlinson