Program

Tones, Moves, Strings

Person kneeling in tall grass outdoors, arms raised and leaning back to look at the sky. — Joel Bray

Person balanced on one bent knee, with the other leg straight out to the side, leaning forward bent from the waist as if about to overbalance. — Raghav Handa, photo: Ashley de Prazer

Person energetically playing the drums — Chloe Kim, Photo: duncographic

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

Person wearing glasses playing a double bass with a bow — Clayton Thomas, photo: Arlo Pyne

Person sitting in the woods, playing an acoustic guitar. — Helena Massey

Tones, Moves, Strings is a three-part program featuring 47 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm.

Tones

Tones features improvised performances where solo musicians respond to a work from the Art Gallery’s collection. Each of these musicians work tonally with sound, engaging a range of instruments including brass, wind and voice.

10.30–11.15am

Moves

Moves features performances by an incredible host of Australian dance artists that explore the Art Gallery’s architecture through improvisational movement and choreography.

12.30–1.15pm

Strings

Strings sees a solo performer improvise alongside an artwork of their choosing. Each musician works with string instruments including guitar, oud, tar and cello.

2.30–3.15pm