In celebration of its 15th birthday, Melbourne Recital Centre is taking part in the Open House Melbourne festival on 27-28 July.
Melbourne Recital is celebrating its 15th birthday with Open House Melbourne festival
Throwing open its doors to the public, visitors will be able to take a deep dive into the Centre’s history with guided venue tours and experience a unique interactive sound installation, How Do We Remain? in the Primrose Potter Salon.
Melbourne Recital Centre’s 15th birthday
- Open House Melbourne festival
- 27-28 July
- Experience a unique interactive sound installation, How Do We Remain?
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Get to know Melbourne Recital Centre with a guided tour where visitors can get up close to the beauty of the timber-lined Elisabeth Murdoch Hall and learn about the design of their world-class performance spaces.
During this hour-long tour, visitors will get the chance to explore backstage, appreciate the Centre’s extensive artwork collection and marvel at the architecture of this fascinating venue.
How Do We Remain?
An interactive installation by Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey in the Primrose Potter Salon, visitors can experience a sound installation for vintage electronics, software and acoustic instruments, using custom ultrasonic kinetic speakers designed for an audience to be within.
With ultrasonic speakers mounted on moving gimbals and live musicians intermittently contributing to the physical and aural space, How Do We Remain? asks, as we live with the cognitive dissonance of how the world is today, can we imagine a discipline of respite and resistance?
Find out more here.
