As part of PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2026 Independent Programmes, Wackie Ju presents S8S: Fashion Performance + Afterparty—a closing-night ritual staged entirely within the immersive world of the WACKIE JU S8S exhibition.
The night opens with a sensory fashion performance drifting through the Eden Lost and Martyr’s Concrete Jungle installations. Sound, scent, and movement intertwine as custom scent works by Jesse Wakenshaw and evolving sound by 芝麻 (Zhī Ma) activate the space, blurring the boundary between exhibition and performance.
As darkness settles, the exhibition transforms. Guests are invited to move, dance, and lose themselves within the garden and urban-apocalypse installations as the night unfolds from experimental live ambient vocals and performance art into a charged afterparty atmosphere—sweaty, punk-infected, intimate, and electric. The energy builds toward late-night house selections and club-driven rhythms, carrying the space into a collective release.
-Nū (Live)
-Nelly Clit x Andrea Illés (Live Performance)
-Kidskin (Live)
-C.FRIM (DJ set)
An open runway moment invites guests to step forward and embody the world of S8S. Best dressed on the night will receive a special Wackie Ju prize created exclusively for the exhibition.
A celebration of fashion, sound, and embodiment—where the exhibition becomes the dancefloor.
Altar Space exists on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we hold this event on, and pay respect to its elders, past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander mob and Trans WOC, please email in before the night to ensure your free entry: [email protected]
Accessibility Info:
Altar Space is fully wheelchair accessible.
Smoke machines will be used.
No strobing will be used.
Please bring earplugs, they will be available at the bar.
For the full accessibility document and details, please email [email protected]
