Marie Davidson / OK EG / KDV Performance Group with Hamill Industries & Tayhana

Sun 31 Aug

Three singular forces converge for a night of radical artistic expression in sound, movement and light.

Québécois artist Marie Davidson is the pre-eminent techno-pop icon for our times, shattering the conventions of dance music as we know it. Davidson’s style thunders with intensity, underscored by an acerbic vocal delivery and candid lyricism that interrogates identity, power, and societal norms.

CORTEX by the Kianí del Valle Performance Group draws you into the liminal space between life and death, solitude and connection. Born from the depths of grief, the work contemplates the human brain’s role in seeking existence beyond mortality. It features visceral choreography by Kianí del Valle, visual direction by Barcelona-based visual artists, Hamill Industries, and an original score by Tayhana, a trailblazer in the Argentinian club scene.

Rounding out the bill is OK EG, the uncompromising project of Narrm-based synth fetishists Lauren Squire and Matthew Wilson. With propulsive rhythm workouts and analog-drenched textures, OK EG are total head turners, channelling the pulse of the underground through an unflinching artistic lens.

Tickets

Subscriber Presale: $80
General Release: $90
BLAKTIX: $40

+ booking fee

GENERAL ONSALE MON 23 JUNE, 12PM

OK EG members sit side by side against a black background. The left is wearing a bright orange distressed top and the right is wearing a patagonia jumper.

City of Clowns will go off in an un-air-conditioned warehouse, but the album’s philosophical basis underlines something that’s become stunningly obvious recently: Global tech is in ethical, moral, and political decline. Davidson’s album asks that techno—a genre founded in technofuturist hopes for a more advanced, more just society—reckon with the specific ways that surveillance capitalism has compromised those ideals.
Review of Marie Davidson by Anna Gaca, Pitchfork

- Accessibility chaperones
  Accessibility chaperones will be available to assist guests to navigate and enjoy the event.
- 50% aural rating
  This event has both sound and visual components, but sight isn’t essential to engage properly with the work.
- Language no barrier
  For this event, audiences can understand and engage with the event without a comprehensive understanding of the English language.
- Wheelchair accessible
  Accessible by wheelchair.
- Gender Neutral Toilets
  This event has gender neutral toilets accessible.
- Accessible toilet
  An accessible toilet is available at this event.
- Quiet Room
  A quiet zone is available to reduce sensory stimulation.
- Viewing Platform
  A raised platform that provides an elevated viewing experience for people with disabilities. You can ask a Now or Never staff member wearing a lanyard to direct you to the platform.
CORTEX credits:
Director & Choreographer: Kianí Del Valle
Dancers & Co-Creators: Alvin Collantes, Amanda Donato, Nana, Kianí Del Valle
Visual Artists: Hamill Industries
Original Sound Score : Tayhana
Producer & Project Manager : Masha Mitroshina
Creative Process Dramaturg & Assistant Choreographer: Rubén Nsue
Lighting Designer: Catalina Joy
Concept Dramaturg : Elizabeth Hinojos
Costume Styling: Lenard “Lenni” Schnitzler

CORTEX was originally commissioned by Sónar Barcelona and CTM Berlin

Image Credits:
Marie Davidson: Nadine Fraczkowski
OK EG: Cinzia Ubaldi

Melbourne Town Hall Visuals designed by Brendan Harwood