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<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Founded in 2010 in Melbourne by brothers Josh and Jake Uljans and school mate Karl van Buuren, Moon Dog began with a lil’ brewery in the back streets of Abbotsford, with the trio brewing beer in a brew house welded together from ex-dairy equipment and selling mind-blowing craft beer from the back of a ‘97 Volvo V40 station wagon.\n\nMore than a decade later, we’ve made some upgrades to the equipment, we’ve expanded our brewery into Preston, we’ve opened two brew pubs and our Moon Dog family has grown and grown, but one thing has stayed the same-brewing outrageously delicious beers and seltzers that blow minds is what it’s all about!&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:771,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14281427},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}">Founded in 2010 in Melbourne by brothers Josh and Jake Uljans and school mate Karl van Buuren, Moon Dog began with a lil’ brewery in the back streets of Abbotsford, with the trio brewing beer in a brew house welded together from ex-dairy equipment and selling mind-blowing craft beer from the back of a ‘97 Volvo V40 station wagon.
More than a decade later, we’ve made some upgrades to the equipment, we’ve expanded our brewery into Preston, we’ve opened two brew pubs and our Moon Dog family has grown and grown, but one thing has stayed the same-brewing outrageously delicious beers and seltzers that blow minds is what it’s all about!

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Museums Victoria is a Foundation Partner for Melbourne’s returning festival, Now or Never. The Melbourne Museum Plaza will delight the senses with an out-of-this-world experience. The World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building will again, be filled with a program of exciting and exclusive music acts. While on-site, make sure you also visit the fabulous Victoria the T. rex exhibition, exclusive to Melbourne Museum and many other great exhibitions on during this time.

Museums Victoria

NantStudios is a state of the art, full service production ecosystem, which has built the world’s largest LED volume at Docklands Studios in Melbourne. The company operates traditional, Motion Capture and Virtual Production Stages around the world, which are serviced by an expert team with decades of experience in virtual production, visual effects and engineering. NantStudios&#8217; goal is to democratise the virtual production workflow and make it accessible to any scale project, while innovating with R&amp;D in technologies to streamline the process.
NantStudios is powered entirely by green energy.

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<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Experience the new Rydges Melbourne, a refreshingly local way to see, taste and live the best of Melbourne. Located in the heart of the CBD, with iconic landmarks, theatre district, Chinatown and free-tram zone at our doorstep, Rydges Melbourne offers 370 rooms and apartments inspired by the Australian landscape. Discover a streamlined check-in, in-room connectivity, interactive fitness studio, year-round outdoor heated rooftop pool and home to part Aussie restaurant, part modern bar - Bossley Bar &amp; Restaurant.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13059,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14281427},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">Experience Rydges Melbourne, a refreshingly local way to see, taste and live the best of Melbourne. Located in the heart of the CBD, with iconic landmarks, theatre district, Chinatown and free-tram zone at our doorstep, Rydges Melbourne offers 370 rooms and apartments inspired by the Australian landscape. Discover a streamlined check-in, in-room connectivity, interactive fitness studio, year-round outdoor heated rooftop pool and home to part Aussie restaurant, part modern bar &#8211; Bossley Bar &amp; Restaurant.

Rydges Melbourne

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<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;When we’re confronted with a constant cacophony of data on a daily basis, how do we decipher what’s true? And why does it matter? \n\nIn a glass box outside the Melbourne Town Hall, a barrage of statistical clocks and live news feeds bombard us with real-time information about the world – from life-changing global events to the banal trivia of daily existence. The sheer volume is beyond cognition. And while this information is presented as fact, there is no way of verifying its accuracy. \n\n&lt;i&gt;Present Shock II&lt;/i&gt;, an installation by London-based art and technology practice UVA (United Visual Artists), makes palpable the feeling of information overload, disrupting our sense of time and cohesion. A mutually agreed upon version of the truth collapses, opening the door to ‘post-truths’ and ‘alternative facts’. \n\nAccompanied by a score composed by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja in collaboration with Robert Thomas, Present Shock II asks us to consider the source, looking beyond the totality of what's in front of us and seeing what’s truly there: a total mess. &quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:15347,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16708299},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">When we’re confronted with a constant cacophony of data on a daily basis, how do we decipher what’s true? And why does it matter? <span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;When we’re confronted with a constant cacophony of data on a daily basis, how do we decipher what’s true? And why does it matter? \n\nIn a glass box outside the Melbourne Town Hall, a barrage of statistical clocks and live news feeds bombard us with real-time information about the world – from life-changing global events to the banal trivia of daily existence. The sheer volume is beyond cognition. And while this information is presented as fact, there is no way of verifying its accuracy. \n\nPresent Shock II, an installation by London-based art and technology practice UVA (United Visual Artists), makes palpable the feeling of information overload, disrupting our sense of time and cohesion. A mutually agreed upon version of the truth collapses, opening the door to ‘post-truths’ and ‘alternative facts’. \n\nAccompanied by a score composed by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja in collaboration with Robert Thomas, Present Shock II asks us to consider the source, looking beyond the totality of what's in front of us and seeing what’s truly there: a total mess. &quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:15347,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16708299},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">In a glass box outside the Melbourne Town Hall, a barrage of statistical clocks and live news feeds bombard us with real-time information about the world – from life-changing global events to the banal trivia of daily existence. The sheer volume is beyond cognition. And while this information is presented as fact, there is no way of verifying its accuracy. 
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<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;When we’re confronted with a constant cacophony of data on a daily basis, how do we decipher what’s true? And why does it matter? \n\nIn a glass box outside the Melbourne Town Hall, a barrage of statistical clocks and live news feeds bombard us with real-time information about the world – from life-changing global events to the banal trivia of daily existence. The sheer volume is beyond cognition. And while this information is presented as fact, there is no way of verifying its accuracy. \n\nPresent Shock II, an installation by London-based art and technology practice UVA (United Visual Artists), makes palpable the feeling of information overload, disrupting our sense of time and cohesion. A mutually agreed upon version of the truth collapses, opening the door to ‘post-truths’ and ‘alternative facts’. \n\nAccompanied by a score composed by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja in collaboration with Robert Thomas, Present Shock II asks us to consider the source, looking beyond the totality of what's in front of us and seeing what’s truly there: a total mess. &quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:15347,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16708299},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">Present Shock II, an installation by London-based art and technology practice UVA (United Visual Artists) in collaboration with Massive Attack&#8217;s Robert Del Naja, makes the feeling of information overload palpable, disrupting our sense of time and cohesion. A mutually agreed-upon version of the truth collapses, opening the door to ‘post-truth’ and ‘alternative facts’.
In the face of relentless information streams, Present Shock II highlights the difficulty of distinguishing meaningful information from noise. The installation encourages us to delve beyond the surface and scrutinize the authenticity of the information that shapes our understanding of the world.

Present Shock II

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