Event
Australian Art Orchestra & Shoeb Ahmad
- Date: Sunday, 9 December 2018, 5pm
- Venue: Fairfax Studio — Victorian Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Standard: $28 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 1300 182 183
Event Details
A staple of the Canberra underground music scene, Shoeb proudly identifies as a person of Bangladeshi heritage and a transgender woman. Her music is known for exploring deeply personal experiences and vulnerabilities, in an evocative mix of acoustic and electronic indie pop.
Her latest project im/modesty will premiere as a live performance work with contemporary music ensemble, Australian Art Orchestra. Originally developed as a multi-speaker installation during a residency in Kerala, Southern India, this work is inspired by the cultural barriers people from the Indian sub-continent face when exploring their sexuality.
This ground-breaking work features text spoken by three voices in different stages of life – interspersed with electronic music and atmospheric recordings from the streets of India.
The talented multi-instrumentalist emerged back in the mid-2000s when she released a string of exceptional bedroom recordings. Since then she hasn’t stopped creating, releasing the intricate and moving new album 'quiver' earlier this year.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9281 8000
Featured Australian Works
| im/modesty (2018) by Shoeb Ahmad |
Featured artists
- Performer Australian Art Orchestra
- Music of Sia Ahmad
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