Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

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CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP In 2022 Dots+Loops Nonstop returns bigger and better than ever, taking over The Tivoli for a 7-hour celebration of Australia's most exciting and adventurous post-genre artists. Singer-songwriter Jo Davie fuses grace and fire in the first of two sets collaborating with artists from Dots+Loops’ Performance Fellowship program. Cellist Nick Photinos [USA] makes his Australian solo debut with Origins, a set whose program spans Haiti to Iran, the United States to Australia. Meanjin’s Nozomi Omote combines percussion, children's toys and retro game consoles in a set that ranges from quirky to ethereal to tongue-in-cheek, featuring a new work by our Composition Fellow Jen Hankin. In a special collaboration with our First Nations partners Cre8tive Nations, their artists are joined by players from string orchestra Ensemble Cherubim for a performance featuring new expanded arrangements. Naarm’s Rubiks Collective join forces with local artists for a riotous set featuring Holly Harrison’s off-kilter sensation Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup. Chinese-Australian musician Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and electronic producer Tim Shiel oscillate from breakbeat to minimal house influences and laid-back dub and pop sounds, underpinned throughout by both traditional and avant-garde sounds of the Chinese guzheng. Dots+Loops’ Performance Fellows return to the stage alongside Pat Carroll for a winding and expansive performance exploring left-field techno and house, followed by the explosive Meanjin debut of Lost Few’s Unfuror, a visceral experience inhabiting the spaces somewhere between experimental electronic music and immersive installation artwork. Bringing some serious party vibes, the night will be strewn with pop-up drag and cabaret performances hosted by local queer dance party aficionados Shandy, with DJ Sweaty Baby bringing the dance floor to life with his signature eclectic mix of disco, house, pop, and hip hop. Alongside this musical smorgasbord, slip into an otherworldly experience like no other with an immersive VR art gallery – 100 VR headsets available for audiences to explore an exhibition of virtual reality artworks curated to accompany the music lineup, including a new commission by local artist Taana Rose. In between it all, grab a bite to eat or just relax and catch up with your fellow festival-goers. There’s something for all adventurous ears and eyes at Nonstop. + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + TICKETS To make sure everyone can join in, tickets are Pay-What-You-Can-Afford, minimum $20. We encourage those of you with the means to do so to pay more, enabling us to put this event on while keeping it accessible to those in our community who may be experiencing financial difficulties. If it is within your means, our suggested ticket price is $35. Every little bit helps support Brisbane's vibrant arts community and the amazing artists in the Dots+Loops family. We will have a limited allocation of free and discounted tickets available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and any people who can't afford the ticket price. To gain access to this scheme, please contact us or send us a message on the Dots+Loops Instagram for more information. + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + ACCESSIBILITY The Tivoli is fully wheelchair accessible. PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Some performances in the festival make use of strobe and other lighting effects which may be disruptive to people who are sensitive to light. A warning will be given at the introduction of each act which uses these effects. Dots+Loops exists for all members of the community, regardless of gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity or economic background. Our shows are explicitly safe spaces, with no tolerance for bigotry, racism, queerphobia, sexism, misogyny, or ableist behaviours or attitudes. + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + • + Dots+Loops is held on Jagera and Turrbal land. We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners and pay our pay respects to Elders past and present. First Nations communities have been creating and sharing music, art and culture here for thousands of generations, and we recognise the important ongoing contributions they make to our music and arts scenes. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. This project is assisted by: the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; Queensland Government through Arts Queensland; Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund; and our partners Cre8tive Nations, The Constance Hotel Fortitude Valley, the Weekend Edition, the University of Queensland School of Music, and Simply for Strings.

Featured non-Australian music: Rot Blau (Jessie Marino); Garden of Iniquitous Creatures (Ned McGowan); Dam Mwen Yo (Nathalie Joachim); Veiled (Niloufar Nourbakhsh); EVERYTHING IN BLOOM (Susanna Hancock); New Work (Nick Photinos)

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by email to hello@dotsandloops.com.au