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Shortwave - New Digital Commissions

  • On-demand

Shortwave is a platform for early-career, interdisciplinary Australian artists, commissioned to create new work which explores and extends their digital practice. With Brad Darkson, Nasim Patel, JD Reforma, Claudia Nicholson, Riana Head-Toussaint and Feras Shaheen.

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Sonic Mutations: A Generative Music Exploration - Live

  • Livestream

Experimental electronic artists Alexis Weaver and salllvage come together for a live audio-visual performance using AI tools and techniques to mirror the creative process.

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Harrison Hall, Body Pipelines

  • On-demand

Lose yourself in the uncanny spaces between the digital and the physical with two transformative works by artist and digital choreographer Harrison Hall, in collaboration with Luca Dante, Sam Mcgilp and Naxs Future, taking us into an emerging realm of choreographic practice combining dance, 3D animation and music.

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Claire L Evans In Conversation

  • Livestream

YACHT lead singer and author Claire L. Evans, talks with Angharad 'Rad' Yeo about the American post-pop band's recent A.I. documentary 'The Computer Accent'. The film centered on one of the most hotly debated topics of the moment: will artificial intelligence enhance humanity’s creative process or destroy it forever?

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Lu Yang: DOKU, The Binary World Screening + Q&A

  • Dance
  • Experiences

An innovative motion-capture performance, created by renowned Shanghai-based artist Lu Yang. Dancers in Sydney and Hong Kong, meet in the same virtual environment creating a high-energy audiovisual experience that draws on Buddhist philosophy, internet culture, video games and the aesthetics of anime.

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Under the Sails: Roz and Electra’s Wedding

Roz and Electra met through work in 2015 and seven years later they were married under the sails as one of the first female couples to be married at the Opera House, in a bold and beautiful ceremony in the Joan Sutherland Theatre Northern Foyer (JSTNF).

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Concert Hall Northern Foyer

Amp up the glamour at your event with luxurious purple carpets and uninterrupted views of the Harbour Bridge. The Concert Hall Foyers are, set across three levels; Granite, Lounge, and Bar. The Concert Hall Foyers is predominantly a performing arts venue. With limited availability, please contact functions@sydneyoperahouse.com for available dates.Make a functions and events enquiry. 

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Outlines

  • Livestream

Outlines is a playful, provocative showcase of artists that are embracing and disrupting digital platforms and technology to imagine new forms of performance.

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Sydney Opera House debut for Restless Dance Theatre

Tuesday 13 June 2023 In their Sydney Opera House debut, Australia’s leading inclusive dance theatre company, Restless Dance Theatre, will present their acclaimed new work Exposed - in the Studio from 30 August to 3 September.

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Lighting of the Sails 2023: Life Enlivened by John Olsen and Curiious

  • On-demand

We farewelled one of Australia’s most admired artists, Dr John Olsen AO OBE. We proudly paid tribute to Olsen’s extraordinary six-decade career in Lighting of the Sails: Life Enlivened when his works were animated and projected on the Opera House sails for Vivid Sydney in 2023.

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