Over 31 summer nights from 15 January to 14 February 2021, Melbourne’s largest presentation of contemporary art and design sets the scene for Triennial EXTRA – a festival of performance, music, food and bars, and late-night access to NGV Triennial 2020 every night until 9pm. Free entry.
12pm–3pm
DJ
Location
Grollo Equiset Garden
Ground Level
3pm–6pm
DJ
Location
NGV Forecourt
3pm–6pm
DJ
Location
Grollo Equiset Garden
Ground Level
5.45pm–7:15pm
Public Service – Cruising the Cafeteria
In response to Boudoir Babylon by Adam Nathaniel Furman + Sibling Architecture, and provocation from A Single Voice by Susan Philipsz, Luke George with collaborators Alexander Powers and Sarah Aiken, invoke the chorus performer from mid-20th century American film spectacles of flamboyant dance fantasies, crooning songsters and liberated camera movements. A singular body is isolated from the choreography en masse, their movements and labour deconstructed through a deliberately slow re-embodiment. Playfully orbiting, climbing and tumbling down the technicolour tiers of edible forms, the performer cruises the salon’s catwalks and peepholes – a serenade in service to the mass.
Location
Boudoir Babylon
Gallery Kitchen
Ground Level
6pm–9pm
DJ
Location
NGV Forecourt
6pm–9pm
DJ
Location
Grollo Equiset Garden
Ground Level
6.30pm–7.15pm
‘She started to float into the sky because of the overdose. Although he wanted to shoot her in order to prevent her from floating further, he could not bear to aim the arrow at her. She kept on floating until she landed on the moon.’
Inspired by the myth of the Chinese moon goddess Chang’e, encounter Scotty So’s performance of As She Floats across the Ground Floor of NGV International during Triennial EXTRA. Dressed in a holographic Tang dynasty style Hanfu and hair and makeup of the traditional image of the moon goddess, Scotty So silently lipsyncs her story in Chinese Opera as an offering to the spirits of the space.
Location
Ground Level
7.00pm–7.10pm
Presented by Afro Hub.
African Australian musician Ruva performs her perfect combination of hip hop and pop with high performance energy. Ruva has been tearing up stages across Australia since she decided music is what she was born to do. She was cast as a leading character in the Australian Tour of The Lion King where she performed in all major cities to over 1.7 Million people. She has since continued to work professionally in the musical theatre industry including playing the role of Winnie Mandela in the first English production of Madiba, an uplifting work celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela through drama, song and dance.
Location
Gallery 13, Level 1
7pm–8.45pm
Blak Metal
Last seen in 2019 disrupting the artist talk of their corporeal host Steven Rhall, Blak Metal resurfaces for a suite of six performances. Communing with their distant cousin Air Dancer as Black Body (as interned within the NGV Triennial) Blak Metal is expected to do a range of gestures, or possibly none at all. Bring your credit card.
Location
Waterwall
Ground Level
7.30pm–7.40pm
Presented by Afro Hub.
African Australian musician Ruva performs her perfect combination of hip hop and pop with high performance energy. Ruva has been tearing up stages across Australia since she decided music is what she was born to do. She was cast as a leading character in the Australian Tour of The Lion King where she performed in all major cities to over 1.7 Million people. She has since continued to work professionally in the musical theatre industry including playing the role of Winnie Mandela in the first English production of Madiba, an uplifting work celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela through drama, song and dance.
Location
Gallery 13, Level 1
8.00pm–8.10pm
Presented by Afro Hub.
African Australian musician Ruva performs her perfect combination of hip hop and pop with high performance energy. Ruva has been tearing up stages across Australia since she decided music is what she was born to do. She was cast as a leading character in the Australian Tour of The Lion King where she performed in all major cities to over 1.7 Million people. She has since continued to work professionally in the musical theatre industry including playing the role of Winnie Mandela in the first English production of Madiba, an uplifting work celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela through drama, song and dance.
Location
Gallery 13, Level 1
8.30pm–9pm
Scarlett So Hung Son is the time-travelling diva persona of Scotty So. End your night at Boudoir Babylon as Scarlett invites you on a journey through time with her sensual lipsync performances to music from the old Shanghai, 60s Hong Kong, instrumental cello pieces of Bach and Saint-Saëns and national treasure Kylie Minogue.
Location
Boudoir Babylon
Gallery Kitchen
Ground Level
