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Illuminated room of shimmering white light and mirrors, set behind a black framed window, with dark bluestone pavers in the foreground.
14 – 31 Aug

Alcove LTD

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Switzerland’s Encor Studio invites you into Alcove LTD — a luminous chamber where perception bends and reality refracts.

Alcove LTD is a portal where light, sound and your own image converge. Caught between layers of liquid crystal, refracted by pulsating light and immersed in 360-degree sound, you will become part of the work – an echo in a hall of mirrors, shaped and reshaped by your own gaze.

The reflective nature of the chamber invites us to look inward and change how we observe our surroundings.

Hours

Date Times
Thu 14 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Fri 15 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Sat 16 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Sun 17 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Mon 18 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Tue 19 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Wed 20 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Thu 21 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Fri 22 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Sat 23 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Sun 24 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Mon 25 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Tue 26 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Wed 27 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Thu 28 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Fri 29 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Sat 30 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
Sun 31 Aug
  • 7am - 10pm 7:00am - 10:00pm

Location

Forecourt
Melbourne Town Hall
90/130 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9658 9658
  • email address: nowornever@melbourne.vic.gov.au
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