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  • Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai, wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt and leaning forward slightly, his face looking upwards, with a brick building behind him.
  • Pink-hued translucent fabric installation, lining the internal walls and ceiling of a building.
21 Aug

Alex Zhang Hungtai x MATRIA

  • Music
  • Nightlife

Renowned for his work as Dirty Beaches, Love Theme and his expansive improvisation practice, saxophonist-composer Alex Zhang Hungtai’s solo music excursions straddle avant-free jazz, mystical expressionism and the sublimely vulnerable, intertwining saxophone, synthesis and percussion. Responding to space and time, Hungtai creates spontaneous improvised music of ritualistic sounds for liminal spaces.

For this performance Alex Zhang Hungtai will perform within MATRIA – an ephemeral installation that transforms space through a single, vibrant colour. Sound and structure resonate in unison, as Hungtai bends the boundaries of sound in dialogue with architecture. You are invited to enter, dwell, and surrender to the inimitable genius of Alex Zhang Hungtai, for a deeply transformative encounter with the unseen forces that move us all.

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Hours

Date Times
Thu 21 Aug
  • 8.30pm - 9.30pm 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Location

Royal Exhibition Building
9 Nicholson St
Carlton 3053

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Price and bookings

Adult / general $35
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Contact details

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