The 17th edition of the NOW now festival is going to be incredible - packed with artists from around the city, the country and the planet. Over three days and five nights at 107 projects in Redfern, close to 100 musicians, performers, sound artists and installation builders will dig into the sonic architecture of the moment. Let's start the year amazed. In the gallery and performance room, a scheduled program of events will form the backbone of the festival. Upstairs in the rooftop gallery, The Splinter Orchestra will host an evolving installation and collaborative space for the duration of the festival. This is what we're here for.

Welcome to
The NOW now Festival 2018
DAY PASS

SAT 27th JANUARY 2018

107 PROJECTS
107 Redfern Street, Redfern NSW 2016
107projects.org

Over three days and five nights at 107 Projects in Redfern, close to 100 musicians, performers, sound artists and installation builders will dig into the sonic architecture of the moment.

Let's start the year amazed.

In the gallery and performance room, a scheduled program of events will form the backbone of the festival. Upstairs in the rooftop gallery, The Splinter Orchestra will host an evolving installation and collaborative space for the duration of the festival.

A festival curated by the artists. This is what we're here for!

TICKET PRICES
$20 + Fees - Per Night
$80 + Fees - Festival Pass

WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY 2018

7:00pm
Simon Barker, drums ' Claire Edwardes, percussion ' Bree van Reyk, drums ' Nat Grant, percussion

7:45pm
MIRROR UNIT: Georg Wissel (Germany), alto saxophone ' Timothy O'Dwyer (Singapore), alto saxophone

8:30pm
Ned Collette voice and guitar ' Steve Heather, drums ' Judith Hamann, cello ' With special guests

Enjoy a video teaser

9:30pm
NORTH OF NORTH: Erkki Veltheim, violins ' Anthony Pateras, piano ' Scott Tinkler, trumpet

10:15pm
Mette Rasmussen (Denmark), alto saxophone ' Clayton Thomas, double bass ' Chris Abrahams, piano ' Sofia Jernberg (Sweden), voice

11:00pm
Del Lumanta, keyboards, electronics ' Lucy Claire, drum machines, electronics

THURSDAY 25 JANUARY 2018

7:00pm
BREADWOMAN: Anna Holmer (AKA Breadwoman), voice & video ' w/ Meg Clune, electronics ' WITH THANKS TO LIQUID ARCHITECTURE

7:30pm
Jerrah Patston ' with Sam Worrad & Jerry Kahale

8:15pm
Sten Sandell (Sweden), solo piano

9:00pm
Jon Rose, violins ' Steve Heather, drums ' Julia Reidy, guitar

9:45pm
Sabine Masselli, electronics and projections

10:15pm
PROPAN (Norway): Natali Abrahamsen Garner, vocals & effects ' Ina Sagstuen, vocals & effects

A sample

11:00pm
Mette Rasmussen (Denmark), alto saxophone ' Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway), drums

FRIDAY 26 JANUARY 2018

PLAYING IN A WARZONE
Invasion Day
Curated by Sass Hound
Doors: 7pm

Come shuffle and dance around the poisoned water hole that has been refurbished to form the "new" Redfern. Come on the day of grieving, the day of survival and mourning that is Invasion Day....that the invaders and press call "Australia Day"

Expect a combination of music that shakes the earth, performance and spoken word that rattles the cages, video, installation and art that is mashed over and under the history of the Block. The music will not fit into a genre but will be performed by both Aboriginal and non Aboriginal Artists who make work that wants to change things.

The artworks and installations will not make you feel like your on a holiday and the images will surround you and reflect the blood-soaked truths that define this date on the calendar. Them same ones that speak to the reality of the place we share. Featuring Sass Hound, Divide and Dissolve, and many others.

Announcements of acts and artists will come closer to the event though nothing will be predicted or promised only reclaimed, reminded and resounding...like an echo that is so loud you feel the impact in your sternum.. then in your skull then eventually your heart and guts.

Updates will be posted at thenownow2018.net

SATURDAY 27 JANUARY 2018

AFTERNOON CONCERTS

3:00pm
Joseph Tabua, solo guzheng

BATTLE AX: Beatrix urran (Austria), viola

IGNITE (Sweden) : Casey Moir, voice & Johan Moir, double bass

BLEURGH: Sam Barr, drums I Melanie Louise Eden, voice I Scott Gillespie, guitar I Clement Girault, guitar I Daniel Jacobson, bass I Miguel Valenzuela, electronics and voice I Jax Wechsler, visuals


SATURDAY EVENING PROGRAM

6:00pm
SO PREDICTABLE?!
THE FUTILE RESEARCH LAB: Ollie Bown, electronics and programming ' Lian Loke Kirsten Packham, Sam Ferguson, Liam Bray, Angelo Fraietta, Andrew Simpson and Nila Rezaei, movement.

6:45pm
Bonnie Lander (US), voice ' Cor Fuhler electronics Judith Hamann, cello

7:30pm
Kynan Tan, Solo electronics

8:00pm
Sten Sandell (Sweden), piano Paal-Nilssen Love, (Norway), drums

8:45pm
REBEL SCUM: Bonnie Stewart percussion Rhys Mottley, guitar

9:30pm
Sofia Jernberg (Sweden), voice ' Sonya Holowell, voice ' Freya Schack-Arnott, cello

10:15pm
Alon Ilsar, live processing ' Adam Pultz Melbye, double bass ' Scott McConnachie, alto saxophone (Melb)

11:00pm
JONO MILO: Jonathan Lockhart (US), electronics

SUNDAY 28 JANUARY 2018

3:00pm
SPLINTER ORCHESTRA
ALL VENUE PERFORMANCE

4:00pm
Sam Longmore (NZ), electronics

4:30pm
Jo Burzynska, electronics and olfactory experiences

5:15pm
Alexandra Spence, tapes, electronics & clarinet

6:00pm
Goh Lee Kwang, (Malaysia), electronics ' Amanda Stewart, voice ' Andrew Fedorovitch, saxophones ' Peter Farrar, saxophones

6:45pm
CLUB SOUND WITCHES: Matt Earle, electronics ' Nicola Morton, electronics

7:30pm
IM/MODESTY: s.i.a. instruments, manipulation ' Kate Ahmad, Hannah de Feyter, Irfan Master - voices

9:00pm
NADIR: Alex White, electronics Ben Byrne, electronics

PROGRAM MAY CHANGE.
PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATES
thenownow2018.net

THE SPLINTERVERSE
UPSTAIRS ROOFTOP GALLERY
JAN 24, 25, 27 & 28, 2018 From 7pm

Is it a Multiverse? Is it a parallel world? Is it a Hologram? No - it's Splinterverse!

An installation/happening/durational-performance taking place upstairs at 107 over the 4 days of the festival.
No pieces, no movements, no showcase, no program - just a commitment to explore an ongoing socio/musical experiment that no one person can perceive in it's entirety.
Danger, when you enter the Splinterverse a different cosmological constant means the normal laws of art don't apply.
Kid friendly!

Updates will be posted each day.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.