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APHIDS is an artist-led experimental art organisation based in Melbourne, Australia. Collaborative and future-focused, APHIDS is led by Co-Directors Lara Thoms and Mish Grigor. The work of APHIDS is feminist, intersectional, angry and funny; bringing artists into meaningful exchange with audiences through performance, critical dialogue and unpredictable encounters in the public realm.

Past APHIDS works have been presented in major venues in every state and territory in Australia, and in more unexpected places: in ricefields and samurai hotels in Japan, churches in Finland, industrial zones in Bulgaria, and beamed into outer space. Our collaborators have included funeral directors, scientists, regional societies, motorcycle and senior citizens’ clubs. Our projects promote open, accessible yet complex and rigorous encounters between artists and public.

IN DEVELOPMENT

Aren't you sick of surprises?

A new performance work by Mish Grigor/APHIDS attempts a life with NO DRAMAS.

In a series of absurd games, futile tasks and replayed awkward social encounters, two women avoid their collective sense of impending dread by keeping things aggressively chill. Smiling with tears in their eyes, they push their feelings down, down, down.

NO DRAMAS TEAM

Created by APHIDS

Lead Artist: Mish Grigor

This project has been supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, the City of Melbourne, and Creative Victoria through its Creative Enterprises Program, the City of Melbourne through its ACIP program, and Creative Victoria through its Creative Enterprises Program.