The Substation/ Tilman Robinson/ The Quieter You Become/
This event is wheelchair accessible and gender neutral accessible toilets are available. Registered assistance animals are welcome.
$43 General Admission
$33 Concession
$33 Hobsons Bay Resident
$10 Blaktix
The Quieter You Become by Tilman Robinson – an electro-acoustic sound performance that unfolds through first, second, and third-person perspectives of listening.
PRESENTED BY THE SUBSTATION AND MELBOURNE FRINGE
Submerged in a forest of speakers, audiences are invited to enter an intimate sonic environment where the act of listening becomes both shared and estranged. The Quieter You Become is an electro-acoustic sound performance that unfolds through first, second, and third-person perspectives of auditory perception – immersing listeners in the psychological terrain of how others hear.
Developed in consultation with musicians experiencing symptoms of hearing conditions, this work encourages deep, embodied listening. Can we truly trust our own senses? What is the difference between hearing and listening? And how might hearing through another’s ears attune us more acutely to the world around us?
Blending acoustic and electronic sound with spatialised audio and sculptural design, The Quieter You Become is a contemplative and humanistic listening experience – expanding the boundaries of perception and empathy.
ARTSTIC TEAM
Tilman Robinson – lead artist, composer, sound designer and performer
Roslyn Oades – dramaturg
Bob Jarvis – audio systems design
DUAL FLOW – lighting design/fabrication
Rob Larsen – speaker design/fabrication
Aviva Endean, Afsaneh Torabi and Tra Mi Dinh – performance consultants
Siobhan McGinnity – audiologist, hearing and access consultant
Michaela Coventry (Sage Arts) – producer
Rebecca Bracewell, Morten Aarup, Harry Cook, Rebecca Tilley & Daniel Pinkerton – research participants
Liam Byrne - viola da gamba (recorded)
DATE AND TIME
Opening Night, Wednesday 15 October, 7.30pm
Performance, Thursday 16 October, 7.30pm* Haptic Vests available
Performance & post-show Q&A, Friday 17 October 7.30pm
Performance, Saturday 18 October, 7.30pm
Performance duration: 65 minutes
WARNINGS
This performance contains, haze, lasers, and loud noises. This event will be presented in low lighting.
ACCESS
This event is wheelchair accessible and gender neutral accessible toilets are available. Registered assistance animals are welcome.
HAPTIC VESTS
The peformance on Thursday 16 October, will have Haptic Vests available. Please tick this option when purchasing a ticket if you wish to use a Haptic Vest.
SUPPORT
The Quieter You Become has received support from Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, City of Merri-Bek, City of Melbourne, Speak Percussion, APRA AMCOS, Next Wave/Brunswick Mechanics Institute and The Substation.
Photo by Thomas McCammon
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Everywhen creates a world of massed percussive objects in perpetual motion, exploring the transience of the physical and psychological structures we create as humans. A lone performer inhabits a teeming sonic environment, surrounded by a swarm of hovering objects that move in orbits of up to six meters. Utilizing a large-scale rotational truss structure, the work reveals the power of cyclic motion in sound.
Gongs play themselves as they spin through the space, suspended chimes hum as they ricochet off each other, shells vibrate as they hover through the air and sheets of metal roar as they float in orbital trajectories. Concentric circles of stone and rubble accumulate beneath this shifting canopy of sound, evoking ritual geometries.
Dense, intricate and mesmerising. The audience is enveloped in a whirlpool of sound, augmented by an immersive rotational lighting system designed by Keith Tucker of Megafun.
Concept, Director, Composer, Performer: Matthias Schack-Arnott
Sound Design, Collaborator: Tilman Robinson
Robotics, Speaker Construction, Collaborator: Nick Roux
Production Manager: Gene Hedley (Megafun)
Lighting Designer: Keith Tucker
Producer: Michaela Coventry (Sage Arts)
Presented by The Substation and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
Fundraising
The Substation Art Sale 
The Substation Art Sale, our end of year fundraising exhibition, is open for registration online via GalaBid.
Sign up now for exclusive access to over 100 artworks. Bidding opens Thursday 17th October!
The Substation Art Sale, designed to celebrate and support our multi-art form community of artists and raise funds for our year-round commissioning program, features 80+ artworks for sale from 50+ emerging and established artists. The Art Sale includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, weaving, ceramics, prints, neons, experiences, performances, music, merch, a mystery raffle and more!
In 2023, The Substation Art Sale supported and exhibited the work of 56 artists, producers and partners, with over $15,000 landing directly back in artists’ pockets.
The exhibition is open until Saturday 26th October, Wednesdays to Saturdays, 11am to 5pm.
HOW TO BID
Register to GalaBid, our fundraising platform, to view and bid on the works online.
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FEATURING
ALI MC, AMRITA HEPI, ANTONY HAMILTON, ARA DOLATIAN, ARIE RAIN GLORIE, AUDREY NEWTON, BELEM LETT, CAOIFE POWER, CARLA ZIMBLER, CARLOS ALMENAR DIAZ, CHUNKY MOVE, CLAUDIA SABALLA HOBBS, DEAN CROSS, DEBORAH KELLY, DEBRIS FACILITY PTY Ltd, ELYAS ALAVI, EMILY PARSONS-LORD, EZZ MONEM, FAFSWAG, GARDEN REFLEXXX, GEOFFREY WATSON, HENRY LAI-PYNE, INGMAR APINIS, J DAVIES, JAKE ADAM TREACY, JEREMY BLINCOE, JINGHUA QIAN, JO LLOYD, JODIE WHALEN, JOHN BROOKS, JOSEPHINE MEAD, KALINDA VARY, KATIE SFETKIDIS, KATY B PLUMMER, KIERAN BUTLER, LAUREN DUNN, LAWRENCE ENGLISH, MARCUS IAN MCKENZIE, MELANIE COBHAM, NADIA HERNANDEZ, NADIA ODLUM, PETER KNIGHT, PETER WAPLES-CROWE, PHILLIP ADAMS, SHAE ROOKE, SHAN TURNER-CARROLL, SOFI BASSEGHI, STEVEN RHALL, TILMAN ROBINSON, TRA MI DINH, UN PROJECTS, VIJAY THILLAIMUTHU, YANDELL WALTON, sam george
Fundraising
Art Sale
The Substation Art Sale, our end of year fundraising exhibition, is open now to view in person at The Substation Galleries and online via GalaBid.
Designed to support our broad community of artists and raise funds for our year-round commissioning program, The Substation Art Sale features over 80 works for sale from emerging and established artists, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, weaving, ceramics, prints, neons, in-person Art Dates, dramaturgy sessions, tote bags, Mystery Packs, and more.
The exhibition is open until Saturday 9 December on Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12pm to 6pm. Please note, the exhibition will close at 5pm on Friday 24 November, and will not be open on Saturday 25 November.
HOW TO BID
Register to GalaBid, our fundraising platform, to view and bid on the works online.
Read our guide to using GalaBid here.
FEATURING
Amy Claire Mills, APHIDS, Anang Saptoto, Ara Dolatian, Arwin Hidayat, Audrey Newton, Belem Lett, Caoife Power, Carla Zimbler, Carlos Almenar Diaz, Christian Bishop, David Greenhalgh, Deborah Kelly, EJ Son, Emily Parsons-Lord, Henry Lai-Pyne, HOSSEI, The Huxleys, Incendium Radical Library, Jake A Treacy, Jeremy Blincoe, Jo Lloyd, Jodie Whalen, Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier, John Brooks & Audrey Tan, Katie Sfetkidis, Katy B Plummer, Kieran Butler, Lawrence English, Luke George, Marco Cher-Gibard, Michelangelo Russo & Jennifer Jabu, Monica Rani Rudhar, Nadia Odlum, Nikki Lam, Peter Waples-Crowe, Pony Express, Phuong Ngo, THE RABBLE, Rebecca Jensen, Ruth Ju-shih Li, Sam Kariotis, Shae Rooke, Jess Dubblu & Garth Sheridan, Shan Turner-Carrol, Shivanjani Lal, Sofi Basseghi, Szymon Dorabialski, Tilman Robinson, Tina Havelock Stevens, Tiyan Baker, Xanthe Dobbie, Zev Tropp
