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Location
On-site
The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport, Victoria 3015, Australia
Dates
4–13 April 2019
Times
Wed–Sat 12–6pm
Fri 12–8pm
Format
Exhibition/​Music/​Performance
Accessibility
Admission

Free

Tickets

N/A

This Dada-esque cabinet of curiosities includes over 700 violin artefacts, iconography, and improbable instruments; performances that are musically perverse, historically twisted, and culturally critical. Sourced from Australia’s most unusual collection, The Rosenberg Museum is the brainchild of violinist, composer, and artist Jon Rose.

Experience these improbable instruments in action with performances on the 5th, 6th, 12th & 13th April with musicians Ernie Althoff, Robbie Avenaim, Biddy Connor, Jozef Cseres, Judith Hamann, Rainer Linz, Michael McNab, Maria Moles, Chloe Smith, Rachael Kim, Erkki Veltheim,Lizzy Welsh and Brigid Burke.

The Violin Generator is a free exhibition and performances are $10.

Feature image: The Violin Generator by Jon Rose, The Substation, 2019, Photo: Leela Schauble

Installation images: The Violin Generator by Jon Rose, The Substation, 2019, Photos: Leela Schauble

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Victoria 3015, Australia

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