International audiovisual creatives Hulubalang x Brandon Tay and Jessika Jamal Khazrik blend artificial intelligence, generative technologies and experimental performance in a unique and thought-provoking live arts experience.

With influences ranging from industrial techno to ancestral chanting, these genre-bending performances explore and challenge archival materials and social histories, inviting audiences into an immersive experience of technical mastery and emotional depth.

HULUBALANG x BRANDON TAY PRESENT BUNYI BUNYI TUMBAL
With an expansive knowledge of global club music, a keen interest in local sound traditions and an ongoing desire to experiment, Hulubalang (Indonesia) defies categorisation. In BUNYI BUNYI TUMBAL, Hulubalang and collaborator Brandon Tay (Singapore) train a generative AI visualiser on archival imagery to create a ‘postcolonial hauntology’ of past violence. A tribute to the unnamed victims of conflict, this unique audiovisual performance offers a sincere contemplation on the emotional experience of traversing Indonesia’s war archives, expressed in relentless soundscapes, ghostly samples and ferocious polyrhythms.

‘ambitious in every sense; technically masterful, conceptually complex, and emotionally potent’ – The Quietus

JESSIKA JAMAL KHAZRIK PRESENTS GEBERA
Artist, technologist and educatress, Jessika Jamal Khazrik (Lebanon) nurtures a plural, antimilitaristic practice informed by the techno-politics of voice, media and code. Born in the year 7291 of her grandmother’s enduring calendar and raised on the outskirts of Beirut – near a quarry secretly contaminated by toxic waste – Khazrik has been creating and performing since early adolescence while advocating for environmental justice and public science. With influences ranging from jazz to Taarab, her live/hybrid sets and sound installations are deeply informed by ancestral chanting traditions in conversation with quaint techno and incomputable, entrancing rhythm.

‘As the world tumbles towards dystopia, multi-disciplinary artist Jessika Khazrik believes in the power of music to tackle global oppression’ – Mixmag

This event contains low light levels; intermittent bright, flashing and strobing lights; and sudden and sustained loud noises. The content also includes references to violence; viewer discretion is advised.

Image credit for banner image Jessika Jamal Khazrik, “ATAMANA", 7 ch. sound A/V installation, photograph by Thor Brødreskift, courtesy of the artist

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Arc Cinema

1 McCoy Circuit Acton, Australian Capital Territory, 2601

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We are situated in the heart of Canberra on McCoy Circuit, Acton, between the shores of Lake Burley Griffin and the grounds of the Australian National University. Just a 10-minute walk from the city and state bus interchanges.

BY BUS - WEEKDAYS

Note: the NFSA is open daily 10.00am – 4.00pm (except Christmas Day and New Year's Day), and outside those times for special film screenings and events – see our upcoming events calendar.
ON THE NUMBER 6
Route R6 runs between Woden Interchange and City West approximately every 10 to 20 minutes from 5.30am to 11.00pm weekdays. To use this service to visit the NFSA, alight at London Cct after Edinburgh Ave and proceed 600 metres along Gordon Street to the entrance on McCoy circuit.
ON THE NUMBER 53
Route 53 runs between National Museum Lennox Crossing and Dickson Shops Cowper Street on average every 30 minutes from 7.00am to 10.10pm weekdays. Bus alights at Liversidge St behind the NFSA.
Transport Canberra's Routes and Timetables site can help you find the most practical way to our venue (and others).
ON THE CULTURE LOOP FREE SHUTTLE BUS
The free Culture Loop shuttle bus stops at NewActon (on Edinburgh Avenue), within walking distance of the NFSA.

BY BUS - WEEKENDS

Note: the NFSA is open daily 10.00am – 4.00pm (except Christmas Day and New Year's Day), and outside those times for special film screenings and events – see our upcoming events calendar.
ON THE NUMBER 6
Route R6 runs between Woden Interchange and City West approximately every 10 to 20 minutes from 7.00am to 9.00pm weekends and public holidays. To use this service to visit the NFSA, alight at London Cct after Edinburgh Ave and proceed 600 metres along Gordon Street to the entrance on McCoy circuit.
Transport Canberra's Routes and Timetables site can help you find the most practical way to our venue (and others).
ON THE CULTURE LOOP FREE SHUTTLE BUS
The free Culture Loop shuttle bus stops at NewActon (on Edinburgh Avenue), within walking distance of the NFSA.

PARKING

There is dedicated visitor parking on the premises between McCoy Circuit and Ellery Cresent (paid parking, up to three hours). There is also limited free parking surrounding the building on Liversidge Street.
We recommend using public transport in peak times.

Accessible parking is available off McCoy Circuit.
Wheelchair/accessible access via Liversidge Street.