Presented with Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
A riveting sonic adventure.
— THE GUARDIAN
Minimalist art, 70s club culture,
experimental music composition
and all manner of electrical and
auditory geekery.
— THE NEW YORKER
Haroon
Mirza
Australian Centre for
Contemporary Art (ACCA)
Sat 14 September—
Sun 17 November
OPENING EVENT
Fri 13 September 6–8pm
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Tue 8 October 6.30pm
FREE
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Haroon Mirza. Pavilion for Optimisation, 2013.
Installation view at Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2015.
Photo: Bettina Matthiessen
The annual ACCA International brings to
Melbourne an artist at a pivotal point in
their career, and in 2019 internationally
acclaimed London-based Haroon Mirza will
be presented in Australia for the first time.
You’ll want to look and listen.
AUSTRALIAN
EXCLUSIVE
Mirza’s early career was as a DJ and his vast
artistic practice has echoed out in ripples
from those origins in music. From sculptural
assemblages to immersive installations and
live performances, Mirza’s raw tools are
electricity, sound and light. He describes
his role as that of a composer, creating
compositions from materials including
furniture, video footage, household
electronics and electricity. His recent works
have probed fields as far flung as design,
theology, particle physics and neuroscience.
New and existing works will come together
to form a conceptual and sonic whole, with
local and international collaborators invited
to present their own original contributions.
Mirza will redefine how this iconic Melbourne
space looks, sounds, and ultimately means
to those who wander it.
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