Overview
The NGV's Great Hall has been home to a lot of strange and fantastic happenings over the years, but what's going down on Sunday September 28 is sure to be a first. To cap off the 2014 Liquid Architecture program, Canadian artist Christof Migone is asking 50 volunteers to lie face down on the floor and bang microphones on the ground for 1000 times each. The result? Art!
This symphony of strange and menacing thuds has been on show all over Migone's native country with 15 participants taking part, but this Australian premiere will see the intensity increase more than three-fold. According to the artist Hit Parade seeks to "explore the fault lines in the communicative act" and "sound a city through its citizenry". It's a theme Migone has explored in the past too. In an earlier work, Crackers, he asked people to crack their bones in sync — a sounds that's either satisfying or incredibly irksome depending on your inclination.
If you don't fancy watching a bunch of weirdos banging stuff on the ground, be part of the action instead! The NGV is calling for volunteers before the performance. Sign up here.