Sonic Social – Performance Space + MCA

Overview

The Biennale may have wrapped for another two years, but hot on the heels of genre-defying and New York-based art stars is Performance Space's Sonic Social.

Hauling in some participatory and experimental ideas, Performance Space is teaming up with the MCA to keep your cultural calendar topped up. The month of June will be studded with sound-based performances scattered throughout the museum. Whether the works be roaming between floors or tucked in discreet nooks, Sonic Social's aim is to respond to the MCA's architecture and activate neglected spaces.

Sonic Social will see the formation of temporary communities — both organised and impromptu — from marching bands and dance parties through to support groups and choirs. Recruiting a group of sound savvy artists, Performance Space's programme is about examining the noise threshold of museum etiquette and then violating it.

What embarrassing tune do you have lurking in your iTunes library? Requesting a dig through your playlist is Song-Ming Ang with Guilty Pleasures. This work sees Ang act as councillor and confessor, bringing a bit of daggy pop pleasure to high art. Make sure you bring along an incriminating track to be absolved of your trashy listening sins.

Weeding out more guilty admissions is Malcolm Whittaker's work Ignoramous Anonymous, a support group for the unsure and the unaware. It's time to fess up that you're out of the loop with what's going on in Ukraine or that you can't spell 'pterodactyl.' It's a shame-free sanctuary for clearing up misconceptions.

There's also Michaela Davies' use of Electronic Muscle Stimulation to animate the passive limbs of musicians and produce unconventional sounds. And investigating the tension between regiment and release, Lauren Brincat and Bree Van Reyk unpick the structure of the marching band.

Finally, Luke Jaaniste and Julian Day are dishing up Super Critical Mass, a participatory project taking the shape of a 'sonic flash mob'. If you're keen to get involved, nip 'round for rehearsals.