Art After Dark – Tujiko Noriko and Mara

The Art After Dark program will transform White Bay Power Station on Friday evenings with music, art and outdoor food markets. Curated by Liquid Architecture including performances by the celebrated Japanese experimental-pop artist and film composer based in Paris, France Tujiko Noriko and Sydney-based composer, curator and experimental musician working with the viola as well as electronic music traditions Mara on 20 March.

A rare live appearance from one of the most captivating voices in experimental music, Tujiko Noriko is known for sculpting fragile electronic ballads into dreamlike architectures of memory, love and disintegration. This performance drifts between whispered melody and cinematic emotional scale. Noriko conjures a world where lullabies distort into data, occupying the space between intimacy and hallucination. This is a chance to hear one of contemporary experimental music’s most influential figures render her world in real time; quiet, disarming, and utterly unrepeatable.

Parallel to Noriko in compositional wizardry, Eora based electro-acoustic musician Mara paints scenes of post-dystopian timbral immersion; niche deep listening coalescing with an ethereal popular music sensibility.

Recorded music before and between performances will be selected by Peter Hollo, host of FBi Radio’s Utility Fog.

Art After Dark transforms into a bold music program unfolding on Friday evenings at White Bay Power Station. Continuing its reputation as a late-night hub for discovery, expect genre-defying performances, immersive sonic environments, and unexpected collaborations, all set within the awe-inspiring industrial architecture of White Bay Power Station.

Art After Dark forms a unique, multi-voiced platform for contemporary music, bridging local scenes, experimental practice, and large-scale festival experiences, and offering an extraordinary soundtrack to your Biennale journey.