Bec visits the Exertion Games Lab at RMIT and speaks to Dr. Betty Sargeant and Nathan Semertzidis about Inter-Dream, an immersive multi-sensory artwork designed to facilitate relaxation.
Carolyn Schofield (AKA Fia Fiell) talks through her composition and improvisational processes, tuning in to the rhythms of nature and the body, and the importance of free expression in music.
Mark Feary, The Telepathy Project (Sean Peoples and Veronica Kent) and Alexandra Murray-Leslie from Chicks On Speed talk about the exhibition 'Zzzzz: Sleep, Somnambulism and Madness'.
A live interview with composer and sound artist Morgan Hickinbotham about Reflection, a series inspired by the phenomena of auditory hallucinations in dreamlike states.
Music and sounds exploring the feeling of falling asleep, and the spaces between dreams and waking. Fighting to stay upright, and spending time in the moments just before sleep.
An interview with Alexandra Spence about the album 'Waking, She Heard the Fluttering', exploring field recording, listening, memory and our emotional responses to time and space.
An interview with local artist Casey Jenkins, whose brain-training, body modification artwork 'True Colours | True Colors' is part science experiment, part durational performance; an exercise in neuroplasticity and adapting perceptions.
An interview with Pamela Bain and Roger Alsop about their exhibition, Spacetime, on display until April 23rd at The Memo (Healesville Memorial Hall). Contemplating stars, planets, time and our place in the universe.
A live, improvised set from local artist Slumberkitty, followed by an interview about collective therapies, queer communities, experimentation, music accessibility and sleep as resistance.
The Narcoleptor (Mary Doumany and Miles Brown) play an exclusive performance for SleepTalker, and journey through their unconscious and musical influences