Another Future

In Another Future, natural disasters, climate change and pandemics provide rich fuel for artistic expression and musical interaction. This is contemporary classical music which is relevant to our time – music by living people for living people – an intimate musical time capsule of life on earth in recent years. Featuring three world premieres written especially for the instrumental forces of Ensemble Offspring, Another Future presents two new Noisy Women commissions and a sextet hot off the press by Dutch/American composer Vanessa Lann.

About the program:

Eve Klein forges found sounds from recent bushfires combined with weather pattern data which is then curated into art, music and film. Bree van Reyk’s Replica Garden imagines a time in the not-too-distant future where there are no gardens and, hence, none of the wondrous sound-making beings that inhabit them. Nirmali Fenn explores post-COVID social distancing through tactility – using our hands as identifiers and connectors, physical awareness is once again renewed.

A poignant and immersive afternoon inhabiting Casula Powerhouse’s open plan Performance Space, this musical time capsule will tug on your heartstrings and open your ears to an innovative sonic future.