journeys of performance
Shoaib Safi + Hi God People build up an improvised musical wonderland
Snawklor explore the sonic environment of the W-11 journey
Ria Soemardjo + Chris Sprague + Glen Kniebess create music that draws on Javanese, Arabic, Indian traditions.
Yumi Umiumare and Tony Yap transform the W-11 into a space for contemporary dance.
Brahim Benhim explores the rhythms and melodies of Moroccan life.
The Bent Leather Band gives a nod to Percy Grainger's 'Big Green Tram' and an extraordinary acoustic experience to a lap of the city.
The Brides use song to seek men.
Zarafa lead an intoxicating gypsy musical voyage.
Boat-People.org take on Australia day with a trivia quiz and bonza prizes, hosted by Mrs. B Wight and Mrs B Wright of the John Howard Ladies Auxiliary Fun Club.
Ocular Lab make bread
Two men clean-up on the W-11 tram with effusive use of buckets, brooms, sprays, cloths and creams - and shoe cleaners, clothes brushes... This week was proudly sponsored by SPARKEL® they tell us, whilst the text on their shirt-backs asks ‘How clean is clean enough?’
Third Floor Dixie (Tony Hicks + Niko Schauble) make up enamouring improvised jazz tracks in a kind of tram way
Shoaib Safi and IM Singing Group converse from opposite ends of the tram with Sufi devotional songs and rounds of vocal harmony
Is this unrequited love?
Kutcha Edwards' lap of love songs
Azaad Bhangra Group did not show for their journey of performance but passengers sure took off without them
Rod Quantock swings left and right with passengers on the eve of the Victorian State Election
Shahin_Shafaei confronts passengers with a segregationist tactic
Byar (Adrian Sherriff, Adam King & Jeremy Dullard) lay out processional music on West Sumatran instruments
Zeeshan Medhi & Mr Robi encircle a crammed tram with popular Pakistani songs