Experimenta

28/03/2026

OPENING WEEKEND IN ARMIDALE NSW ⟶ Opening Today! Explore the Experimenta Emergence exhibition, where new technologies and contemporary artworks explore our emergent futures. Opening on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March at New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale, NSW!

Our opening day Curator Tour at 3pm is interpreted!

Explore the full program online, alongside resources and access information. Access our Social Story and Sensory Map online. See: https://experimenta.org/exhibition/emergence/

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. Experimenta is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body.⁠

⁠ Creative Australia

24/03/2026

OPENING WEEKEND IN ARMIDALE NSW ⟶ Explore new technologies and contemporary artworks that explore our emergent futures, on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March at New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale, NSW!

At 3pm our Curator Tour is interpreted. Join Lubi Thomas for an in depth overview of Experimenta Emergence artists’ works, practice and the exhibition themes. Following is the exhibition opening at 4pm Saturday 28 March.

On Sunday at 11am, experience multi-sensory Haptic Vests with the work Moirai, Thread of Life. Discover the latest technologies where vibration and sensation conveys meaning in screen based works. For all audiences, and especially Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

From 1pm, explore the work Gondwana, a generative virtual ecosystem, with Virtual Reality goggles.

Explore the full program online, alongside resources and access information. https://experimenta.org/exhibition/emergence/

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. Experimenta is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body.⁠

Creative Australia

21/03/2026

TOUR IN ARMIDALE NSW ⟶ We’re excited to be opening Experimenta Emergence, our 9th National Tour of Media Arts, on 28 March at New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale, NSW! Our opening day Curator Tour is interpreted!
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Experimenta Emergence is an exploration of emerging societal dynamics and environmental changes.

This exhibition presents the work of Australian and international contemporary artists working at the forefront of art and technology. We invite you in to explore virtual realities, participatory works, and speculative fictions. Can we alter our current trajectories?
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Explore the full program online, alongside resources and access information: https://experimenta.org/exhibition/emergence

Leah Barclay | Ina Conradi & Mark Chavez | Sophie Dumaresq | Kate Geck | Amrita Hepi | Katrin Hochschuh & Adam Donovan | Ben Joseph Andrews & Emma Roberts | Daniel McKewen | Hayley Millar Baker | Jonny Scholes | Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm | Wang & Söderström | Liam Young⁠

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. Experimenta is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body.⁠

⁠ Creative Australia Visit NSW

20/02/2026

Join Experimenta at Melbourne Art Fair in 2026! As part of the CONVERSATIONS program, we are keeping the dialogue about screen based practices front and centre. Link: https://experimenta.org/event/melbourne-art-fair-2026/

On Saturday 21 February 1:30pm, the public talk Conversations: Curating Video explores approaches to curating video and new media art, and the future of exhibiting and collecting in this ever-changing sector. Hear from panel members Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, curator of Melbourne Art Fair’s VIDEO program, Bianca Durrant, Director, Experimenta and Digby Houghton, co-founder and editor of weekly film newsletter KinoTopia.

This dialogue is part of the 2026 Experimenta 40 Program, celebrating Experimenta’s 40th year championing experimental work. Experimenta is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

The CONVERSATIONS program is curated by Melbourne Art Fair and presented by Guardian Australia.

Melbourne Art Fair Creative Australia

11/02/2026

Join Experimenta as we explore how new technologies can offer multi-sensory modes of experiencing screen based works. Our showcase Art, Access and Technology will feature at ACMI’s FACT 2026 Symposium, 11-12 February, where the future of arts, culture and technology are debated and shaped. See: https://experimenta.org/event/fact-acmi2026/

In this project we have been privileged to work with Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez, and develop a sensory score for haptic sensory vests to offer a multi-sensory audience experience of their animation film and audio composition (from Tate Chavez), Moirai: Thread of Life, a work that features in the Experimenta Emergence 2025-2027 national touring exhibition. This research and development phase has expanded thinking on the development and presentation of audio-visual screen works, and allows for new ways to present and engage with media art in exhibition and event contexts for broad audiences of all abilities.

This project is part of the 2026 Experimenta 40 Program, celebrating Experimenta’s 40th year championing experimental work, and has come to fruition through the creativity and dedication of the Experimenta team, ACMI team, Ina and Mark, Tate and the team at The Newmarket Collective.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

This event is part of ACMI’s FACT 2026 Symposium, and presented in partnership with ACMI and The Newmarket Collective.

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Our showcase Art, Access and Technology will feature at ACMI’s FACT 2026 Symposium, 11-12 February, where the future of arts, culture and technology are debated and shaped. Join Experimenta to explore how new technologies offer multi-sensory modes of experiencing screen based works. Beyond audio a...

14/01/2026

Experimenta is thrilled to announce a new International Residency Program for Australian artists. In 2026, we launch our inaugural residency in collaboration with the Academy for Theatre and Digitality, in Germany. Through this program, artists are supported with extended studio-based research and development program, access to technology and networking to showcase Australian experimental practices and enable new opportunities.

This program is part of the 2026 Experimenta 40 Program, celebrating Experimenta’s 40th year championing experimental work.

This residency is in collaboration with Experimenta and the Academy for Theatre and Digitality Akademie für Theater und Digitalität

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

⁠ Akademie für Theater und Digitalität .digital Creative Australia

21/10/2025

Experimenta is a leading experimental arts organisation dedicated to commissioning, exhibiting and touring contemporary art driven by ideas and shaped by technology. For 39 years, we have developed and presented work that asks of us all, what does our future looks like? Over the years, we have created opportunity, experiences and community.

This , help us to nurture artists to develop commissioned new work, establish residency programs for deep creative development, and deliver on education and access.

is happening on Thursday 23 October, 2025, and donations can be made until midnight! Link: https://www.givenow.com.au/experimenta40

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Cover image credit: Michaela Gleave, A Galaxy of Suns, 2016. Produced by Experimenta. Presented at Dark M**O Dark M**o 2016 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Photography by Lucy Parakhina. Final image credit: Matthew Sleeth, A Drone Opera, 2015. An Experimenta Commission. A work created by Matthew Sleeth with Kate Richards, Robin Fox, Phillip Samartzis and Susan Frykberg, lighting designer Bosco Shaw and choreographer Shelley Lasica. Photograph by Lucy Spartalis.

14/10/2025

Save the Date! Experimenta is participating in .australia AusArt Day on Thursday 23 October 2025. We are looking forward to sharing our stories with you as part of this, as we look forward to our 40th year in 2026 and everything we can deliver beyond... .

Donations can be made via https://www.givenow.com.au/experimenta40



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Image Credit: Matthew Sleeth, A Drone Opera, 2015. An Experimenta Commission. A work created by Matthew Sleeth with Kate Richards, Robin Fox, Phillip Samartzis and Susan Frykberg, lighting designer Bosco Shaw and choreographer Shelley Lasica. Photograph by Lucy Spartalis.

28/08/2025

Experimenta Social is a platform for dialogue, where artists, technologists and thinkers come together. On Thursday 28 August, we discuss empathy in relation to machines with Katrin Hochschuh and Lubi Thomas. Find out more via: https://experimenta.org/event/experimenta-social-49/

A co-presentation with Goethe Institut and SensiLab, Monash University, where Katrin Hochschuh is currently completing an Experimenta residency.

Katrin Hochschuh’s visit to Australia is supported by the Goethe-Institut.

Hochschuh & Donovan are Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan. Image courtesy of the artist.

⁠ SensiLab, Monash University Goethe-Institut Australien🤖

27/08/2025

Discover more about Plasticity of Mirrors, an Experimenta Commission (2025) from Hochschuh & Donovan. This work is a new robotic swarm species for the democratic creation of a collective intelligence that offers a utopian narrative for the future of robotic ecosystems at this critical moment where AI meets embodiment.

Hear about the development and reception of this work at our Experimenta Social on Thursday 28 August. How do humans respond to this robotic swarm? And why? Bookings via link: https://experimenta.org/event/experimenta-social-49/

A co-presentation with Goethe Institut Goethe-Institut Australien and SensiLab SensiLab, Monash University

Katrin Hochschuh’s visit to Australia is supported by the Goethe Institut Goethe-Institut Australien

Hochschuh & Donovan are Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan. Image courtesy of the artist.

⁠ Goethe-Institut Australien SensiLab, Monash University

26/08/2025

RSVP NOW! EXPERIMENTA SOCIAL #49: Are the Robots Friendly?

WHEN: Thursday 28 August 2025, from 6pm
WHERE: SensiLab, Monash University, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East
Free, in person ticketed event.
Book here: https://experimenta.org/event/experimenta-social-49/

Join us in Melbourne, for our next Experimenta Social talks series. Hear from Katrin Hochschuh of Hochschuh & Donovan in conversation with Lubi Thomas, as they discuss the development of Plasticity of Mirrors, a new robotics work touring in Experimenta Emergence. A co-presentation with Goethe-Institut and SensiLab, Monash University

Katrin Hochschuh’s visit to Australia is supported by the Goethe Institut Goethe-Institut Australien

Hochschuh & Donovan are Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan. Image Credits: Plasticity of Mirrors, 2025, An Experimenta Commission. Photo by Warwick Gow. Profile images courtesy of the artist and curator.

⁠ Goethe-Institut Australien SensiLab, Monash University

20/08/2025

PUBLIC PROGRAMMING ⟶ Join us in Melbourne, for our Experimenta Social talks series on Thursday 28 August. Hear from Katrin Hochschuh of Hochschuh & Donovan on the development of Experimenta Commission, Plasticity of Mirrors. In conversation with Experimenta Curator Lubi Thomas, Katrin will discuss how friendly the robots are… should we trust them? Do we have empathy for them?

This event is presented in partnership with SensiLab, Monash University and Goethe Institut.

Links and booking info in Bio!

Experimenta Emergence is an exploration of emerging societal dynamics and environmental changes, and is touring nationally and regionally until 2027.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. Experimenta is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body.⁠

Katrin Hochschuh’s visit to Australia is supported by the Goethe Institut

Hochschuh & Donovan are Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan. Images courtesy of the artists

⁠ Goethe-Institut Australien SensiLab, Monash University

Experimenta is dedicated to commissioning, exhibiting and touring contemporary art driven by technology. We commission some of the world’s most adventurous contemporary artists working with technology in unexpected and unconventional ways. We champion new ideas about technology, explore the creati...