Presented by MPavilion as part of the MMusic series

2pm Sunday February 11, 2024
MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
(across from the National Gallery of Victoria)

Free Event!
Bookings required via Eventbrite

Naarm-based percussionists Zela Papageorgiou and Hamish Upton present the premiere of Shinrin-yoku, an imaginative work for percussion and electronics reflecting on their time exploring gardens and forests throughout Japan.

Experience a reflective work inspired by Japan’s natural environment in a deep-listening experience. Shinrin-yoku features field recordings captured by Papageorgiou and Upton during a recent visit to Japan, including the Alpine region of Nagano, paired with musical textures and melodies inspired by their personal experiences of forest-bathing. The musicians will evoke beautiful soundscapes blended with recordings of the Japanese forest, using a range of electro-acoustic and organic materials and drawing from their practices in experimental classical percussion.

Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) is the ecotherapy practice of ‘making contact with and taking in the atmosphere of the forest’ for human health and wellbeing. Like the practice of Shinrin-yoku, this performance is a chance to de-stress in a moment of nourishment, surrounded by the beautiful architecture of Tadao Ando and gardens.

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