JOLT Arts is back for the warmer months supporting sonic and visual arts creation and presentation, highlighting contemporary art with and by people with disability and neurodivergent artists.
Its work sits at the intersection of arts, disability, technology and social inclusion, supporting artists to develop ambitious projects across music, performance, visual art, digital media and interdisciplinary practice. October highlights include:
AFRICUBISMO
Gamelan DanAnda + BOLT Ensemble
Thursday 29 October. Northcote Social Club. Tickets here
Africubismo is a bold transcontinental collaboration bringing together four master musicians to explore the deep musical connections between West Africa and Cuba.
Featuring Australian percussionist Ray Pereira, Gambian kora virtuoso Amadou Suso, acclaimed Cuban bassist and composer Yunior Terry Cabrera, and award-winning Australian saxophonist Julien Wilson, the ensemble traces the shared rhythmic DNA of Mandé and Afro-Cuban traditions.
Inspired by Afrocubismo, Africubismo journeys across the Atlantic through cascading kora lines, polyrhythmic percussion, bass grooves and improvisation. From Mandé music to rumba and son, the project reveals the circular migration of melody, rhythm and spirit between West Africa and the Caribbean, celebrating their enduring musical dialogue.
THE SONOBOTS
BOLT Ensemble + Machines
The Amplified Elephants
Wednesday 28 October, Northcote Social Club. Tickets here.
Featuring Hullick, the BOLT Ensemble, The Amplified Elephants and special guest Peter Knight, The Sonobots explores the intersection of live musicians, robotics and 21st-century technology.
Created by award-winning Australian composer and musician Hullick, this bold new work asks: what might a robotic string ensemble sound like, and how can musicians and machines create together?
With an industrial visual aesthetic, The Sonobots moves between elegance, raw energy and cinematic sound. Several new works will premiere, performed by BOLT’s masterful musicians alongside robotic sound machines. The Amplified Elephants, Australia’s leading electronic ensemble of neurodiverse artists, brings interability and assistive technology into this groundbreaking sonic collaboration.
Proudly supported by PBS106.7FM. For more information visit Jolt Arts.
