Unusual immersive and interactive art coming to Perth for Strange Festival

The West Australian Perth Now Click to open navigation ‌‌ News Chevron Down Icon Breaking News Western Australia National World Technology Opinion Weather Sport Chevron Down Icon AFL Cricket Soccer Basketball Tennis NRL Rugby Motor Racing MMA Golf Netball Cycling Entertainment Chevron Down Icon Confidential Movies Best Short Film Television Music Reviews Books Competitions Business Chevron Down Icon Breaking News Economy Markets Property Commercial Property Workplace Matters Lifestyle Chevron Down Icon Food Personal Finance Health Parenting Fashion Travel Home & Garden Relationships Stars Real Estate HUH? Local News Chevron Down Icon North Central South Mandurah Competitions Find My Paper Digital Editions Shop Now Read your local paperNews to your inbox North Central South Mandurah Competitions Find My Paper Digital Editions Camera IconStrange art such as the Synapse installation is coming to Perth. Credit: Strange Festival Unusual immersive and interactive art coming to Perth for Strange Festival Claire SadlerPerthNow – Central June 13, 2024 2:00AM Comments TopicsLocal NewsNorthPerthNow – Central It is about to get strange in the CBD with the third annual Strange Festival coming next week. The festival, running from June 14 to June 23, will transform empty storefronts across the city into immersive and interactive art installations. The free self-guided trail will feature 35 artists in 20 vacant spaces, including Carillon City, the Liberty Theatre, Forrest Chase and Yagan Square. PerthNow Digital Edition.Your local paper, whenever you want it. Read now TheNightly Get in front of tomorrow’s news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW Level two of Carillon City is expected to have some installation favourites, including a forest made out of donated fabric and a clothing line inspired by mushrooms. There will be a 20-metre long eye at Elizabeth Quay enabling visitors to get up close to an eyeball, optic nerve tunnel and a giant inflatable brain.Camera IconStrange Festival. Credit: Supplied/TheWest For lovers of Mad Max, there will be people battling it out with batons in a thunderdome, a market where themed “clans” will sell and trade trinkets, and modified robotic vacuum cleaners will wrestle in the rink. “Strange is very strange — we are serving up unique and unusual visual art that engages visitors in new ways through sculpture, projection, video, soundscapes, performance pieces,” Strange Festival creative director Jess Oakley said. “The art trail is immersive, it’s enthralling and it’s free.” ‘Let’s get weird’Strange Festival wraps up 10 days of weirdness Exhumed Cinema will also be back for the festival at the Como Theatre, with 63 classic and obscure movies screening on 35mm and 16mm film. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the festival, with 78,000 people getting strange last year. For more information visit, strangefestival.com.au. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email Us Copy the Link Register and have your say. Register to comment Already have an account? Log in Nominate now to say thank you7NEWS Health Heroes celebrates our frontline workers within the WA public health system. Tell us how your 7NEWS Health Hero has made a difference. From around the site Perth Now exclusive Perth Now exclusive‘Kink Corner’ Perth Now exclusiveYou won’t believe what’s inside this unassuming Airbnb Comments Actor’s heartbreak‘My house is being sold’: Kevin Spacey breaks down Blokes, Beer and BocceExciting new hangout for men opens in WA town Comments updated updatedSport updatedJarryd Hayne granted bail after rape conviction win Your Local News Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to InstagramShare to YoutubeEmail UsGet Digital Edition Nominate now to say thank you7NEWS Health Heroes celebrates our frontline workers within the WA public health system. Tell us how your 7NEWS Health Hero has made a difference. Perth Now Email UsNewsletter Chevron Down IconSubmit story tip Camera IconSubmit photos Get Digital EditionDigital edition Chevron Down IconBack to top Follow Us Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Instagram About Us Contact Us Find my Paper Careers Competitions Digital Editions Advertise with Us Advertise with LookLocal Privacy Policy Code of Conduct Editorial Complaints Terms of Use Cookie Settings LookLocalWA PerthNow The West Australian 7NEWS.com.au 7plus Streamer © West Australian Newspapers Limited 2024 North Wanneroo Joondalup Stirling Central Western Suburbs Central Southern South Fremantle Melville Canning Cockburn Mandurah Mandurah Times Privacy Policy Code of Conduct Editorial Complaints Terms of Use Cookie Settings Perth Now