Soft Centre – Sydney 2025
Proudly partnering with NTS, Resident Advisor and FBi Radio
Supported by Creative Australia and Create NSW

Thu 28 Aug 2025 – Workshop
BrandX – 1pm to 5pm
Stelarc presents Extreme bodies to virtual selves: Sumo, Butoh, Robots and Avatars

Fri 29 Aug 2025 – Discourse
St. Barnabas Church – 11am to 4:30pm
Hosted by Levent Can Kaya and Carmen Schieb

Keynote Speakers:
Andrew Brooks presents The noise of crisis
Liz Pelly (US) presents Mood machine: The rise of Spotify and the costs of the perfect playlist

Panels:
Making local history oral again — Penrith Miers Archive presents a six-hour Yuin Country sound compilation
Snake bites tail; Building sonic collectives across South-East Asia — Zach SCH (Rắn Cạp Đuôi), Kuya Neil (Content.net.au), Kristi Monfries (Liquid Architecture), moderated by Alexandra Crosby

Films:
Dana Dawud presents Monad+
Tina Stefanou presents You can't see speed
Riar Rizaldi presents Notes from Gog Magog
Kate McGuinness presents I like long walks on Parramatta Road

Fri 29 Aug 2025 – Para.Cine
Chauvel Cinema – 7pm to 9:30pm
EEK presents Hearsay feat. Kirby Casilli & Tina Stefanou (A/V)
Team Rolfes & The Mustang Speedrun (A/V)

Sat 30 Aug 2025 – Festival Day
White Bay Power Station – 2pm to midnight

2 Dual x Jaxon Stickler present Tank
404.zero presents Grey Sunday [RU] (A/V)
Alex Guevara presents Phantoms of existence [PE] (A/V)
Andrea Illés x Mara Galagher present Fuck U Caserole
Bhenji Ra x Karina Utomo present Wetan
C Bong Sae [KR]
Coki [UK]
Con Pani x Paramat
Ecstatic Utopian Fantasy by House of Vnholy feat. Capital Waste, Marcus Ian Mackenzie, Eugene Choi and Makeda (A/V)
Excited State !!! (Kavil, CRWLR, Rama Parwata)
Fei Gao presents The shell – Angel
Isayerr x Landfill
Gift Exchange
Klein [UK] (A/V)
Liam Keenan
Litvrgy (Solo) [USA]
Michael Candy
Passive Kneeling & Kuya Neil present Content.net.au: The Musical ft. David Ketamine, Sidney Phillips, KK88 and Bayang (Tha Bushranger) (A/V)
Pink Siifu [USA]
Null Hypothesis
Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri [TZ]
Rắn Cạp Đuôi [VN]
Robin Fox presents Triptych
Rydeen x SovblkpSSY
S280F [USA]
Shapednoise x Sevi Iho Domochevsky present Absurd matter continuum (A/V) [IT x ES]
SIRC_UIT
Stelarc presents Extended arm, involuntary arm and amplified body
Upsammy presents Strange meridians (A/V) [NL]
VV Pete
Worlds Only x Junior Major (A/V)
Young Boy Dancing Group