Diagrammatica
Diagrammatica is a genre-defying work. Part live drawing, durational performance and participatory ritual, it invites people into a shifting system of co-creation through sculpture, film, spatial sound, and improvised music.
At its heart is an evolving “diagram” a live audiovisual composition built from abstract fragments inspired by quantum physics and astral photography. This structure is continually reshaped by small groups of participants in a concealed space. Their gestures are filmed, transformed into real-time visuals, and projected into a public gallery where people can watch and listen as the work unfolds.
Each session also features live musical improvisation. Guest musicians respond to the visuals as a graphic score, performing through a custom-built, hyper-directional sound system that weaves participant actions into an ambient, responsive soundscape.
Diagrammatica is an immersive, collective search for cosmology, connection, and coherence. A ritual of making sense together.
The first iteration was presented by Federation Square (Melbourne) in partnership with Rising, June 3–15, 2025.
Team:
Lead Artist, Host and Component Maker - Jason Maling
Sound Design and Live Performance - Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Film Design and Live Performance - Rhian Hinkley
Spatial Design - Chantal Marks
Workwear Design and Production - Andrew Treloar
Lighting Design - Katie Sfetkidis
Host and Component Production Assistant - Torie Nimmervoll
Host and Workwear Production Assistant - Charlie Lee
Producer (Sage Arts) - Michaela Coventry
Strange Engine Executive Producer - Anna Schoo
Outside Eye - Martyn Coutts
Graphic Design - Dan Milne and Liz Cox
Speaker Design Consultant - Robert Larson
Online Session Archive Assembly - Mick Byrne
Technical Consultant - Tom McKeand
Component Production Assistant - Olie Kennedy
Film documentation - Takeshi Kondo (Man of the Tree)
Photography documentation - Ross Coulter
Guest Musicians:
Kaylie Melville, Moses Carr, Mindy Meng Wang, Nadav Rayman, Golden Sands, Helen Svoboda, Ohmi (Lachlan Thompson), Genevieve Lacey & Marshall McGuire, JP Shilo
