Now Or Never Festival 2025

Now Or Never Festival 2025Now Or Never Festival 2025

Now or Never invites audiences to explore the profound interconnections between past, present, and future under the theme, I Have Seen The Future.

Challenging conventional boundaries, Now or Never asks us to imagine new realities, prompting us to consider the real illusions that define our perceptions of what lies ahead. What do we envision when we think of the future

Is it a utopia, a dystopia, or something entirely unexpected Does 2025 resemble the visions imagined a century ago And what, in turn, will 2050 look like

Through interdisciplinary practices, artists, technologists and creators offer glimpses into possible futures, urging us to confront our hopes and fears, to dream boldly, and to engage with the complexities of our shared existence.

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A festival of new dimensions.

An exploration of potential futures through a carefully curated program of pioneering audio and visual art, performance, visionary thinkers, digital culture, and commissioned work.

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❊ When ❊

Date/s: Thursday 21st August 2025  -  Sunday 31st August 2025

Melbourne
VirtualLocationhttps://nowornever.melbourne.vic.gov.au/

Listening Acts
Listening Acts
When: Friday 22nd August 2025 to Saturday 23rd August 2025
Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre
Presented with Chamber Made and Melbourne Recital Centre Listening Acts | Performance Biddy Connor, Aviva Endean, Alexandra Spence Friday 22 August First performance:.. Show More..

Boris Acket: Einder
Boris Acket: Einder
When: Thursday 21st August 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne Town Hall Thunderstorms are just like us, cycling through three distinct phases of growth, maturity and decay. In this expansive installation blanketing Melbourne Tow.. Show More..

MATRIA
MATRIA
When: Thursday 21st August 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
Venue: Royal Exhibition Building
Presented with Museums Victoria MATRIA Penique Productions Thu 21 Aug - Sun 24 Aug Royal Exhibition Building Step inside MATRIA, a monumental new installation by Bar.. Show More..

The Breath Haus x MATRIA
The Breath Haus x MATRIA
When: Saturday 23rd August 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
Venue: Royal Exhibition Building
Presented with Museums Victoria and The Breath Haus The Breath Haus x MATRIA Sat 23 Aug - Sun 24 Aug Royal Exhibition Building Full-body restoration. Mental clarity. So.. Show More..

The World Came Flooding In
The World Came Flooding In
When: Thursday 21st August 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
Venue: Australian Centre for the Moving Image | ACMI
Presented with MIFF The World Came Flooding In Isobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine Thu 21 Aug - Sun 24 Aug ACMI - Swinburne Studio Now or Never partners with Melbourne Interna.. Show More..

Alcove LTD
Alcove LTD
When: Thursday 14th August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall
Encor Studio Thursday 14 August - Sunday 31 August | 7am to 11pm Melbourne Town Hall Forecourt Switzerland's Encor Studio invites you into Alcove LTD - a luminous chamber.. Show More..

ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
When: Friday 29th August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: Australian Centre for the Moving Image | ACMI
Presented with ACMI ASSEMBLY Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons Wed 27 Aug Fri 29 Aug Sun 31 Aug ACMI - Cinema 2 Assembly by visionary artist Rashaad Newsome is a .. Show More..

Burdi Burdi
Burdi Burdi
When: Thursday 21st August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Burdi Burdi Dr Christian Thompson AO Thurs 21 Aug - Sun 31 Aug Evan Walker Bridge Life moves quickly. Burdi Burdi (Fire Fire) is an invitation to slow down - to linger.. Show More..

Crisis Actor
Crisis Actor
When: Wednesday 27th August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: Arts House
Presented with Arts House, produced by Performing Lines Crisis Actor Vidya Rajan, Sam Mcgilp, Andrew Sutherland Wed 27 Aug - Sun 31 Aug Arts House Blending physica.. Show More..

DELIRI
DELIRI
When: Thursday 21st August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: State Library of Victoria
DELIRI Hamill Industries Thu 21 Aug - Sun 31 Aug State Library Victoria Reality is dissolved through algorithms in this immersive projection by Barcelona-based artistic.. Show More..

Intraconnection
Intraconnection
When: Monday 25th August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: Fed Square
Presented with Centre for Projection Art and Fed Square Intraconnection Centre for Projection Art Mon 25 Aug - Sun 31 Aug Fed Square - Big Screen What does it mean to be.. Show More..

Sonic Labyrinth
Sonic Labyrinth
When: Thursday 21st August 2025 to Sunday 31st August 2025
Venue: ArtPlay
Presented with ArtPlay Sonic Labyrinth Aviva Endean with Justin Marshall & children at ArtPlay Thursday 21 - Sunday 24 August | 10am to 4pm Thursday 28 - Sunday 31 August |.. Show More..

DISTRACTION
DISTRACTION
When: Saturday 26th July 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
Venue: Science Gallery Melbourne
Presented with Science Gallery Melbourne DISTRACTION 26 July - 20 December 2025 | Wednesday - Saturday 11am-5pm Science Gallery Melbourne You know that thing you're sup.. Show More..



❊ Web Links ❊
Advertiser: nowornever.melbourne.vic.gov.au

❊ Also See.. ❊

Alcove LTD

ASSEMBLY

Boris Acket: Einder

Burdi Burdi

Crisis Actor

DELIRI

DISTRACTION

Intraconnection

Listening Acts

MATRIA

Sonic Labyrinth

The Breath Haus x MATRIA

The World Came Flooding In

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