Open Secret Perth

OPEN SECRET + Ben Aguero + No Bride
@ The Bird [Northbridge, Boorloo/Perth], Thursday 7th August 2025
Presented by ALT, Dana Dawud, and Paul Sutherland
All profits from Open Secret Perth will be donated directly to Gazans in need of support.

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The ever-evolving film series brings into question contemporary states of "post"—being, post-discipline, post-irony, post-net, post-shitpost. Open Secret is actively opposed to the passivity associated with the infinite scroll of the digital landcsape.

What happens when cinema touches the internet and the internet touches cinema?

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Open Secret is an internationally touring offsite event curated by Dana Dawud, showcasing short films deploying new media and emerging technologies, celebrating the aesthetics and collaborative logics afforded by contemporary online culture. Open Secret has so far toured cities in Sweden, Hungary, Mexico, Canada, Iran, China, Austria, France, South Africa, Ukraine, Germany, and the United States. Now, for the first time, ALT and Paul Sutherland are proud to bring Open Secret to Australia. In addition to the films, Open Secret Perth will include performances by two of Boorloo's dreamiest solo musical acts: No Bride and Ben Aguero.

Open Secret Perth features films by:
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Poorspigga
Xafya Lovecraft
Mischa Dols
Elsie Lappoh
Daniel Stolzlederer
Eliska Jahelkova
Plastic Girl
Aemmonia
Kryptosphaira
0nty
Marble Index
Ruby Bailey
Dana Dawud

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And music by:
NO BRIDE
No Bride, alias of Boorloo singer/songwriter Hannah Pillinger, is a spacious noir-pop outfit, merging atmospheric crystalline vocals, spoken word and ambient keys. No Bride presents an ethereal cinematic sound hovering delicately in space.

BEN AGUERO
Prolific producer of glitch and jazz infused ambient electronic music, host of RTRFM’s Subterranea, and one quarter of the formidable A/V rap project Myriad Sun, Ben Aguero presents an unmissable set of danceable sonic textures.

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Venue: The Bird, 181 William Street, Northbridge

This event takes place on stolen Whadjuk Noongar land. We pay respect to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.