Open Studio Performance Night/Launch of Multichannel Commission

An evening of experimental music, sonic textiles and expanded cinema as ACE launches the 2026 Multichannel Commission.

Join us for the opening celebration of the inaugural 2026 Multichannel Commission by CJ Taylor;  alongside an open studio tour and collaborative performance by artists Aly Bennett (SA) and Tara Pattenden (QLD). 

CJ’s new work, The Last Age of the Falling Grace, is a meditation on climate emergency refracted through the cyclical energies of humans and non-humans. Presented across three synchronised screens in ACE’s front window, the work will be on view everyday sundown to sunrise until 5 December 2026. 

Before the screening commences, Tara Pattenden and Aly Bennett will open their shared studio at the midway point of their ACE x Metro Arts Residency exploring custom electronics, biometric sensors and sound-making textiles together. Developed in partnership with Metro Arts, the ACE x Metro Arts Residency takes place across Brisbane and Adelaide, with Aly travelling to Magandjin-Brisbane earlier this year to begin the collaboration, before Tara continues the project in Tarntanya-Adelaide throughout August.

Tara Pattenden (Phantom Chips) is the co-founder of Cyber Bunker, a space dedicated to supporting women and non-binary people exploring and creating custom electronic music. Aly Bennett (Anoname) is one of the co-founders of Sharehouse, a concept store, artist-run initiative,  and community space in North Adelaide.

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Images:
1 CJ Taylor, 'The Last Age of the Falling Grace' (2026)
2 Alycia Bennett, Mikoo Cataylo, Miles Dunne and Mark Valenzuela, 'Input/Output', 2025, performance documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Morgan Sette.
3 'Collaborating with Machines'⁠ (2026), performance documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Lana Adams.⁠

Support:
The ACE x Metro Arts Experimental Residency is supported through the SEEDFUND Project.

The SEEDFUND Project provides a framework for the ACE x Metro Arts Experimental Residency; a new collaboration between Adelaide and Brisbane artists and organisations. The project is supported by Metro Arts through program funding from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its funding and advisory body; and by Adelaide Contemporary Experimental as part of its Artistic Program.