Subvisible Scuba is a live experimental performance series organised by Archie Barry, that pairs live microscope footage with an improvised set from a local electronic musician. First run as a series of livestream events through Twitch during COVID lockdowns in 2022, Archie invited Nina Buchanan, Daniel Jenatsch, Lucreccia Quintanilla, Megan Alice Clune, Babymode and Alsi to score the unpredictable movements of bacteria, algae and fungi. This Kings DRIVEWAY rendition offers up the experiment in collaboration with performance artists Brian Fuata and Mat Spisbah.
Subvisible Scuba disorientates everyday regimes of sensation by bringing the minutiae of life to the centre stage, leaning towards symbiotic and unpredictable exchanges and sensing the strange wet phenomenon of being a living organism.
Image: Subvisible Scuba, live performance with Archie Barry, Brian Fuata and Mat Spisbah
🍻 drinks kindly sponsored by Heaps Normal and Little Brunswick Wine Co
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DRIVEWAY is a new performance program at KINGS Artist-Run of monthly public events such as performances, film screenings, poetry readings, and more, hosted in the KINGS driveway. In 2025 this initiative is supported by the City of Melbourne through the Annual Arts Grants Program.
