Tessellate-topia announces music & art lineup for its Abbotsford Convent takeover

Tessellate, beloved Naarm/Melbourne event series, has this week announced its latest and largest undertaking yet, Tessellate-topia.

Previously finding a home at spaces like Sub Club and Mycelium Studios, Tessellate's new home is none other than the expansive Abbotsford Convent. With a history of housing event series for Wax'o Paradiso, as well as festivals like Daybreak, the convent has become a mark of quality for events confident and expansive enough to take it on.

Tessellate-topia would appear to have no issue with filling the convent either. Pitched on socials as "an all-day spectacle, inviting travellers to traverse through realms of sound and vision", Tessellate-topia features an extensive lineup of some of the country's most exciting musical acts, alongside a series of in-depth art performances and workshops.

"Tessellate-topia engages artists to delve into the concepts of dystopia, utopia, and the tension that lies between. We create a canvas for provocative visual art forms and auditory performances that reflect on the now of society, communities, and the spaces we emerge from and contribute to", Tessellate shared on their website.

Tickets for the 12-hour journey are available now, set to take place on Saturday, September 27.

View the full lineup below:

MUSIC

• Acopia (Live)
• Big Yawn (Live)
• Business Partner (Live)
• CaucasianOpportunities b2b Stev Zar
• Darcy Justice
• Di Linh [VN]
• DJ Daisy
• Dreems [AM]
• Frizzy Mcguire
• Genki Tanaka
• HANS (Performance)
• Hybrid Man (Live)
• JUPiTA (Live)
• Khidja [ROU]
• Loa Szala [BER/UK]
• Milou Moon (Live)
• Polito (Live)
• POOKIE (Live)
• Proto Moro (Live)
• Sunset Boys
• Tangerine (Live)
• WAARI (Live)
• ZALINA b2b ŌLITA
• Zobs Palace

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ARTS

• 2 dual
• Alana Leptos (Curator)
• D'Silva & De Silva
• Erika Beiza
• F3RAL
• Hera Wing (Garden of Entropy)
• Honey Fingers (Workshop)
• (Movement & Sound with) Julia Harris
• (The Verdant Body with) Jodi & Albee
• KOUKLA
• Lucy Eidelson & Collaborators (Performance)
• Maya Irving (Performance)
• Moochi (Curator)
• nomadicstatic
• olis (Curator)
• Pat Flanagan Design
• Persia
• Peta Treble & Nissassa Bacci
• Psilogenco
• (after-moon-egos clay workshop with) Samair
• Simbiotic.Vision (Curator)
• Snuff Puppets (Performance)
• Telephone Head
• The House of Silky (Performance)
• X-FEAST (Performance)
• Zenclectic
• ZWR FLWR

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Jack Colquhoun is the Managing Editor of Mixmag ANZ, find him on Instagram.