Shortwave is Sydney Opera House’s platform for interdisciplinary Australian artists, commissioned to create new work which explores and extends their digital practice.

In the 2023 program, Brad Darkson, Nasim Patel, JD Reforma, Claudia Nicholson, Riana Head-Toussaint and Feras Shaheen present performance films that speak to our moment, channelling dance, the internet, photography, disability and artificial intelligence to reimagine their creative relationship with technology.

Program:

Feras Shaheen, The Bop
Riana Head-Toussaunt, Animate Loading: 3
JD Reforma, Butterfly
Brad Darkson, Dream Job
Claudia Nicholson, The Deep Rivers Say it Slowly
Nasim Patel, non-paradise

Shortwave is a digital commissioning program from Sydney Opera House, in collaboration with organisations across the sector. The Bop is supported by Sydney Opera House & Parramatta Artists’ Studios. Dream Job is a co-commission between Sydney Opera House and Liquid Architecture's online journal Disclaimer. Animate Loading: 3 and non-paradise were facilitated through Critical Path’s digital and choreographic exchange program.