Event Ryosuke Kiyasu, Brisbane Conduction Orchestra, and Girls on Drugs

Ryosuke Kiyasu, Brisbane Conduction Orchestra, and Girls on Drugs

Performance

12 September 2025
6-9pm

  • Location:
    Ground Floor Gallery
  • Event Cost:
    $15
  • Registration:

Join us for a night of explosive free improv.

A pioneering snare-drum soloist from Japan, Ryosuke Kiyasu has been redefining percussion since 2003. With over 200 releases spanning solo and band work, he continues to tour globally, delivering a singular, banging blend that has made the snare drum a headline instrument. Expect thunderous blows and neighbourhood noise complaints.

Formed in 2017 by Benjamin Shannon, Brisbane Conduction Orchestra takes inspiration from Anthony Braxton and Lawrence ‘Butch’ Morris’s free form ‘conduction’. Harmony, melody, tempo, progression, and articulation will be squeezed, manipulated, and scrambled in real time. The sonic and gestural possibilities are endless.

Ever-evolving, Girls on Drugs—Meanjin/Brisbane experimentalists Yvette Ofa Agapow and Oscar Keating—follows a cyclic process of musical fellowship. Working together and counteracting, the duo will seesaw, finding harmony amidst instrumental breaking points.

Ryosuke Kiyasu.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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