Since the early 2000s, Tujiko Noriko has been rewriting the possibilities of avant pop. Her early albums Girl City and Make Me Hard, both issued by the legendary Mego label, transformed the possibilities of song. Working with extreme processing and real-time transformation of music and voice, she created a spellbinding new vision of song form that is equal parts curious lyrical interplay, devolved harmony, stuttered rhythm, and chaotic noise. Since then, she has refined and expanded her sound palette, uncovering an divergent path, taking in ambient works, soundtracks, and numerous collaborations. She returns to Brisbane for Mono for the first time in over a decade.

She is joined by Portland-born, Brisbane-based artist Unregistered Master Builder (Joseph Burgess), working at the nexus of textiles, sound, and kinetic art.

Mono is the IMA’s experimental-sound program curated by Room40. Since 2006, it has brought sonic experimentation and boundary-pushing performance to Brisbane/Meanjin. Mono turns twenty in 2026.