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Improvisation and extended domains within music and art.

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Improvisation and extended domains within music and art.

Newsletter ︎︎︎
Events ︎︎︎
Humus Residency ︎︎︎


MUD is an arts and culture collective supporting trans-disciplinary communities of artistic practice across conventional and unconventional domains.
Hosting monthly performance events that explore extended notions of music, arts, dance and multimedia at Ancient World, Adelaide. This is realised through unique guest curation each month, where we support curators materially and financially to devise and deliver individual and/or group performances.

Broader vision

MUD is an evolving collective that exists to aid cultural and ecological systems through experimental, regenerative and empowering projects. We acknowledge the processes and products of our work as an emergent feature of our socio-ecological reality and continually collaborate with individuals and communities of artistic and ecological practice.

MUD seeks to privilege the soft earth, the fragile stuff, messy and interwoven stuff and to delight in them.
Through our care, be admitted to delightful trouble.

“We need languages of both science and poetry to save us from merely stockpiling endless information...”
- Ursula K. Le Guin

MUD Collective




MUD 25

15/04/2023

MUD hosts a collaborative masterclass with Maria Moles and Joseph Franklin on improvisation, composition and experimental approaches to instrumental practice.

Maria is a drummer, composer and producer who’s practice ranges from experimental pop, free jazz, to Kulintang inspired percussion. Maria has worked with renowned artists including The Australian Art Orchestra, Anthony Pateras, Jim Denley, Amos Roach, Horatio Luna, Mildlife, Jaala many more.

Joseph is a bassist and composer, whose artistic output includes composing for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, a concerto for improvising pianist Marc Hannaford, a forthcoming solo bass album, and instrument design.
This is an interactive masterclass. We encourage you to bring your instrument to participate. You are also welcome to come along without any pressure to participate.

The masterclass will take the form of 2x 45minute with a short break in between.

︎︎︎ Tickets are $30 via humanitix

︎ Queens Theatre, Adelaide

︎︎︎ Facebook Event Page







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We hold this space on
the unceded land of the
Kaurna people.

We acknowledge them
as the custodians of this
wonderful place and will
always try to do our work
in solidarity with the anticolonial
struggle.

Always was, always will be.