Queer Sound Bath with Nicole Smede and Ocean

Queer Soundbath offers a space for queer souls to bathe in the healing nature of sound as a method of meditation and engaging in a communal spiritual practice.

These sessions are a tender moment to drop into our hearts and bodies, immerse in collective sound healing, and connect with community. For this edition, Illawarra-based artist and musicians Ocean and Nicole Smede will immerse us in sounds inspired by Karla Dickens’ exhibition Rise and Fall.

BYO bring blankets, cushions, yoga mats and any other comfort items. We encourage you to arrive 15 minutes early (1.45pm) to get comfortable in the space.

Nicole Smede is a multi-disciplinary artist of Warrimay, Birribay, Irish and colonial descent, living and creating on Wadi Wadi Dharawal Country. A reconnection to ancestry, language and culture ripples through her work in voice, song, sound and poetry, exploring what it means to be ‘of Country’.

Ocean is a non-binary artist of mixed settler heritage, living on the cliff edges of the Merrigong/escarpment overlooking the sea on Wodi Wodi Dharawal Country. They draw from their namesake to create ethereal soundscapes, expressing the fluidity of their experience as a genderqueer human through sound and song.

Tickets are by donation (suggested $30) and bookings are essential via Humantix.