Square Circles in Sydney

Installation

Sydney Opera House
Sydney
Gadigal Country


Wed 19 March—Sat 5 April 2025

FREE EXPERIENCE

Square Circles is a free installation, playing from 6.30pm, Wednesday—Saturday, during the event dates. No registration is required and this experience is suitable for all ages.

Explore Country, culture and dreaming through an immersive artwork.

Square Circles uses emerging digital storytelling to create a visual landscape which draws from William Barton’s country, culture and dreaming through the music of William along with long-time friend and collaborator, former ASQ violist Stephen King, and the Australian String Quartet.

Set to a score performed and recorded by us and William Barton on Peramangk Country at UKARIA Cultural Centre, this stunning blend of music and visual artistry from Go Patterson Films and Jumpgate offers a rare fusion of culture and technology.

The work, directed by Barton and our former violist, Stephen King, was premiered in a pop-up ‘dome’ inside the Queen’s Theatre in Playhouse Lane in the Adelaide CBD, as part of the Illuminate Adelaide Festival and has been re-imagined for this space at Sydney Opera House.

TRAILER

William Barton & Stephen King
Directors

Mark Patterson & Anton Andreacchio
Producers

Carlo Andreacchio & Edward Watson
Lead Visual Artists

William Barton
Composer

William Barton and the Australian String Quartet
Music Performed by

Jumpgate VR
VR Production

Go Patterson Films
Production Company

The duration of this event is approximately 3 hours. The film run time is 12 minutes, playing on a loop across three hours. You are welcome to come and go at any time.

Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.

DateTime
Wednesday 19 March 20256.30pm
Thursday 20 March 20256.30pm
Friday 21 March 20256.30pm
Saturday 22 March 20256.30pm
Wednesday 26 March 20256.30pm
Thursday 27 March 20256.30pm
Friday 28 March 20256.30pm
Saturday 29 March 20256.30pm
Wednesday 2 April 20256.30pm
Thursday 3 April 20256.30pm
Friday 4 April 20256.30pm
Saturday 5 April 20256.30pm

The installation will be in the Tours Digital Immersive Experience located in the Western Foyer of the Sydney Opera House.