{"id":13641,"date":"2025-08-20T18:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/penique-productions-envelops-melbournes-royal-exhibition-building-with-inflatable-matria\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:36:30","slug":"penique-productions-envelops-melbournes-royal-exhibition-building-with-inflatable-matria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/penique-productions-envelops-melbournes-royal-exhibition-building-with-inflatable-matria\/","title":{"rendered":"penique productions envelops melbourne\u2019s royal exhibition building with inflatable MATRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

penique productions brings inflatable MATRIA to australia<\/h2>\n

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Penique Productions takes over Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building with the <\/span>inflatable<\/a> and translucent installation, MATRIA. The monochromatic <\/span>pink<\/a> artwork forms part of the 2025 arts festival Now or Never, which runs between August 21st and 31st. It reimagines the 19th-century building as a living, breathing organism, transforming it into a warm, womb-like environment filled with sounds. The <\/span>site-specific<\/a> intervention<\/a> uses gossamer, floaty balloons that crawl and cling onto the contours of the space, cloaking around it like an ephemeral blanket.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For MATRIA, the Barcelona-based collective draws on the idea of refuge, memory, and care. In fact, the name itself stems from \u2018mother\u2019 and \u2018motherland.\u2019 These themes run through the artwork inside Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building, as the installation recalls the state and sensation of being inside a mother\u2019s womb. The <\/span>plastic<\/a> material gently sways as the wind blows, and the <\/span>visitors<\/a> pad around through the intervention with the background music, humming and pulsating, following their every step. Penique Productions, which has once brought their inflatable installation inside the semi-open atrium of <\/span>Llanterna de L\u2019Auditori<\/a> in Barcelona, co-created the pink and translucent MATRIA in partnership with Museums Victoria. It is set to remain on-site until August 31st, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

all images courtesy of Penique Productions<\/p>\n

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Pink Installation in Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building<\/h2>\n

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MATRIA uses one inflatable membrane that covers the interior of Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building. It measures approximately 150 meters long and 50 meters wide to match the architecture\u2019s dimensions, and the public <\/span>installation<\/a> by the <\/span>collective<\/a> Penique Productions reaches 60 meters high at the dome peak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The inflatable system operates through continuous air pressure, all the while keeping the air circulation systems running throughout operating hours to keep the membrane inflated. The site-specific intervention also uses pink translucent plastic material, with sections connecting through heat-welded seams to create the complete structure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MATRIA uses one inflatable membrane that covers the interior of Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building<\/p>\n

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Performances inside Matria during now or never arts festival<\/h2>\n

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The plastic material permits light transmission while providing color filtration. In this case, the pink shade distributes evenly throughout the material, retaining the membrane\u2019s minimal weight to reduce structural load on the building. MATRIA also serves as a performance stage throughout the run of the Now or Never arts festival until August 31st, 2025. Inside the installation. rRoxymore from Berlin performs electronic music from her release Juggling Dualities, which includes synthesizer work and sound design elements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alex Zhang Hungtai plays the saxophone, synthesis, and percussion, with improvisation techniques that respond to the acoustic properties of the inflated space. Amber McCartney, a dancer and choreographer from Melbourne, is set to perform leech 2 inside MATRIA, which includes prosthetics, masks, and special effects. She\u2019s presenting alongside Shapednoise, also known as Nino Pedone, a producer and sound designer from Sicily. Then, there\u2019s Shapednoise, who creates electronic music and sound design during Amber McCartney\u2019s performance. Penique Productions\u2019s MATRIA inside Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building forms part of the 2025 arts festival, Now or Never.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

the material measures approximately 150 meters long and 50 meters wide to match the space\u2019s dimensions<\/p>\n

the public installation by the collective Penique Productions reaches 60 meters high at the dome peak<\/p>\n

the inflatable system operates through continuous air pressure<\/p>\n

the site-specific intervention also uses pink translucent plastic material with multiple connected sections<\/p>\n

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the plastic material permits light transmission while providing color filtration<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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the pink shade distributes evenly throughout the material<\/p>\n

MATRIA also serves as a performance stage throughout the run of the Now or Never arts festival<\/p>\n

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the public art remains on-site until August 31st, 2025<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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project info:<\/p>\n

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name: MATRIA<\/span><\/p>\n

collective: Penique Productions<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@peniqueproductions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

festival: Now or Never<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@nowornever.melb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

location: Royal Exhibition Building<\/span><\/p>\n

address: 9 Nicholson St, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n

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