Art After Dark – Ruhail Qaisar and Marcus Whale

The Art After Dark program will transform White Bay Power Station on Friday evenings with music, art and outdoor food markets. Curated by Liquid Architecture and featuring Ladakhi musician Ruhail Qaisar and genre-agnostic electronic singer-songwriter based on Gadigal Land Marcus Whale on 27 March.

From Ladakh in the far north region of India, Ruhail Qaisar presents a sound field with a gripping urgency and intensity. Harnessing the immediacy and viscerality of noise music and power electronics, Qaisar’s music is attuned to a fractured world; a mirror to socio-political confusion. Ruhail Qaisar’s groundbreaking 2023 album Fatima rings out as futurist prose, encapsulating a zeitgeist of social and environmental uncertainty. This is remarkable music coming from an isolated corner of the globe and certainly with an alarming relatability and relevance.

Marcus Whale is a prolific multidisciplinary artist with an abundance of creative pursuits that effortlessly and authentically traverse genre and communities. Whale presents captivating narratives using sound, body and light, echoing Qasiar’s futurist interrogations of an unsettled modernity.      

Recorded music before and between performances will be selected by Jungist (FBi Radio). 

Art After Dark transforms into a bold music program unfolding on Friday evenings at White Bay Power Station. Continuing its reputation as a late-night hub for discovery, expect genre-defying performances, immersive sonic environments, and unexpected collaborations, all set within the awe-inspiring industrial architecture of White Bay Power Station.

Art After Dark forms a unique, multi-voiced platform for contemporary music, bridging local scenes, experimental practice, and large-scale festival experiences, and offering an extraordinary soundtrack to your Biennale journey.