A playlist assembled by Melbourne-based artist Sui Zhen

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Wandering observations in Fyshwick, Canberra. Image by U-P.

A meandering playlist exquisitely assembled by Melbourne-based artist Sui Zhen. Listening while strolling is recommended.

‘Music to walk to’ was commissioned as part of our ‘Walking. A Subversive Design Act’ program for Melbourne Design Week 2020.

Yoko Ono – Feel the Sand
Theodore Cale Schafer – Hunter
Ernest Hood – Saturday Morning Doze
Dif Juz – Soarn
The Durutti Column – The Room
Steven Brown and Benjamin Lew – Profondeurs Des Eaux Des Laques
Strawberry Switchblade – Trees and Flowers
G.S. Schray – Goblin Year
Mad Professor and Jah Shaka – People of Yoruba
Yoko Ono – Don’t Be Scared
Grace Jones – Walking in the Rain
Thick Pigeon – Subway
Guerilla Welfare – Thought Breeds Fear
Whadya Want? – Open Spaces
Gray – Drum Mode
Steven Brown – Chinatown
Laurie Anderson – Walking and Falling
Guerrilla Welfare – So Today
Elodie Lauten – Quit
Art Ensemble of Chicago – Walking in the Moonlight
Blue Gene Tyranny – A Letter From Home (Out of the Blue)
Suzanne Vega – Cracking

Fyshwick, Canberra. Image by U-P.

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Contributors

Sui Zhen is a Melbourne-based experimental pop and performance artist, whose work zooms in on the intersections between human life and technology. Her music and performances question how to exist in the digital age, as well as the ways in which we risk losing true sight of ourselves in the process.

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