A NAKED disco is launching in Australia giving revellers the chance to dance alongside strangers in the nude – so would you dare to bare?
- Melbourne is taking its liberation to new heights with the launch of a naked disco
- Club Purple is an ‘alcohol-free, non-sexual, over-18s’ event taking place in May
- The disco will run for 12 nights as part of the city’s first-ever Rising Festival
- Revellers can dance without the constraints of clothing for 30 minutes at a time
It’s already renowned as the cultural capital of Australia, famed for its music, art and freedom of expression.
But Melbourne is taking its liberation to extraordinary new heights with the launch of a naked disco, where revellers can dance under glittering mirror balls without the constraints of clothing for 30 minutes at a time.
Presented by conceptual artist Stuart Ringholt as part of the city’s upcoming Rising Festival, Club Purple is slated as a ‘non-sexual, alcohol-free, over-18s’ venue filled with private booths and a public carpeted dancefloor.
After guests have undressed, they can let loose to the sound of a jukebox pre-loaded with 5,000 songs at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Chinatown.
Melbourne is taking its liberation to new heights with the launch of a Club Purple (pictured), a naked disco where revellers can dance under mirror balls without the constraints of clothing
The disco is just one of 133 events that will take place during Rising, ‘Asia Pacific’s pre-eminent cultural festival’ which will launch for the first time ever on Wednesday, May 26.
The festival will run for 12 nights until Sunday, June 6 across Melbourne’s main precincts, with a mix of free and ticketed experiences.
Tickets for Club Purple are now on sale for $15 per person on the festival’s official website.
And it’s not the only nudist experience on offer at the inaugural event.
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl has been transformed into a ‘supernatural forest of ice, art, music and moonlight’ as part of The Wilds exhibit complete with a bamboo forest and tunnels of light
Those looking to clear their minds can head to Flow State, a ‘sonic bathing’ site developed by sound artists Sarah Retallick and Amanda Roff on Herring Island, halfway between Richmond and South Yarra.
Participants will strip naked and float in large baths fitted with underwater speakers, listening to sounds channelled through microphones dotted around the island and hydrophones submerged in the Yarra River.
The festival program also features works by 750 Victorian artists, with eye-catching installations including a temporary bamboo forest and a 200-metre floating eel made from Chinese lanterns transforming the CBD.
The festival program also features works by 750 Victorian artists, with eye-catching installations including a 200-metre floating eel made from Chinese lanterns (pictured)
The festival will see Melbourne’s five main precincts transformed into a smorgasbord of art and culture for 12 nights from May 26 until June 6
Rivers, laneways and rooftop carparks will be turned into living art, along with largescale events at locations such as Melbourne Town Hall and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Rising is a merging of White Night and Melbourne International Arts Festival, both of which have been discontinued as standalone events.
The festival was due to launch in May 2020 before the pandemic forced organisers to postpone.
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