8 Days: Your one-stop guide to the week ahead
ART
Matthew Griffin's video series Ballads takes his reflections on the quality of political leadership and responses to the global health crisis to the next level. The new video works address the realities of living in a pandemic, with ruminations on solitude, existentialism, mindfulness and madness. Free, gertrude.org.au
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fortyfivedownstairs launches online exhibition series Fragments with a new group show. HERE brings together works from 25 Victorian artists who have continued to explore, create and engage throughout a disruptive year. Judy Holding, Chris Orr, Lisa Sewards and more explore the themes of resilience and growth. Until Sep 26, free, fortyfivedownstairs.com
FKA twigs
FILM
Sydney Underground Film Festival celebrates its 14th anniversary online this year. Access more than 100 experimental, subversive and unhinged short films from across the world including the latest Greek Weird Wave from director Yorgos Lanthimos, Nimic, starring Matt Dillon. Until Sep 20, $10 single ticket, $55 festival pass, suff.com.au
MUSIC
FKA twigs teamed up with filmmaker Hiro Murai to produce a seven-minute music video-meets-fantasy film for her song Sad Day. The film stars FKA twigs alongside Teake as they use the Chinese martial art of Wushu to battle their way through the streets of London. This is Murai's first music video since Childish Gambino's This is America. Free, youtube.com/fkatwigs
SERIES
Comedy troupe the Travelling Sisters have created a new comedy web series, spawned from the cancellation of their live shows. Meet the Mullets is a five-episode mockumentary about a group of mullet-adorning blokes and their mothers, who have no work during the global pandemic. Free, thetravellingsisters.com
MUSIC
The Tiny Desk concert series is exactly what its name suggests: a series of live music concerts, hosted by NPR Music, from the "tiny desk" of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Musicians such as Harry Styles, Alicia Keys and Billie Eilish have performed intimate concerts, either from Boilen's desk or at home. Free, youtube.com/nprmusic