UNDERSTAND_
Diagrams, as visual tools, sit at the intersection of logic, abstraction, and
imagination. They hold a unique place in our search for meaning, functioning as mediators between the known and the
unknown. Charles Sanders Peirce described them as “moving pictures of thought,” he saw them as crucial to forming
knowledge, but beyond their function as cognitive tools, diagrams also hint at something more transcendent. They
suggest new configurations of being, helping us to visualize relationships, structures, and processes that are often
invisible. They can serve as portals to ineffable ideas.
Diagrammatica is a genre-defying artwork: part drawing, durational performance,
and musical composition, it invites people into a constantly evolving system of meaning-making. Built from hundreds
of interconnected visual fragments inspired by physics and astral photography, an expansive, evolving “diagram” is
continually shaped and re-imagined by rotating teams of participants in a hidden location. Musicians respond to the
shifting tableau as a graphic score, using a custom built, hyper-directional audio system to create a live
soundscape.
Diagrammatica is an immersive, collective search for cosmology, connection, and
coherence.
The first iteration of Diagrammatica is being presented by Fed Square and Rising
from June 3rd -15th 2025 in Melbourne Australia.
DIAGRAMMATICA TEAM_
Lead artist and host - Jason Maling
Sound design and live performance - Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Film design and live performance - Rhian Hinkley
Spatial design - Chantal Marks
Host and component production - Torie Nimmervoll
Workwear design and production - Andrew Treloar
Host and workwear production - Charlie Lee
Lighting design - Katie Sfetkidis
Producer - Michaela Coventry (Sage Arts)
Executive producer - Anna Schoo (Strange Engine)
Outside eye - Martyn Coutts
Graphic design - Dan Milne and Liz Cox
Speaker design consultant - Robert Larson
Online archive - Mick Byrne
Technical consultant - Tom McKeand
Technical support - Lachie Careedy
Component production assistant - Olie Kennedy
Sound design and live performance - Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Film design and live performance - Rhian Hinkley
Spatial design - Chantal Marks
Host and component production - Torie Nimmervoll
Workwear design and production - Andrew Treloar
Host and workwear production - Charlie Lee
Lighting design - Katie Sfetkidis
Producer - Michaela Coventry (Sage Arts)
Executive producer - Anna Schoo (Strange Engine)
Outside eye - Martyn Coutts
Graphic design - Dan Milne and Liz Cox
Speaker design consultant - Robert Larson
Online archive - Mick Byrne
Technical consultant - Tom McKeand
Technical support - Lachie Careedy
Component production assistant - Olie Kennedy
GUEST MUSICIANS_
Each day, musicians perform live from within Slot 9, responding to the image as an
evolving graphic score. Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey play every day. Guest musicians join
Tues 3rd, 5:45 - 9pm, Golden Sands ( Biddy Connor and Sooji Kim)
Wed 4th, 5:45 - 9pm, Moses Carr & Ohmi (Lachlan Thompson)
Thurs 5th, 5:45 - 9pm, Nadav Rayman
Fri 6th, 5:45 - 9pm, Aaron Wyatt
Sat 7th, 5:45 - 9pm, Kaylie Melville
Sun 9th, 1:45 - 5pm, Mindy Meng Wang
Mon 10th, 5:45 - 9pm, Golden Sands (Mads Davey and Katerina Stathis)
Wed 11th 5:45 - 9pm, JP Shilo
Thurs 12th, 5:45 - 9pm, Helen Svoboda
Fri 13th 5:45 - 9pm, Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Sat 14th, 5:45- 9pm, Flora Carbo and Winter McQuinn
Sun 15th 1.45-5pm, Cat Hope
Sun 15th 5:45 - 9pm, Genevieve Lacey & Marshall McGuire
Wed 4th, 5:45 - 9pm, Moses Carr & Ohmi (Lachlan Thompson)
Thurs 5th, 5:45 - 9pm, Nadav Rayman
Fri 6th, 5:45 - 9pm, Aaron Wyatt
Sat 7th, 5:45 - 9pm, Kaylie Melville
Sun 9th, 1:45 - 5pm, Mindy Meng Wang
Mon 10th, 5:45 - 9pm, Golden Sands (Mads Davey and Katerina Stathis)
Wed 11th 5:45 - 9pm, JP Shilo
Thurs 12th, 5:45 - 9pm, Helen Svoboda
Fri 13th 5:45 - 9pm, Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Sat 14th, 5:45- 9pm, Flora Carbo and Winter McQuinn
Sun 15th 1.45-5pm, Cat Hope
Sun 15th 5:45 - 9pm, Genevieve Lacey & Marshall McGuire
SUPPORTERS_
Diagrammatica has been generously supported by:
Strange Engine
Creative Australia
Fed Square
RISING
City of Melbourne
Creative Australia
Fed Square
RISING
City of Melbourne
The Diagrammatica team acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on
which we live, learn, work and play. We pay our respects to the Kulin Nation and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Elders.
This project is dedicated to the memory of Cynthia Maling, who sought grace in all
things.