Natalia Mann, Ilona McGuire & Merindi Schrieber sing resonance and share stories on the Whadjuk shore, connecting in collaboration for Sonic Earth, Fremantle Biennale.
Sonic Earth
Natalia Mann, Merindi Schrieber, Ilona McGuire, feat. Nikki Doll and Wawumun.
Sound Sauna, SANCTUARY Fremantle Biennale
MANJAREE (BATHERS BEACH PRECINCT)
13-30 NOV 2025 (WED-SUN), 7AM-7PM + LATE NIGHT SESSIONS
Entry: $25 + BOOKING FEE
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SONIC EARTH is an experimental dialogue bringing together lore, science and consciousness to ask the Ocean how we as humanity can best move forward into the era of rising sea levels.
Unfolding through time, epic stories and mythologies embodied in five coastal women are woven in sound. Sonic Earth learn the songs and stories of the Ocean through resonance, of Country through Elders and community. The message of the Ocean is one of peace and healing, as she calls us back to living in harmony with the Earth.
Merindi Schrieber (Kuku Yalanji), Ilona McGuire (Whadjuk), Nikki Doll (Tolai PNG), Natalia Mann (Samoa) and guest Wawumun (Kuku Yalanji, Zenadth Kes, Torres Strait) create a sacred and experiential sound performance for SANCTUARY Sound Sauna.
Sound Sauna is a one-of-a-kind sensory ritual — a resonance spa at Manjaree (Bathers Beach), perched on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Set within a repurposed shipping container and lined with locally sourced timber, this installation fuses the restorative heat of traditional sauna culture with a transformative sonic experience. This intimate space invites you to sweat, float and dissolve into a curated sonic journey.
Across a series of 60-minute sessions, sound artists, musicians, poets, and cultural leaders create immersive soundscapes designed to deepen connection to place. Inspired by the Fremantle Biennale’s 2025 theme of sanctuary, each session is an exploration in active listening, collective care and embodied transformation. Sound changes with the time of day: morning meditations and vocal landscapes drift toward late-night DJ sets and experimental bass vibrations. Your body becomes a conduit for deep frequency — buoyant, dissolving, alive.
Whether you’re drawn by tradition, curiosity or the lure of sound and heat, Sound Sauna offers a space to reflect, to soften and to feel, floating between breath and rhythm. Come alone or with others. Sit, listen, sweat. Let the ocean hum at your back. The warmth will carry you and the sound will stay with you.