Unbound

Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne

We're for anyone, from anywhere, who wants to change the world with their art. Discover inspiring stories of creativity from our artistic community across the Victorian College of Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

A jazz program rethinking gender in the genre

How to make space for minority representation in jazz? Offer community, collaboration, creativity – and the freedom to fail. Gender Defying Jazz unlocks all of this for everyone who joins, including female-identifying, transgender, and non-binary musicians.

The film school at the vanguard of the virtual production revolution

The precisionist paintings of Jeffrey Smart shape the distinctive – and digital – environment of City of Echoes. Crew and creative from across the Faculty are driving this exploration of melancholy and the creative spirit.

A profound documentary following a survivor-led support group

Born in a local boxing gym, Left Write Hook is a unique support group for survivors of sexual abuse – and is now the focus of a multi-modal, interdisciplinary University of Melbourne research project, as well as the subject of a documentary film.

An unflinching look at the reality of dementia

Few mediums have the power to capture complex emotion like film. I Dreamt I Was a Butterfly, a new VCA student film, harnesses this power to portray the journey of frontotemporal dementia diagnosis for patients and their families.

A pioneering partnership nurturing the future of Australian music

In this transformative collaboration, the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Australian Chamber Orchestra challenge Conservatorium students to unlock the next level of their musicianship.

A chilling take on one of the world's most enduring stories

The modern version of Hansel and Gretel is sinister enough, even after it's been sanitised. So what does it look like in a performance that stays true to the tale's Grimm roots? German composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 opera is an iconic unpacking of the twisted tale.