A festival conceived for
the blue mountains26—29th November 2026
Superposition acknowledges and pays deep respect to the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the sacred skies, ancient mountains, living waterways, and enduring geologies where our festival takes place. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, recognising that the Blue Mountains have been a place of ceremony, gathering, storytelling, and knowledge-sharing since the first sunrise.Anvil Rock Lookout, Blackheath
For four days, Superposition opens a temporary space inside the real world where our communities and artists physically inhabit different ways of being: with each other, with time, with place, with pleasure, with loss. A hopeful invitation to create the conditions where we can all rehearse better futures.The Space Between the Current & the Possible
26—29th November 2026
Katoomba, Blackheath, WEntworth Falls, Mt victoria, Springwood & penrithSuperposition is an invitation into entanglement: a multi-day art and culture festival of performance, music, nightlife, visual art and installation, conversation and gathering, held in and with the Blue Mountains
The name comes from three places. From quantum physics, where a particle exists in multiple states until they are observed. From geological stratigraphy, where rock layers hold story, time and pressure pressed into form. From wave energy, where separate forces meet and combine into something neither could make alone. The festival works with artists to create expansive possibilities, rewarding those seeking layers of meaning and experience, and catalysing distinct forces and ideas to meet in the open and change each other.
The festival amplifies the artistic, ecological, scientific, spiritual and community life in this place, and offers it a contemporary frame and a wider connection. The festival is a portal, not an escape. We want to be enveloped in landscape, art, movement, weather, ritual, nourishment and complexity together.
What a fun time.
Program Streams
At first light, the Dawn program presents site-responsive works across the escarpment, creating and sensory works that draw audiences into heightened attention and presence. This program reframes familiar landscapes through subtle artistic intervention.
DAWNDay programming occupies both natural and built environments throughout the Blue Mountains, with commissioned installations, exhibitions and performances that explore the entanglement between creative practice and place as well as a series of exhibitions, walks and workshops.
DAYAs light fades, Dusk activates sites through works responding to the shifting conditions. Sonic & immersive moments unfold across the threshold between day and night, exploring how perception alters as familiar landscapes transform.
DUSKDark brings together experimental sound, parties & planetary systems. The program includes star knowledge experiences, parties, screenings, performances and gatherings under the night sky.
DARKFestival Directors
A Sydney-based creative producer and cultural programmer working across contemporary performance, queer culture and community-embedded practice. He is the founder of Unfunded Empathy and the co-creator of Queer PowerPoint, which has been presented across the region including RISING, Taipei Pride, Sydney Festival, Festival of Live Art Auckland and Darwin Festival. As Producer at Performing Lines, he produces work with Bundjulung/Ngapuhi choreographer Amrita Hepi , queer icon Betty Grumble and dj & composer Paul Mac. His producing work is characterised by a commitment to risk-taking, artist care and building genuine community around cultural events. He brings particular expertise in emerging artist development, event production and the kind of sustained relational work that makes ambitious projects viable.
M: 0416 002 560
E: thom@unfundedempathy.com
A multidisciplinary curator and cultural programmer with over two decades of experience. She is the founder and director of Friends with Strangers, a socially-engaged cultural organisation working at the intersection of artistic excellence and social impact. She curates and produces multidisciplinary art experiences with a focus on building platforms where communities can gather and imagine more equitable futures. Prior to Friends with Strangers she served as Executive Producer and Artistic Adviser at Performance Space, Festival Director of Art Month, and Director of Programs and Partnerships for Sydney Contemporary. She has worked extensively with artists and organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, with a sustained interest in collaborative practice, political and ecological urgency, and art that reaches beyond institutional audiences.
M: 0418 155 186
E: sam@friendswithstrangers.com.au
Advisory Board
Uncle David KingGungundarra Man and GAHAI member. Gully Traditional Owner.
Aunty leanne TobinDharug woman, artist and cultural educator
Amrita HepiBundjulung and Ngapuhi choreographer and artist working across performance, video and installation.
Jenny kee AOIconic Australian fashion designer and artist, Blackheath resident for nearly fifty years.
Interdisciplinary artist, curator and writer of Tamil ancestry. Artistic associate, Sydney Festival.
Nithya Nagarajan
Managing Partner, REA Arts and Culture. Over 20 years working with Carriageworks, Sydney Opera House and the Australian Ballet.
Vanessa DUscio
Managing Director, MusicNSW. Board Member, Green Music Australia, NSW Sound NSW Advisory Board, 24-Hour Economy Advisory Council.
Joe muller
Superposition is partnering with MTNS MADE on an open call to present at our inaugural festival: events, exhibitions, gigs, markets, talks and gatherings produced by you – folks based in and around the Mountains.
MTNS Made EOI
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MTNS Made EOI - Apply here-
Superposition is A HOPeful response to the STATE OF THE world: a festival built To serve Communities in the Mountains and far beyond. We move in genuine partnership with Traditional Owners, Blue Mountains City Council, local venues & makers, & international collaborators. This patient, place-based work takes time & resources. Your support is deeply important and appreciated.