Reviewed by: Fringefeed
Review by Michelle |
31 January 2026
Here's a fun fact for you, if you didn't know already, Scitech's Planetarium is the largest of its kind in Australia, and it certainly dawns on you as you're sitting captivated in the audience of K Mak at the Planetarium show.
I've never experienced anything like this before - the visuals, the soundscape, the beats, the vocals - it's an experimental art pop experience that overwhelms. Your senses are heightened not only from the deafening silence in between each pause of each piece but also from the abstract visuals that envelope you in your seat.
At varying points of the show, I felt drawn in and mesmerised by the botanical visuals and at other times the visuals felt generic, which would immediately hurl you back to the reality that you're just a person sitting amongst an audience in a theatre. This back and forth, along with the integrated pulsing rhythmic beats, built up a tension in me that felt overwhelming.
At varying points of the show, I felt drawn in and mesmerised by the botanical visuals and at other times the visuals felt generic, which would immediately hurl you back to the reality that you're just a person sitting amongst an audience in a theatre. This back and forth, along with the integrated pulsing rhythmic beats, built up a tension in me that felt overwhelming.
The music's emotional range, together with the visuals, formed a moodscape rather than a narrative, and it created a sensory environment for all the audience to feel the haunting, soothing and hypnotic beats.
If you've never experienced anything like this before, give it a go; however, if you're sensitive to loud sounds or motion-heavy visuals maybe this might be more than you can handle!