Loop is a versatile project space/bar hybrid, presenting film, audio-visual performance and creative forums. The bar provides a warm and sophisticated ambience to enjoy a quiet beer or cocktail with friends or your own personally tailored function. Purpose built screens and audio-visual equipment make Loop ideal for all digital media events and our eclectic program ensures Loop reinvents itself nightly. Weekends offer a more energetic romp, soaking up tunes expertly mixed and diced by our resident DJs, always accompanied by live visual artists.

Loop is open from 4pm til late Monday - Saturday for casual drinks in addition to our daily program.

SATURDAY 28 January - 10pm - KAYSH, MICHELLE VALENTI & FREYA
In the absense of Unstable Sounds this month, 3 of the crews residents will be holding the fort in true Unstable style with deep, dirty and driving tech, bought to you by some of Melbourne's most passionate artists - Kaysh, Michelle Valenti & Freya. You know the drill: - Free entry - Clean, crisp, fat sound system - 20 x 12ft screens displaying visual brilliance - Non commercial and non conformist music - all welcome. Visuals by a conductor yet to be confirmed but whoever it is you know it will be the biz!

TUESDAY 31 January - 7:30pm - LOOPDELOOP
LoopdeLoop is an animation challenge. Each month, animators from around the world create looping animations based on a given topic and upload them to www.loopdeloop.org. On the last Tuesday of the month all of the posted loops are compiled and screened to a live audience at Loop. During the screening a winner is declared, who enters the hall of fame and has their loop featured throughout the following month. January theme is Cheese Dreams. Twitter, FB, Vimeo

WEDNESDAY 1 February - 7pm - SEENSOUND Visual/Music Series
Brigid Burke (Bass Clarinet, Laptop & live video projections), Mark Pederson (Laptop & live video projections). A new media performance group which creates all original work through sound, live laptop, woodwind, improvisation and live video. They have built a repertoire of new works, collaboratively devised through performances and rehearsal that draws on free improvisation, noise music, algorithmic composition, and live video art. Other works in this presentation are from Jim Denley (Sydney) Dan Senn (America) Justin Bradshaw (Italy) Warren Burt (Melb) and others. The SeenSound: Visual/Music series provides a space for the presentation of short visual/music works. Visual/Music series commenced in 2011, curated by Melbourne-based audio-visual artist Brigid Burke, and is proudly supported by Loop.

FRIDAY 3 February -10pm - MUSIC APPRECIATION SOCIETY
Ever think that your weekend was too short to go out and listen to the same dull music all night? That your ears and feet deserve better? Music Appreciation Society: Join Esty and guests as they dig the soulful side of HipHop, Boogie, Disco & House
10pm - late Visuals by {[grapheme}]

SATURDAY 4 February 10pm - PICKLED BEATS presents TOM LOUD (Syd)
Fresh from sell-out shows at the Sydney Fringe Festival, DJ Tom Loud is returning to Pickled Beats at Loop for an epic 5 hour AV, mashup, super party! Sydney's number one audio-visual DJ will be throwing down a truly eclectic blend of hiphop, funk, rock, swing, dubstep, drum and bass and techno, mixed with hundreds of snippets of youtube, tv and the movies. "DJ/VJ Loud mashes the fuck out of songs and videos to create an audio-visual orgy of awesomeness....It was hard to know whether to watch the big screen, sing along, laugh our socks off, or dance like maniacs." (bobbysix.com)

MONDAY 6 February - 6pm - PROCESS Architure Forum - 'SAMPLING'
"They were doing mash up's before mash up's even existed" (Ice Cube)
The act of composing a building is often a complex and exciting process which involves countless decisions in design.
How do you 'sample' space?

WEDNESDAY 8 February - 6pm onwards for an 8pm screening - PAUSE DOCUMENTARY
Pause would like to invite you to its first event in 2012! We are pretty happy about the first instalment of Pause last year and would like to welcome you with a premiere of a special 11:30 min documentary that we just finished. Another very important agenda for the gathering will be a special opportunity to join the Pause 2012 crew to help in shaping the international festival while growing its network. Bring your bcards or send your CV's with preferred position in the subject to info@pausefest.com.au 6pm start so that you can come right after work and grab a drink or some food and settle in. Documentary screening at 8pm.

FRIDAY 10 February - 10pm - UNCOMFORTABLE BEATS pres. UNCOMFORTABLE LOOPS
As part of their 2012 takeover plans, the Uncomfortable Beats crew steps out on a weekend to the lovely surrounds of Loop. On showcase will be mind-bending live beats, which will express the diversity of sounds in local electronic music. To add to this special occasion it will be the release party for the Uncomfortable Beats compilation album #2 which will be available for sale on the night. This release will feature some of the best up and coming Australian based producers including, Ghostsoul, Able8, Electric Sea Spider, Amin Payne and Cazeaux O.S.L.O who will all be performing on the night, plus a whole lot more. Expect to hear the sounds of live Glitch-Hop and Wonky Hip-Hop, mixed with cosmic visual projections from back-to-back VJ's Chronic Sans and Justin. Best of all entry is free, so come down for an exciting night of fantastic tunes and good times.

SATURDAY 11 February - 10pm - ebb&flo
Details coming soon...

TUESDAY 14 February - 7pm - TWEETFILM
TweetFilm is a Twitter-based movie watching experience where every participant watches the same film at the same time and live-tweets it – it’s like talking through a movie, 140 characters at a time. In association with Loop, TweetFilm is proud to present our latest live screening event. There will be a free screening of Jurassic Park with the Twitter feed projected alongside, so everyone present can take part in the conversation. Join us on from 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start!

THURSDAY 16 February - 7pm - J DILLA TRIBUTE NIGHT
Join us to celebrate the life of the great J Dilla A.K.A Jay Dee who brought us amazing and inspiring music throughout his lifetime. An audio-visual tribute to one of the world's loved and missed recording artist and producer. All donations raised from this event will be donated to the J Dilla Foundation. On this evening Local DJs and Producers will be playing music composed and inspired by J Dilla including unreleased tracks, live remixes and live MPC sets. Good music, Good times, all for a good cause.