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On the couch with Marcus McKenzie
Marcus McKenzie
Conversation series
PUBLISHED
25 Feb 2026
On the couch is a new conversation series–an invitation for Temperance Hall artists to speak. Positioning artists on the couch, these sessions aim to capture a moment in time, mobilising choreographic and bodily-inclined practices through speaking.
Marcus McKenzie is a Temperance Hall Front Studio Resident for 2026.
Temperance Hall's Front Studio Residency offers six independent artists an artist stipend and two months of exclusive, unrestricted access to the Front Studio at Temperance Hall. At the conclusion of their residencies, artists present a public showing of their work in development, and receive professional photographic documentation.
The 2026 Front Studio Residency has been supported by the Neilson Foundation, the City of Port Phillip, and private donors.
Marcus Mceknzie’s work uses the relationship between audience and performer as a site for weird sensory encounters, often incorporating schisms in language, parafictional wor(l)d-building, meme-adjacent media and questionable dancing. His works take place in theatres, galleries, supermarkets, nightclubs and churches.
Australia: Rising. Mona. Mona Foma. Dark Mofo. Arts Centre Melbourne. Liveworks. Substation. Kaldor. Miscellania. Soft Centre. Le Fag. Lucid. Aphids. Pony Cam. Pony Express. Deep Soulful Sweats. Gertrude Contemporary. Kings ARI. Blindside. Wheeler Centre. Art Gallery of NSW. NGV. RMIT Gallery. Malthouse. Belvoir. Terrapin. Cantos. House of Vnholy. Un Projects. Aesthetic Calculations. Joel Stern. Shian Law. Georgia Banks. Mike Hewson. Zoe Bastin. Geoffrey Watson. Tamara Saulwick.
Internationally, Marcus has worked with Michael Portnoy for Steirischerherbst; Tim Crouch for Unicorn Theatre); and has recently toured Japan and Singapore with Terrapin and performed in Ireland with Pan Pan. Other international engagements include Xavier Le Roy, Hermann Nitsch and Lynsey Peisinger.