My name is W. Sze Tsang, and I am an audio-visual artist, performer and researcher living in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia. I perform under the name samarobryn.
My work is based on how art and technology can facilitate connections between landscape, self and composition.
Performances and Exhibitions
| Name | Event | Venue | Notes | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Sze Tsang | The Last Stand | CURRENT Gallery | Site-specific residency | August | 2025 |
| W. Sze Tsang | Meet Me In The Garden | PICA | Sound design and video for exhibition, alongside Claire Billie Bushby and Mark Wahlsteen | May – June | 2025 |
| W. Sze Tsang | Meet Me In The Garden | Rockingham Art Gallery | Sound design and video for exhibition, alongside Claire Billie Bushby and Mark Wahlsteen | April | 2025 |
| Phantom Island | Four5Nine Bar | Guitarist | January | 2025 | |
| Phantom Island | Little Things & Friends Festive Bash! | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | December | 2024 |
| samarobryn | Echoes In Flight | Henderson Environmental Centre | Sound and visual arts event as part of Claire Billie Bushby’s artist residency with City Of Stirling. | December | 2024 |
| samarobryn | NoizeMaschine #156 | The Bird | Live audio-visual performance | November | 2024 |
| W. Sze Tsang | MANE (Monash Animated Notation Ensemble) | Tempo Rubato, Melbourne/Naarm | Composer of animated notated piece performed by MANE. | November | 2024 |
| Veils | NoizeMaschin #155 | Johnny Ma Studios | Guitarist | October | 2024 |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2024: Futurity | Sydney/Melbourne/online | Audio-visual piece – ‘streamflow’ | October | 2024 |
| self | PAYSAGES | COMPOSÉS 2024 | Various, Grenoble, France | Soundwork: ‘Alone Along White Clouds I Return’ | September | 2024 |
| Veils | PMX Vinyl Launch | The Bird | Also guest guitarist with PMX | July | 2024 |
| Veils | CCCXXXIII ‘Haus’ EP Launch | The Bird | Guitarist | April | 2024 |
| self | Audible Edge Night School | State Library of Western Australia | Guest speaker at ‘Creative Tools & The Softwarization of Cultural Production’ book launch | April | 2024 |
| W. Sze Tsang | PMX ‘Temenos’ Album Launch | Mojos | Guest performer with PMX | March | 2024 |
| samarobryn | Sprouted Vol 1 launch party | Hyde Park | Laptop performance | January | 2024 |
| W. Sze Tsang | Creative Australia Digital Fellowship Programme | Various | Mentoring programme developing creative digital practice, and creation of work: ‘an elongate depression between ranges’ | January – June | 2024 |
| samarobryn | Mothers Who Make Opening Night | Midland Junction Arts Centre | Creation of accompanying sound work | December | 2023 |
| samarobryn | ALT | The Bird | Live audio-visual performance | November | 2023 |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2023: ElectroMUSe | UNE Sydney | Audio-visual piece: ‘The Swan / Derbarl Yerrigan’ | October | 2023 |
| samarobryn | SINE | Wallace gallery | Audio-visual work for exhibition and opening night live performance: ‘I fear my spirit will be worn away by the tides’ | September – November | 2023 |
| Mind Warp Pavillion | Aladdin Sane | Lyric Lane | Guitarist for the 50th anniversary performance of Aladdin Sane | August | 2023 |
| Veils | Outcome Unknown | Old Customs House | OU 7th Anniversary series | August | 2023 |
| Ghostland | NoizeMaschin | The Bird | OU 7th Anniversary series, with Miles Hitchcock | August | 2023 |
| Cry Baby | INDance | Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company | Guitarist | August | 2023 |
| Veils | Strange Fest | Laptop performance | June | 2023 | |
| Michelle Hall and the Dirty Others | Midland Junction Arts Centre | Collaborator during Michelle’s artist residency | March | 2023 | |
| samarobryn | NoizeMaschin | The Bird | Live audio-visual performance | March | 2023 |
| Veils | NoizeMaschin | The Bird | Laptop performance | February | 2023 |
| Veils | Hearts Of Darkness | The Bird | Laptop performance | February | 2023 |
| W. Sze Tsang | Mind Warp Pavillion 7 | Freo Social | Guitarist | January | 2023 |
| samarobryn | Blue Veils Residency | Old Customs House | Laptop performance | November | 2022 |
| samarobryn | WAMFest 2022 | State Library of WA | Live audio-visual performance | November | 2022 |
| Mercury Bones | Situ-8 | Liberty Theatre | Guitarist as part of short film | November | 2022 |
| You’re So Brave | Blue Room Theatre | Sound design and cultural consultant | October | 2022 | |
| Broken Gnomes | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | October | 2022 | |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2022 | Massey University, Aoteroa | Audio-visual piece | August – September | 2022 |
| Broken Gnomes | Whale and Ale | Guitarist | July | 2022 | |
| samarobryn | Banksias Under Snow | Ellenbrook Arts | Composer of animated graphical score, ‘Cladia’ | May | 2022 |
| Night Dancing | KickstART Festival | Various (Northbridge) | Sound performance | April | 2022 |
| Broken Gnomes | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | March | 2022 | |
| The Dirty Mother | State Of Play @ FringeWorld | State Theatre | Performer, sound design | January | 2022 |
| W. Sze Tsang | PortalPortal | York Botanical Prize, Gallery 152, York | Sound work for Claire/Billie Busby and Donna Franklin’s sculpture, ‘Portal’ | November – January | 2021 – 2022 |
| samarobryn | NoizeMaschin!! Christmas Party | Goodwill Club | Laptop performer with plyanci and Sage Pbbbt | December | 2021 |
| PMX | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | December | 2021 | |
| PMX | Aardvark | Guitarist | December | 2021 | |
| PMX | Mojos | Guitarist | December | 2021 | |
| samarobryn | NoizeMaschin | The Artifactory | Laptop performance | November | 2021 |
| PMX | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | November | 2021 | |
| PMX | Mojos | Guitarist | October | 2021 | |
| samarobryn | Shock Of The New | WAAPA | Vocals and graphical notation | October | 2021 |
| self | Feminist responses to climate change: Unruly experimentations for unstable times | Gallery25 | Series of four audio-visual pieces shown as part of exhibition | September – October | 2021 |
| PMX | Mojos | Guitarist | August | 2021 | |
| PMX | Rodney’s Bait and Tackle | Guitarist | August | 2021 | |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2021 | Various | Conference talk and audio-visual piece | August | 2021 |
| Broken Gnomes | Sewing Room | Guitarist | August | 2021 | |
| Cry Baby | Rechabite | Guitarist | August | 2021 | |
| Broken Gnomes | Sonar Room | Guitarist | July | 2021 | |
| PMX | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | July | 2021 | |
| PMX | Mojos | Guitarist | July | 2021 | |
| PMX | The Lucky Goat | Guitarist | July | 2021 | |
| Broken Gnomes | Broken Gnomes EP Launch (SOR) | Clancy’s | Guitarist | June | 2021 |
| PMX | Lynnot’s Lounge | Guitarist | May | 2021 | |
| Broken Gnomes | Broken Gnomes EP Launch | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | May | 2021 |
| samarobryn | WAAPA Postgraduate Showcase | Richard Gill Auditorium | Live audio-visual performance | April | 2021 |
| PMX | Underlyers House Party | Guitarist | March | 2021 | |
| PMX | Mojos | Guitarist | March | 2021 | |
| samarobryn | Basendena 01 | Live audio-visual performance | January | 2021 | |
| Cry Baby | State Of Play | State Theatre Courtyard | Guitarist | January | 2021 |
| Mind Warp Pavillion 5 | The Rechabite | Guitarist | January | 2021 | |
| PMX | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | January | 2021 | |
| samarobryn | Lines Community Stream #4 | Online | Audio-visual | December | 2020 |
| The Dirty Mother | Limited online season | Online | Performer, sound design | December | 2020 |
| PMX | The Lucky Goat | Guitarist | December | 2020 | |
| PMX | Clancy’s | Guitarist | December | 2020 | |
| Broken Gnomes | Milk Bar | Guitarist | December | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | Spectrum Project Space | Audio-visual work | December | 2020 | |
| The Dirty Mother | Melbourne Fringe | Online | Performer, sound design | November | 2020 |
| samarobryn | NoizeMaschin!! | The Artifactory | Live audio-visual performance | November | 2020 |
| Broken Gnomes | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | October | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | Shock Of The New | Live audio-visual performance | October | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | WAAPA Postgraduate Showcase | Live audio-visual performance | September | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | Outcome Unknown | Paper Mountain | Live audio-visual performance | August | 2020 |
| Broken Gnomes | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | August | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2020 | Audio-visual work | July | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | Lines Community Stream #2 | Online | Live audio-visual performance | June | 2020 |
| Broken Gnomes | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | June | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | Shock Of The New | Live audio-visual performance | May | 2020 | |
| samarobryn | Lines Community Stream #1 | Online | Live audio-visual performance | May | 2020 |
| samarobryn | MIUC Online Concert #3 | Online | Audio-visual performance | April | 2020 |
| samarobryn | TURA Soup Nights | Lyric Lane | Live audio-visual performance | March | 2020 |
| Broken Gnomes | Nannup Music Festival | Nannup | Guitarist | February – March | 2020 |
| Broken Gnomes | Lyric Lane | Guitarist | January | 2020 | |
| The Dirty Mother | Summer Nights | Blue Room Theatre | Performer, sound design | January | 2020 |
| samarobryn | Outcome Unknown | Live audio-visual performance | October | 2019 | |
| samarobryn | JOLT Sonic Festival | Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne/Naarm | Live audio-visual performance | September | 2019 |
| self | ACMC 2019 | Monash University, Melbourne/Naarm | Audio-visual work and conference presentation | July | 2019 |
| The Dirty Mother | Winter Nights | Blue Room Theatre | Performer, sound design | July | 2019 |
| self | Gender Diversity in Music Making Conference | UWA | Drummer in improvisation performance (with Nat Grant) | July | 2019 |
| samarobryn | SeenSound July | LOOP Bar, Melbourne/Naarm | Audio-visual work | July | 2019 |
| Marley Wynn | Aardvark | Guitarist | June | 2019 | |
| self | Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary | Performer | May | 2019 | |
| samarobryn | Shock Of The New | Audio-visual work | May | 2019 | |
| samarobryn | mixtape #IWD | Dublin Institute of Technology, IRE | Soundwork | March | 2019 |
| Broken Gnomes | Basso Hotel | April | 2019 | ||
| The Dirty Mother | 900 Seconds | Blue Room Theatre | February | 2019 | |
| samarobryn | Super Secret Squirrel House Park | Laptop performance, with Furchick, as part of RTRFM’s radiothon | December | 2018 | |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2018 | Audio-visual work | December | 2018 | |
| samarobryn | NoizeMaschinn | The Artifactory | Laptop performance, with Furchick | November | 2018 |
| self | Blink Photography Awards | Osborne Community Hub | Photographic exhibition, finalist | November | 2018 |
| samarobryn | Flyin’ Shoes | Laptop performance | November | 2018 | |
| Marley Wynn | WAMFest | Red Room, Brass Monkey | Guitarist | November | 2018 |
| samarobryn | WAMFest | Wesley Church | Guitar and laptop performance, with Flick Dear | November | 2018 |
| Marley Wynn | Prince Of Wales, Bunbury | Guitarist | November | 2018 | |
| samarobryn | WAMFest Pop-Up Set | Elizabeth Quay | Laptop performance | November | 2018 |
| Marley Wynn | Fremantle Arts Centre | Guitarist | October | 2018 | |
| samarobryn | Shock Of The New | Spectrum Project Space | Audio-visual work | October | 2018 |
| Broken Gnomes | Basso Hotel | Guitarist | September | 2018 | |
| self | Limited Hangout II | Herdsman Lake | Guitarist | September | 2018 |
| Furious Audio Description | Low Ball aka Sound Poetry | Perth Poetry Festival, Artifactory | Guitarist | August | 2018 |
| self | Limited Hangout I | Narrows Bridge Underpass | Guitarist | July | 2018 |
| samarobryn | SeenSound July Edition | Loop Bar, Melbourne/Naarm | Audio-visual work | July | 2018 |
| samarobryn | MIUC | Bar Open, Melbourne/Naarm | Guitar and laptop, with Gravy Murphy | July | 2018 |
| samarobryn | Gender and Diversity in Music Making Conference | Guitar and laptop performance | July | 2018 | |
| Furchick’s Slinky Dinks Orchestra | In The Pines | Performer – with made sound instrument | April | 2018 | |
| samarobryn | Wave Turntable | McEvoy Foundation for the Arts | Soundwork for exhibition | April | 2018 |
| Broken Gnomes | Nannup Music Festival | Nannup | Guitarist | March | 2018 |
| Mind Warp Pavillion | Gate One Theatre | Guitarist | February | 2018 | |
| Ashes Of Burnt Sage | RTRFM 40th Anniversary | Perth Concert Hall | Drummer | November | 2017 |
| self | Totally Huge New Music Festival | Performing ‘A Wave And Waves’ | October | 2017 | |
| samarobryn | HASS Conference | Richard Gill Auditorium | Vocals, laptop and audio-reactive visuals performance | October | 2017 |
| samarobryn | Shock Of The New | Spectrum Project Space | Audio-visual work | October | 2017 |
| samarobryn | ACMC 2017: Do Androids Dream of Computer Music? | Elder Hall, Adelaide/Kaurna | Vocals, laptop and audio-reactive visuals performance | September | 2017 |
| samarobryn | WAAPA Research Showcase | Richard Gill Auditorium | Vocals, laptop and audio-reactive visuals performance | September | 2017 |
| Potato Stars | Hen House Live | Guitarist | April | 2017 | |
| Potato Stars | The Sixty30 | Guitarist | April | 2017 | |
| self | Making The Makestra Exhibition and Residency | Spectrum Project Space | Playable plant and home-made sound instrument as part of exhibition | February – March | 2017 |
| Potato Stars | EP launch | Basso Hotel | Guitarist | February | 2017 |
| Mind Warp Pavillion | Gate One Theatre | Guitarist | January | 2017 | |
| Arteles Group Exhibition | Silence Awareness Existence | Arteles Creative Centre, Finland | Series of six audio-visual works as part of artist residency and group exhibition | November | 2016 |
| Seeing Sound | Kaleidoscope Festival | Soundwork as part of audio-visual installation | November | 2016 | |
| Potato Stars | Rockin’ For West Papua | Railway Hotel | Guitarist | October | 2016 |
| self | Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address | State Library of WA | Composer of animated notation piece, ‘A Light That Is Waiting’, performed alongside Nicole Canham and Decibel | October | 2016 |
| Potato Stars | North Freo Bowling Club | Guitarist | September | 2016 | |
| Potato Stars | Rosemount Hotel | Guitarist | September | 2016 | |
| Potato Stars | Punks For West Papua | Swan Basement | Guitarist | June | 2016 |
| Potato Stars | ‘The Bill’ EP Launch | Basso Hotel | Guitarist | June | 2016 |
| timeofhex | Shock Of The New | Spectrum Project Space | Guitar and laptop performance | May | 2016 |
| Potato Stars | Swan Basement | Guitarist | May | 2016 | |
| timeofhex | NoizeMaschinn | The Artifactory | Guitar and laptop performance | April | 2016 |
| self | You Are Here Festival | Smith’s Alternative, Canberra/Ngambri | Audio-visual works and live guitar performance, with Aaron Kirby and Ellie Malbon | April | 2016 |
| timeofhex | You Are Here Festival | The Club, Canberra/Ngambri | Guitar and laptop performance | April | 2016 |
| self | Sound Thought Festival | Glasgow, Scotland | Audio-visual work | April | 2016 |
| Potato Stars | The Axeman’s Benefit | Mojos | Guitarist | March | 2016 |
| Potato Stars | Basso RSL | Guitarist | March | 2016 | |
| Potato Stars | Basso RSL | Guitarist | January | 2016 | |
| Potato Stars | Bar120 | Guitarist | January | 2016 | |
| Potato Stars / timeofhex | Jimmy’s Den | Guitar and laptop performance | December | 2015 | |
| self | The Conversation | Joondalup Art Gallery | Audio-visual work as part of community exhibition exploring poetry and visual arts | November | 2015 |
| Potato Stars | Yardstock | 208 | Guitarist | October | 2015 |
| timeofhex | Defector’s bar | Guitar and laptop performance | September | 2015 | |
| Potato Stars | The Good Shepherd | Guitarist | September | 2015 | |
| Potato Stars | Swan Basement | Guitarist | September | 2015 | |
| Potato Stars / timeofhex | Velvet Lounge | Guitar and laptop performance | August | 2015 | |
| self | Lethbridge 10000 Art Awards | Online | Photographic work, exhibited online | June | 2015 |
| self | ART-Town residency and exhibition | Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne/Naarm | Audio-visual works | April – May | 2015 |
| Potato Stars / timeofhex | Equinox Bar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Guitarist | April | 2015 | |
| Potato Stars / timeofhex | X Bar, Siem Reap, Cambodia | Guitarist | April | 2015 | |
| Potato Stars / timeofhex | Sharky’s, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Guitarist | April | 2015 | |
| The Prevention | PICA | Sound and performance as part of artinprocess’s residency | March | 2015 | |
| The Prevention | The Bird | Guitar and laptop performance | March | 2015 | |
| timeofhex | Swan Lounge | Guitar and laptop performance | December | 2014 | |
| timeofhex | Swan Lounge | Guitar and laptop performance | December | 2014 | |
| timeofhex | Four5Nine | Guitar and laptop performance | December | 2014 | |
| self | Clifton’s Art Prize | Parmelia House | Photographic work, exhibited as finalist | December | 2014 |
| self | Porosity Studio and Group Exhibition | Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin China | Series of four audio-visual works exhibited as part of studio intensive | September | 2014 |
| In Orbit | Swan Basement | Vocals and guitar | June | 2014 | |
| self | Lethbridge 10000 Art Awards | Online | Photographic work, exhibited online | June | 2014 |
| In Orbit | Swan Basement | Vocals and guitar | May | 2014 | |
| In Orbit | Rosemount Hotel | Vocals and guitar | April | 2014 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | March | 2014 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | March | 2014 | |
| In Orbit | The Railway | Vocals and guitar | February | 2014 | |
| In Orbit | Rosemount Hotel | Vocals and guitar | January | 2014 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | December | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Civic Hotel | Vocals and guitar | December | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Basement | Vocals and guitar | November | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Basement | Vocals and guitar | November | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Basement | Vocals and guitar | November | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | North Freo Bowls Club | Vocals and guitar | October | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | North Freo Bowls Club | Vocals and guitar | October | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | August | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | The Railway | Vocals and guitar | August | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | July | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | The Bird | Vocals and guitar | July | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | June | 2013 | |
| self | Lethbridge 10000 Art Awards | Online | Photographic work, exhibited online | June | 2013 |
| In Orbit | Rosemount Hotel | Vocals and guitar | May | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | May | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Lark Hill Auditorium | Vocals and guitar | April | 2013 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Basement | Vocals and guitar | January | 2013 | |
| self | Human +/- Nature | Kurb Gallery | Series of photographs as part of group exhibition | December | 2012 |
| self | Macquarie Photographic Prize | Various (Orange, Sydney, Dubbo) | Photographic work, exhibited as finalist in award | December | 2012 |
| In Orbit | The Railway | Vocals and guitar | September | 2012 | |
| In Orbit | The Flytrap | Vocals and guitar | September | 2012 | |
| In Orbit | Swan Lounge | Vocals and guitar | August | 2012 | |
| In Orbit | The Railway | Vocals and guitar | August | 2012 | |
| In Orbit | Market City Tavern | Vocals and guitar | August | 2012 | |
| In Orbit | The Railway | Vocals and guitar | August | 2012 |