Join us for an intimate series of performances in one of the city’s most unusual spaces, the hammock room at the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Hyde Park Barracks. Originally housing convicts, the hammock room is steeped in history and personal stories.

Can music change the way a space makes you feel? And can a space change the way you interpret music? Experience the hammock room in a different way as you listen to some of our best and brightest musicians in this intimate setting.

Immerse yourself in an audiovisual experience with atmospheric lighting, projected imagery and surround sound. From the comfort of a hammock, soak up the sounds of some of Sydney’s most interesting and diverse artists exploring a range of genres.

Kick off the night with a drink from the bar in the Hyde Park Barracks courtyard before heading up into the hammock room.

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Fri 17 Oct 6.30pm–7.15pm

Fri 17 Oct 8.30pm–9.15pm

Maissa Alameddine

Maissa Alameddine invites audiences to experience the beauty, inheritance and resilience of the voice. In this performance, be transformed and transported by the power of song as a vessel of accessing memory.

A multidisciplinary artist, creative producer and acclaimed vocalist, Maissa carries a lineage of women vocalists and musicians whose songs have travelled across generations. Maissa uses her voice as both provocation and response. Her performances honour her ancestors while forging new paths through contemporary sound.

Over more than 20 years, Maissa has been a vital presence in the contemporary Arab Australian arts community. She is a founding member of the Western Sydney–based Arab Theatre Studio, and the creative director and lead vocalist of Ensemble Dandana, a collective dedicated to creating Arabic music, delivering workshops, and reimagining traditional sounds through experimental public improvisations. She is currently cultivating Sonic Nafas (breath), an experimental collective space of breath, listening, and improvisation through the CultureLAB Residency at The Warehouse, Arts House, Naarm / Melbourne.

Maissa’s practice moves fluidly between genres and cultures. She has performed with Arabic and Persian jazz ensembles as well as contemporary and classical Western orchestras, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Her work has been presented on many of Australia’s most respected stages, from the Sydney Opera House and Carriageworks to the City Recital Hall, Phoenix Central, Performance Space, the Biennale of Sydney and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Internationally, she has been featured in Germany as part of Documenta Fifteen, one of the world’s foremost contemporary art exhibitions.