Sonic Spaces at Hyde Park Barracks

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.

Friday 22 August: Germ Studies

Germ Studies brings an evening of musical transformation, through sound and melodic experimentation. Germ Studies is the inspired Australian pairing of renowned pianist Chris Abrahams and harpist Clare Cooper.

Drawing on the language of contemporary electro-acoustic improvisation, Abrahams and Cooper approach each performance as an open-ended investigation – testing the limits of their instruments and the acoustics of the space itself. The result is a series of unrepeatable encounters with sound that invite audiences to slow down, tune in and experience place anew.

Friday 17 October: 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 memory and an instrument of diversity.

A multidisciplinary artist, creative producer and acclaimed vocalist, Maissa carries a lineage of women vocalists and musicians whose songs have travelled across generations. Her performances honour these ancestors while forging new paths through sound.