An immersive experience with live music, visuals, and improvisation
Special Guest: Zé Nigro
USHAN is the audiovisual project of Brazilian multi-disciplinary artist Lorena Hollander, blending voice, synthesizers, guitar, koto, beats and experimental elements into immersive live performances that move between electronic, psychedelic and ritualistic atmospheres. Together with Snark, the evening will feature individual sets followed by an open improvisational section with invited guest musicians, creating a collaborative and spontaneous experience through sound and visuals.
This is a shoes-off event in a space where you can lounge or sit in chairs.
The bar area and back yard with art installation Vibe Check will be open all night.
Foto by @fangxframes
About the Artists
USHAN is a musical project from São Paulo, Brazil, that combines voice, guitar, koto, synthesizers, live looping, and real-time sound processing. Blending organic and electronic elements, the performances unfold as immersive, evolving sonic landscapes shaped in the moment. With a strong dialogue between music and performance, USHAN creates a sensorial atmosphere that feels like a portal into other states and imagined worlds — fluid, atmospheric, and not easily defined. Alongside original material, the repertoire also engages in dialogue with Brazilian music, incorporating quotations and fragments from bossa nova and other traditions. Learn more.
Snark is a musician and visual artist who uses the tenor saxophone and abstracted video projection as a gateway to deep and untethered experiments in electronic manipulation, repetition, drone, and emotional frenzy. His catalogue of recordings tracks intimate partnerships with fellow adventure-seeking musicians, and takes shape in spacious long-form compositions and spontaneous free improvisation. Inspired by rāga, ceremonial icaros, new age warmth and chthonic dissonance, the music aims to bring lessons from the Other Side. Learn more.
Zé Nigro is a Brazilian musician, composer, producer, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work bridges contemporary Brazilian music, funk, electronic, and Afro-Brazilian sounds through a balance of tradition and experimentation. Founder of Estúdio Navegantes in São Paulo since 2009, he has collaborated with artists such as Russo Passapusso, Anelis Assumpção, Curumin, João Donato, and Liniker. In 2024, he released his second solo album, Silêncio, through Nublu Records, featuring collaborations with Arthur Verocai. His career includes three Latin Grammy nominations, two wins for Best MPB Album, and recognition from APCA and the Multishow Awards. Alongside his work in music production, he is also active as an educator, developing workshops through Estúdio Navegantes, and creates projects spanning theater, dance, audiovisual arts, and international collaborations across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Learn more.