Abrons EXP: OPEN
June 13, 2026
7pm
OPEN is an autobiographical music performance that explores the deepest parts of self in connection with the body, environment, universe, and void around us all with the premiere of maassai's upcoming EP OPEN and a collage of field recordings, soundscapes, and her previous works to date. The performance will be followed by a DJ set from A2Z and zines will be available for purchase.
Showtimes
Jun 13 June 13
About maassai
maassai is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Her creative practice centers Black narratives through an avant-garde lens via the mediums of music, performance, and curation. Her work follows the hip hop traditions of reworking/sampling, storytelling and poetry but is also heavily informed by soul/r&b, jazz, punk, funk and the general transcendence of boundaries of genre and form. The conceptualization of her work interweaves research, memory and collective experience as a form of cultural work, pushing forward and aiming to contribute to the legacy of Black art traditions.
About a2z
a2z is a conductor of sound juggling deejaying, sound design and scoring for film, live dance and theater performance and her own experience in production and composition.
About Abrons EXP
Abrons EXP is a new live music series in the heart of the Lower East Side. Abrons Arts Center’s Experimental Theater—a flexible, black box theater venue—hosts showcases organized by music curators and artists at a discounted rental rate.
OPEN is presented as part of Abrons Arts Center's Rentals program.