Night Out

On Friday 11 September, NIGHT OUT opens with an evening of performance that reimagines the Arena as a space for encounter and participation: Edizioni Brigantino present Athletic Food, followed by Elvin Brandhi's live performance OWsT, an exploration of voice and sound, and concluding with Rat Section's Press Conference II, a performative "press conference" that closes the evening.

Edizioni Brigantino, founded in Milan in 2018 by Valentina Lucchetti and Canedicoda, develops participatory practices through the creation of shared spaces and unconventional formats. Their Athletic Food series combines design, food and music into a hybrid experience centred on encounter and interaction with the audience.

Elvin Brandhi is a poet, sound artist and producer. Her work unfolds over distorted soundscapes and explosive rhythms that become an unstable platform for improvised streams of consciousness. OWsT, connected to the album of the same name released in 2025 by Xing's Xong collection, is an improvisation of electronics and voice that probes the contradictions of lived experience and the limits of language through spoken word, Auto-Tune, field recordings, tape, vinyl, instruments and voice.

Rat Section is a London-based music and performance project. Their work moves between experimental electronics, pop, spoken word and club music, constructing a mythology that deliberately blurs the line between biography and fiction. Originally presented at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris, Press Conference II is a dialogue of distorted rhythms, fragmented voices and electric improvisations that, as in all their performances, merges music, choreography and scenography.

On Saturday 12 September, NIGHT OUT explores the club as a shared space and collective body. Nyege Nyege comes to Centro Pecci with the hypnotic live performance of PÖ and the high-energy live set of Azzi On The Beat. Opening the evening are the fractured rhythms of the MORE AMORE collective and the immersive soundscapes of Xaxer.

Opening Act

Nyege Nyege

MORE AMORE is a Bologna-based collective formed by DJs Aurora, Romina Thomas and Olivia. Their sound moves between broken rhythms and electronic music, blending breakbeat, UK bass, Latin percussion and contemporary club music. For MORE AMORE, the dancefloor is first and foremost a shared space where music becomes connection, contact, pleasure and collective desire.

Xaxer, a DJ from the Ecuadorian Andes, blends experimental club music and bass music infused with vivid percussion and shadowy distortions. His sets are visceral and immersive, combining dripping dembow, hypnotic cumbia and warm, enveloping dub.

Nyege Nyege is a festival, recording studio, two record labels and a global network of collaborations. It has become one of the most influential platforms in contemporary music, championing and amplifying cutting-edge African music and artists from across the continent and its diasporas.

PÖ is a French-Ghanaian producer, DJ and performer. Her live performances are dark, hypnotic and intensely physical. Through electronics and vocal manipulation, she moves across noise rap, industrial rhythms, West African folk traditions, ambient and post-punk. Dancing, contorting and throwing herself into the audience, PÖ creates a visceral connection that electrifies the space.

Azzi On The Beat is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist and music producer. Drawing on a deep knowledge of traditional African dance, his practice is rooted in the aesthetics and movement culture of the Yoruba tradition. His live sets combine frenetic rhythms and layered melodic textures, transforming the dancefloor into a collective body.

For both NIGHT OUT evenings, a free shuttle service is available in collaboration with Autolinee Toscane, with connections between Florence and Centro Pecci before and after the events.

Your event ticket also includes admission to Centro Pecci and all current exhibitions on the day of the event, during the museum's regular opening hours.

Last admission to the exhibitions: 6.30 pm.