Out Of Place ARTifact is a type of object that feels like an anachronism—something that seems to belong to a certain historical period but at the same time feels like it comes from a far-off, almost alien reality.

This idea of mixing eras and defying expectations is at the core of OOPART, an Italian collective that works in different art disciplines, such as music, design, fashion, and editorial projects.

In a scenario in which artists are struggling to find a place to belong, its mission is to forecast and bring together the emerging creative communities, to enhance the underground Italian scene that has an international appeal, cooperating for a new approach applicable to the art direction of events, artistic paths, and labels.

Founded in Milan in 2022 by Salvatore Versace and Yoniro, the collective’s approach to every project is guided by a distinct taste and artistic vision, crafted over the years by multifaceted backgrounds and vertical expertise.

On the 25th of march Detune club in Milan shifted to high frequencies with their first event, proposing an out-of-place lineup built to explore the full spectrum of contemporary electronic music.

PRIMA BALLERINA

The event starts with the performance Siâna-Leànn Douglas also known as Prima Ballerina, a multidisciplinary artist based in London, whose work acts largely as an exploration of topics like transhumanism, accelerationism and dystopia. She has participated in numerous artistic events and exhibitions around the world, while helping develop AI and Robotics agency Yaya Labs.

Dressed in corporate attire, Prima Ballerina opens her performance behind a red LED drone ‘landing strip’, while her camo-clad drone operator (Ben Ditto) crouches by the side of the stage. After a few minutes, Ditto drifts the drone from the light grid on the ground and while it hovers around the room we see its POV projected on the screen behind her.

The third act is a hypnotizing interaction between the drone and Prima Ballerina, who aims her microphone towards the whirring fans, amplifying and scattering the sound live to create a low-frequency atmospheric rumble that vibrates the room.

SALVATORE VERSACE

With the first set of the night we meet one of the two founders of OOPART Studio, Salvatore Versace. Sound designer, music producer, and DJ, he approaches sound with a scientific mindset, blending experimentation and precision.

Through his set, he explores the boundary between tension and harmony, crafting immersive and unpredictable sonic landscapes.

YONIRO

Yoniro, also OOPART founder, is an artist with lo-tech dreamcore imagery, in which spirituality and distortion, feminism, and avant-pop dissolve on a plasma screen in search of light.

Hack Reality is her live performance characterized by ethereal sounds and ancestral intentions, guiding the listener to that space halfway between reality and its blueprint software.

Usually a violinist and a guitarist play alongside her, in this occasion she played solo, with her angelic figure moving gracefully at the centre of the stage.

IMER6IA

French electronic musician and Rinse France resident, Imer6ia is internationally known in the Wave music scene both for her music and her digital artworks.

Her set, like her production works, is rooted in Wave music, thirty minutes of deconstructed and reinterpreted trap, trance, and EDM sounds, not hesitating to associate reese bass and eroded vocals.

Fueled by a lifelong of the surreal, her music and iconography exist in a futuristic, otherworldly and abstract, taking the audience in an elegant space between dreamy harshness and synthetic nostalgia.

KAYLA TRILLGORE

Kayla is an Italian-Romanian multidisciplinary artist, moving into a space between dark electronic and art-pop, between an ethereal voice and an urban attitude.

With her latest project Tragedy Of The Body she brings on the stage a journey focused on the body and its tragedies, which she calls “a hyper lucid dream made of flesh and reverbs”.

Combining club and metal influences, her live performance takes shape through live voice manipulation, merging with a continuum of loops, screams, laments and moans.

JEAN HAZAAR

Jean is an experimental artist working with sound, moving images, installations and live performances, where ethereal and dark soundscapes are fully integrated into his imagery, blending gothic and futuristic elements.

During his studies in London, his main interest quickly expanded from music production and sound design into creating ambients for artists' exhibitions, video games, performances and dj sets, developing a very personal approach to creativity and curation.

With his dark and low frequency oriented dj set, he brought a blend of acid electronic sound mixed with breakbeat and drum n bass beats, shaping and forming fast-paced rhythms and sonorities.

HACKERATA

As the lineup unfolds, the audience is fully immersed in the journey and one thing with the BPMs rising, it comes the time of Hackerata, which gig after gig, is becoming a bold icon for the alternative and queer electronic club scene in Milano.

Her set for this event is more of a sound statement, a journey into a dark techno dimension with an alt-pop twist shaping a new approach to clubbing.

HARDGORE2000

Dj and producer with an alternative background, Hardgore2000 brings the perfect closure for this experimental night, with a unique identity and atmosphere.

A fusion of micro-genres born from his meticulous research, mixing ambient, witch house, dungeon synth, and rave/techno-inspired sounds into a niche yet universal sonic experience.

ARABELLA

The immersivity of the whole event was also built and enriched by the visuals of Arabella, a VJ based in London.

She brought to the LED wall a very consistent imagery, born from her experiences in the techno music scene in San Francisco and later in Berlin, and most recently with live instrumentation alongside East London’s micromoon.

Her purpose is to enhance the nightlife experience with live visuals, featuring a combination of audio-reactive projections, created with TouchDesigner, and diverted footage.

This OOPART event was crafted to open new possibilities and shape new trajectories for cohesion and community while building a bridge between London, Paris and Milan.

A first step towards a renewed way of looking at emerging artists and wider approaches that could bring more awareness around those artistic objects that don’t seem to belong or have a place in the system’s borders, because they exist only outside of them.