Punk in the museum! Is that feasible?
The attempt is being made in the Barockbau of the Stadtmuseum Dresden.
One of the focal points of the exhibition will be punk in Dresden and in Saxony in general.
too much future / Punk in the GDR brings together photos, films, artistic works, and documents that have rarely been seen in this abundance before. The formerly illegal recordings of GDR punk bands are likely to be unique in this range.
Part of the exhibition will include a program with concerts, film screenings, and panel discussions.
Punk in Western Europe was a pop cultural phenomenon with political causes. Punk in the GDR, on the other hand, was a political phenomenon with a pop cultural background. When the first punks appeared in East Berlin and Leipzig in 1979, it was not a reaction from social or artistic marginal existences to a complacent consumer society. It was a reaction to a society of scarcity, which was lacking not only materially but also in the most fundamental freedoms. In the GDR, it was not a question of origin or involuntary social decline to be an outsider; rather, it resembled an act of resistance to acknowledge and assert oneself as an individual in a compulsorily collectivized society. The punks in the GDR tried to overcome the boundaries of a system that wanted to control its youth, but from which they refused to be directed.
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Exhibition at the Stadtmuseum Dresden
from 18.08. - 14.10.07
Exhibition opening: 17.08.07, 6 PM
Wilsdruffer Straße 2
(Entrance Landhausstraße)
01067 Dresden
Tel.: 0351-6564861
Fax.: 0351-4951288
Opening hours:
daily 10 AM to 6 PM
Fridays 12 PM to 8 PM
Mondays closed
Admission:
3 Euro/ 2 Euro reduced
http://www.toomuchfuture.de/deutsch/index.php
http://dresden.toomuchfuture.de/
The attempt is being made in the Barockbau of the Stadtmuseum Dresden.
One of the focal points of the exhibition will be punk in Dresden and in Saxony in general.
too much future / Punk in the GDR brings together photos, films, artistic works, and documents that have rarely been seen in this abundance before. The formerly illegal recordings of GDR punk bands are likely to be unique in this range.
Part of the exhibition will include a program with concerts, film screenings, and panel discussions.
Punk in Western Europe was a pop cultural phenomenon with political causes. Punk in the GDR, on the other hand, was a political phenomenon with a pop cultural background. When the first punks appeared in East Berlin and Leipzig in 1979, it was not a reaction from social or artistic marginal existences to a complacent consumer society. It was a reaction to a society of scarcity, which was lacking not only materially but also in the most fundamental freedoms. In the GDR, it was not a question of origin or involuntary social decline to be an outsider; rather, it resembled an act of resistance to acknowledge and assert oneself as an individual in a compulsorily collectivized society. The punks in the GDR tried to overcome the boundaries of a system that wanted to control its youth, but from which they refused to be directed.
... ...
Exhibition at the Stadtmuseum Dresden
from 18.08. - 14.10.07
Exhibition opening: 17.08.07, 6 PM
Wilsdruffer Straße 2
(Entrance Landhausstraße)
01067 Dresden
Tel.: 0351-6564861
Fax.: 0351-4951288
Opening hours:
daily 10 AM to 6 PM
Fridays 12 PM to 8 PM
Mondays closed
Admission:
3 Euro/ 2 Euro reduced
http://www.toomuchfuture.de/deutsch/index.php
http://dresden.toomuchfuture.de/
