Contemporary art at the interface of music, art, pop culture, media and technology at the robotron canteen
Techno is more than just a music genre or a specific form of club and youth culture: as a global phenomenon, techno has not only shaped music history worldwide, but has also been an impulse for shifts in contemporary culture, art, pop culture, media and technology, social utopias and urban spaces. Techno, as an attitude to life and the zeitgeist, transcends borders, reflects the social, urban and economic structures, creates (open) spaces, and can be a political tool. The exhibition TECHNO WORLDS reflects the multi-layered phenomenon of techno cultures with artworks by international and local artists. The artworks presented in the exhibition connect the global history and present of techno: For example, the history of techno in relation to deindustrialization, the recent history of clubs as spaces for utopia, youth culture, as well as spaces for thought and freedom, its initiation of a global development initiated by the Detroit based African American music culture of the 1980s. And last but not least the importance of techno culture as a safe space for people who in other places, especially under authoritarian regimes, are being discriminated or persecuted.
The exhibition was developed by Goethe-Institut and will be presented at various museums and exhibition venues worldwide until 2026. In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, the Kunsthaus Dresden is presenting the German premiere of this exhibition in the robotron canteen – also a former venue of the Dresden club scene.
An interdisciplinary program of live events, club evenings and talks developed in collaboration with Klubnetz Dresden e. V. accompanies TECHNO WORLDS in Dresden.
Artists:
DeForrest Brown Jr. & Abu Qadim Haqq, Tony Cokes, Chicks on Speed, Aleksandra Domanović, Zuzanna Czebatul, Rangoato Hlasane, Ryōji Ikeda, Maryam Jafri, Robert Lippok, M+M, Henrike Naumann & Bastian Hagedorn, Mamba Negra, Carsten Nicolai, The Otolith Group, Vinca Petersen, Daniel Pflumm, Sarah Schönfeld, Jeremy Shaw, Dominique White and Tobias Zielony
Artists Joining in Dresden: Paul Barsch & Tilman Hornig, Loretta Fahrenholz, Moritz Simon Geist, Antje Meichsner, Cornelia Friederike Müller aka CFM, Ina Weise and Frank Zitzmann
Documentary: Romuald Karmakar, Lisa Rovner and Jacqueline Caux
Fashion: Kerstin Greiner
An interview film about TECHNO WORLDS is available at the following link:
Interviewfilm TECHNO WORLDS(Interview HD)
Under the following link you will find the TECHNO WORLDS website:
Goethe-Institut TECHNO WORLDS
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EVENTS:
SA 4.05. from 6 pm EXHIBITION OPENING
Wed 15.05. 5 pm Guided tour/discussion on IDAHIT (international day against homo- and transphobia) in cooperation with gerede e.V.
Sun 19.05. INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
1 p.m. Guided tour TECHNO WORLDS
3 p.m. Guided tour of the history of the robotron canteen
Fri 24.05. 3 – 7 pm UMBRUCH / LOCAL / GLOBAL (other location: oka)
Sat 25.05. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. FACHTAG CLUBKULTUR
Sat 8.06. from 6 pm MUSEUMSNACHT Dresden TECHNO / XENO / GENDER
Every 1. and 3. Sunday 12 noon Guidance Tour
During opening hours, there will be people in the exhibition to talk to – please feel free to contact them. Special guided tours can be booked at any time.
Admission free
in cooperation with Klubnetz Dresden e. V.
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An internationally touring exhibition of the Goethe-Institut. German premiere in Dresden in co-operation with Kunsthaus Dresden.
Curated by Mathilde Weh, Justin Hoffmann, Creamcake
Curators of the contributions and program of events from Dresden: Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz, Kerstin Flasche & Felix Buchta
Exhibition Design: Kunsthaus Dresden + lfm2 (Leipzig / Berlin)
