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2021
November 27th 2021 – Sound System Culture: Solidarity Networks in Te(k)no Communities – Panel Discussion @ CURA Berlin
Sound System Culture closes its event series of 2021 with a great day full of concerts, djs sets and a panel talk near Warschauer Brücke: “As we had to postpone our September date, here we are with our promised panel discussion, an exquisite lineup and more noisy glitches – this time in the lovely heated Read the full article… »»»»
12th of November 2021, Contrapunkt – Club Against Reality @ P.M.K. Innsbruck: Utopia-Apocalypse-Futurism
In the planning stages since 2019, it is finally possible to hold this event: A night of Gabber, Breakcore and Happy Hardcore! I will speak about my book “Utopia and Apocalypse in Pop Music” and Riccardo Balli will talk about his book “Sbrang Gabba Gang”, for which I also wrote the foreword at the time. Read the full article… »»»»
Radical Realities – Out Now @ transcript publishing
In my text “Towards a New Class Society: Volunteering and Internship at Transmedia Festivals” was published at the beginning of October 2021 in the great volume Radical Realities (Radikale Wirklichkeiten) by transcript. Even though it is primarily about theatre festivals, there are a lot of important and exciting texts about festival work, and cultural work Read the full article… »»»»
Music Austria Interview on Club Culture: “We all have a lot of pressure in our everyday lives. The club helps us to deal with this”
mica-interview with BIANCA LUDEWIG 28 June 2021 BIANCA LUDEWIG has been researching club culture as a cultural anthropologist for years. She talks to Stefan Niederwieser about utopias, a communal love of music, stories that are missing and hard work at female:pressure to fight misconceptions. Heart of Noise 2014 / Lumisokea (c) Bianca Ludewig Is Read the full article… »»»»
KISMIF Conference Porto 7-10th of July 2021: Keep it simple make it fast, DIY Cultures and Global Changes
The fifth edition of the international KISMIF Conference ‘Keep It Simple, Make It Fast! DIY Cultures and Global Challenges’ takes place in Porto, Portugal, from 7 to 10 of July 2021 for the fifth time (previous editions held in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018) . This conference is open to artists, researchers and academics likewise who work Read the full article… »»»»
AUzine – Vienna Underground Fanzine feat. Subcultures Under Pr€$$ur€ is Out Now!
After two years it is finally done, the AUzine is printed. It documents seven years of Viennese subculture at the AU Vienna, a club located at Brunnenmarkt in the 16th district, which was something like a living room for me in my early days in Vienna. It was also there that I organised the event Read the full article… »»»»