Published to accompany the exhibition Energy flash - the Rave Movement, M HKA, 17 June 25-September 2016. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The electro-chemical black swan / Nav Haq -- A glossary of rave -- Baroque sunbursts / Mark Fisher -- Festival Club. Where nothing happens, 2013 / Irene de Andrés -- Artists: Jacques André, Irene de Andrés, Cory Arcangel, George Barber, Jef Cornelis -- Horse power: interview with Renaat Vandepapeliere -- Artists: Jeremy Deller, Denicolai & Provoost, Rineke Dijkstra, Aleksandra Domanović, Andreas Gursky -- Hard beat: interview with Water Van Beirendonck -- Artists: Dan Halter, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Ann Veronica Janssens, Martin Kersels, Mark Leckey -- Without borders: interview with Wolfgang Voigt -- Artists: The Otolith Group, Daniel Pflumm, Sergey Shutov, Matt Stokes, Walter Van Beirendonck -- Score for acide brass, 1997 / Jeremy Deller -- Fear of a wet planet / Kodwo Eshun -- Legislature -- List of works -- Contributors' biographies -- Colophon.
Summary:
One of the first publications to critically engage with the historical rave movement of the 1980s and 1990s as it relates to contemporary art and visual culture. Following the death of industrial Europe, Rave emerged as Europe’s last big youth movement. This book considers the social, political and economic conditions that led to the advent of rave as a ‘counterculture’ across Europe, as well as its aesthetics, ideologies and influence on contemporary art and beyond. Combining specially commissioned texts, interviews and factual material, RAVE represents a broad range of artistic practices, including the work of Jeremy Deller, Rineke Dijkstra and Daniel Pflumm, amongst many others. In addition to artistic contributions, the book features texts by Mark Fisher and Nav Haq, as well as interviews with Walter van Beirendonck, the famous Belgian fashion designer; and Renaat Vandepapeliere & Sabine Maes, who run the legendary R&S Record label. Published in partnership with Modern of Modern Art, Antwerp.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.