Can rave culture, in all its messy contradictions, be enshrined by elite cultural institutions? Reflections on Carl Craig's "Party/Afterparty" exhibition
Only when you described the shutters did I realize I actually saw this piece at Dia:Beacon, but experienced it nearly exclusively as architectural art (which I loved). The X made no sense to me but did remind me of an IMAX theater my friend worked at, who showed me the magic seat all the speakers were calibrated to.
I am a small museum guy late to and outside-looking-in on rave and dance culture, but I am curious if you’ve been to the Underground Resistance studio and DIY museum in Detroit. You basically have to knock and get lucky or text the guys behind it, but I think it (along with a whole collection of modern wunderkammers dotted across roadside America) shows how true self-curated vernacular “museumification” can work.
Yes I love that little museum and love your description of “self-curated” — I’m thinking about expanding this essay to touch on a few other rave museums, including that one fosho 😉
"The true spirit of raving is allowing for individuality to dissipate into a collective whole" -- Well said!
Only when you described the shutters did I realize I actually saw this piece at Dia:Beacon, but experienced it nearly exclusively as architectural art (which I loved). The X made no sense to me but did remind me of an IMAX theater my friend worked at, who showed me the magic seat all the speakers were calibrated to.
I am a small museum guy late to and outside-looking-in on rave and dance culture, but I am curious if you’ve been to the Underground Resistance studio and DIY museum in Detroit. You basically have to knock and get lucky or text the guys behind it, but I think it (along with a whole collection of modern wunderkammers dotted across roadside America) shows how true self-curated vernacular “museumification” can work.
Yes I love that little museum and love your description of “self-curated” — I’m thinking about expanding this essay to touch on a few other rave museums, including that one fosho 😉