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TECHNO WORLDS:
The Exhibition

The exhbition TECHNO WORLDS presents the works of more than 20 international artists whose works blur the lines between art, music, film, fashion and technology.

TECHNO WORLDS, exhibition view at the aqb in Budapest, 2021 Photo: Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss

The title TECHNO WORLDS references the diverse techno scenes, genres and subcultural-political projects at different times and in different places around the world and features a selection of these phenomena as narrated and represented in works by visual artists and musicians. Their works explore the complexities of techno from its relations to technology and philosopy, the contradiction of a critique of consumerism in techno and its very commercialization, the politics around urban and club spaces and especially the many histories and narratives of techno – ranging from Detroit to Berlin, from Yogoslavia to Kyiv and from feminist and queer to afrofuturist perspectives.

Furthermore, the exhibition shows documentaries by Jacqueline Caux, Romuald Karmakar and Lisa Rovner. A contribution by Kerstin Greiner visualizes the aeshetics of the German techno scene of the 1990s through flyers, fanzines and fashion.

Artists

  • Aleksandra Domanović

    Aleksandra Domanović, 19:30, 2010/11, HD video, two channels, 11 minutes, 11 min, video still © Aleksandra Domanović - courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton Gallery © Aleksandra Domanović - courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton Gallery

  • Carsten Nicolai

    Techno Worlds - Carsten Nicolai, future past perfect pt. 03 (u_08-1), 2009, hd short movie, 03:43 min © Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin und Pace Gallery © Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin und Pace Gallery

  • Daniel Pflumm

    Daniel Pflumm, Untitled (Abtei 2), 2000, lightbox, 85.5 x 45 x 15 cm, Ed. 1/5 © Daniel Pflumm - courtesy of the artist & Galerie Neu, Berlin © Daniel Pflumm - courtesy of the artist & Galerie Neu, Berlin

  • Dominique White

    A refusal to be contained, a refusal to die (2021) Photo credit: Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss Photo credit: Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss

  • Jeremy Shaw

    Jeremy Shaw, Morning Has Broken, 2001, Super-8-Film zu Digitalvideo, 3:30 Min, mit Sound, Film-Still Courtesy Jeremy Shaw, Macaulay Fine Arts, Vancouver und KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, London, Seoul Courtesy Jeremy Shaw, Macaulay Fine Arts, Vancouver und KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, London, Seoul

  • M+M

    „Galerie Ultraschall“ (Blick in die Röhre) Photo: M+M Photo: M+M

  • Mamba Negra

    Mamba Negra, MO(N)STRA – Space occupation, 2021, poster, flag, video Photo: Julia Thompson. Photo assistant: Marina Lima Photo: Julia Thompson. Photo assistant: Marina Lima

  • Maryam Jafri

    Maryam Jafri - Model 500 (2019) Photo by Günter Kresser; Courtesy the artist Photo by Günter Kresser; Courtesy the artist

  • Ryoji Ikeda

    systematics [nº2-16] 2014 © Ryōji Ikeda - Photo by Takeshi Asano © Ryōji Ikeda - Photo by Takeshi Asano

  • The Otolith Group

    The Otolith Group, Hydra Decapita, 2010, Colour, Stereo, 31 min, video still Courtesy The Otolith Group und LUX, London Courtesy The Otolith Group und LUX, London

  • Tobias Zielony

    Tobias Zielony, Make-Up, 2017 © Tobias Zielony - courtesy of the artist and KOW, Berlin © Tobias Zielony - courtesy of the artist and KOW, Berlin

  • Tony Cokes

    Tony Cokes, 1!, 2004, video, colour, sound, 24:19 min, video still Courtesy of the artist, Greene Naftali, New York, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles, and Electronic Arts Intermix, New York. Courtesy of the artist, Greene Naftali, New York, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles, and Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.

  • Zuzanna Czebatul

    Zuzanna Czebatul, Macromolecule Exploiting some Biological Target, 2021, polyester, digital print on nylon Photo: Bert Heinzlmeier. Courtesy Zuzanna Czebatul Photo: Bert Heinzlmeier. Courtesy Zuzanna Czebatul

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