Sat, 4 May 2024 Exhibition Opening & Aftershow

We cordially invite you to the opening of the German premiere of TECHNO WORLDS, an exhibition and a programme of events in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, on Saturday, 4 May in the robotron canteen! 6pm Admission 7pm Greeting words Annekatrin Klepsch (Mayor of Culture, Science and Tourism City of Dresden), Wolf Iro (Head of the Culture Department, Goethe-Institut), Martina de Maizière (Stiftung Kunst & Musik für Dresden) Opening Panel TECHNO WORLDS: Mathilde Weh ((Goethe-Institut curatorial team), Justin Hoffmann (Kunstverein Wolfsburg), Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz (Kunsthaus Dresden) und Kerstin Flasche (Kunsthaus Dresden) Moderation: Sophia Littkopf 9pm-1am Aftershow with DJ-Kollektiv ProZecco Drinks & Snacks Speisewerk

Wed, 15 May 2024 IDAHIT (International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia)

5-6:30 pm Guided tour ‘Queer outa space and under water. On the queer history of techno’ Not only since living and dancing in the techno 'metaverse' has been celebrated by queer elves and cyber nymphs in a kind of techno cos-play has rave been seen as a place to throw off the shackles of reactionary gender concepts, heteronormativity and binarity. With their roots in the Afrofuturism of the 1980s and their pronounced longing for a new, safe, emancipatory and also anti-colonial homeland, house, trance and techno culture incorporate the potential of a diverse and fluid sphere for boundless identity constructions. We want to visit the TECHNO WORLDS exhibition together and present and discuss works that not only tell a queer history of techno, but also seek queer utopias in techno.

Fri, 24 May 2024 Upheaval / Local / Global

3-7 pm Lecture, Panel-Talk & Performance on techno cultures, spaces, appropriations and struggles in times of upheaval The history of techno is intertwined with political and economic transformation processes that made the appropriation of spaces for a new club culture possible. The fusion of different techno scenes into a global phenomenon can also be understood as appropriation, if we look at the development of house and trance in the heart of African-American music culture in the 1980s. The discussion is dedicated to the appropriation of techno worlds 'beyond borders'. Attention! External location: oka – objekt klein a Meschwitzstr. 9 01099 Dresden Free admission - donations for Klubnetz Dresden e. V. welcome

Sat, 25 May 2024 Club Culture Symposium

11am-7pm In cooperation with Klubnetz Dresden, the ‘Club Culture’ symposium will also take place as part of the TECHNO WORLDS programme. Three panel talks will shed light on the current challenges facing club culture creators in urban and rural areas in Saxony. ‘Young / Hip / Broke’ ‘City / Country / Club’ ‘Club / Culture / Networks’ Organised and moderated by Klubnetz Dresden e. V. Further information: live-in-sachsen.de For better planning, the organisers ask you to register by e-mail to lisa@live-in-sachsen.de

The locations: Dresden

TECHNO WORLDS in Dresden

5 May – 28 July 2024

The exhibition TECHNO WORLDS in Dresden shows works by international and regional artists on the multi-layered phenomenon that has been reinterpreted in various contexts based on Afro-American impulses from the 1980s and continues to characterise and connect club cultures from Detroit to St. Petersburg to this day. In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Munich, the Kunsthaus Dresden is showing the German premiere of this globally touring exhibition of contemporary art in the robotron-Kantine - also a former venue of the Dresden club scene.

The Goethe-Institut's exhibition station is presented in collaboration with the Kunsthaus Dresden.

robotron-Kantine
Lingnerallee am Skatepark
01069 Dresden (centre)

Opening hours:
Wed-Fri 4-7pm, Sat and Sun 12-7pm
Free admission

Here are a few highlights from the supporting programme (PDF):

The locations: Dresden

TECHNO WORLDS in Dresden

Sat, 4 May 2024 Exhibition Opening & Aftershow

Wed, 15 May 2024IDAHIT (International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia)

Fri, 24 May 2024Upheaval / Local / Global

Sat, 25 May 2024Club Culture Symposium