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Exhibition Opening: NO PUNK. NO FUTURE.
Exhibition |Kiel meets the Bay Area: NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. opens September 10 with a conversation between NO MORE and punk historian Jack Boulware.
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Goethe-Institut San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Language English
- Part of series: Punk@50
Fifty years after punk declared itself against everything and everyone, the Goethe-Institut San Francisco opens NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. — an exhibition connecting the punk history of Kiel, Germany, with the Bay Area. Two scenes shaped by self-expression, nonconformity, DIY culture, and a refusal to fall in line.
The opening features a conversation between Andy A. Schwarz and Tina Sanudakura of the seminal Kiel post-punk band NO MORE and San Francisco writer and punk historian Jack Boulware, author of Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day.
About the exhibition
NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. takes its starting point from Kein Kiel, developed by the Kunsthalle zu Kiel with co-curator Andy A. Schwarz. At its center is a series of photographs by the late Helmut Kunde documenting the Kiel punk scene, shown alongside archival material from both sides of the Atlantic: album and poster reproductions from Kiel; excerpts from the 1985 tour diary of Cecilia Kuhn, drummer of the feminist punk band Frightwig, written on the band's tour through Germany; German record covers; and original albums featuring artwork by Winston Smith, who created the iconic Dead Kennedys logo.
Rather than attempting to document fifty years of punk in full, the exhibition traces the people, music, images, and networks that connected punk communities across the Atlantic — while holding on to what made Kiel and San Francisco distinct.
The opening is part of a wider fall program featuring Berlin garage-punk duo CAVA, concerts, films, and conversations. Across eight cities and two continents, Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50 considers punk not as a closed chapter in music history, but as an enduring cultural force that continues to shape visual art, music, publishing, activism, community, and independent creative practice.
Drinks and snacks will be served. Many thanks to our sponsor Sunset Paulaner.
The opening features a conversation between Andy A. Schwarz and Tina Sanudakura of the seminal Kiel post-punk band NO MORE and San Francisco writer and punk historian Jack Boulware, author of Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day.
About the exhibition
NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. takes its starting point from Kein Kiel, developed by the Kunsthalle zu Kiel with co-curator Andy A. Schwarz. At its center is a series of photographs by the late Helmut Kunde documenting the Kiel punk scene, shown alongside archival material from both sides of the Atlantic: album and poster reproductions from Kiel; excerpts from the 1985 tour diary of Cecilia Kuhn, drummer of the feminist punk band Frightwig, written on the band's tour through Germany; German record covers; and original albums featuring artwork by Winston Smith, who created the iconic Dead Kennedys logo.
Rather than attempting to document fifty years of punk in full, the exhibition traces the people, music, images, and networks that connected punk communities across the Atlantic — while holding on to what made Kiel and San Francisco distinct.
The opening is part of a wider fall program featuring Berlin garage-punk duo CAVA, concerts, films, and conversations. Across eight cities and two continents, Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50 considers punk not as a closed chapter in music history, but as an enduring cultural force that continues to shape visual art, music, publishing, activism, community, and independent creative practice.
Drinks and snacks will be served. Many thanks to our sponsor Sunset Paulaner.
Location
Goethe-Institut San Francisco
657 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
657 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
