NEO-RAVE IMAGINARY
NEO-RAVE IMAGINARY
PRESENTATION DEFINITION
The presentation uses:
NEO-RAVE IMAGINARY
for a contemporary return to the aesthetics and values of rave culture associated with approximately:
1988–1996.
This return is described as being reconfigured through:
- post-internet culture;
- queer politics;
- contemporary political consciousness.
ORIGINAL RAVE FRAME
The presentation associates original rave culture with:
- illegality;
- alcohol-free space;
- anti-spectacle;
- anonymity;
- darkness;
- bodily duration;
- resistance.
Treat this as the presentation’s historical framing.
Do not present it as a complete neutral history of rave.
CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES NAMED
The slides mention:
- Berghain, Berlin;
- CIRCA, initially New York and later online or global;
- Pioneer Works, Brooklyn.
YBDG CONNECTION
STUDENT PRESENTATION — INTERPRETIVE FRAME:
YBDG is positioned at an intersection of:
- dance;
- experimental music;
- club culture;
- visual art;
- queer collective experience;
- digital circulation.