"INSOMNIA - TECHNO TRIBES"
1999-07-27 until 1999-09-19
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Helsinki, , FI Finland

Insomnia is an installation-like techno club presenting the visuals of techno culture: flyers (leaflets or invitation cards marketing an event), album covers, and typography. The techno sound world materialises as sound sculpture. The genres included are ambient, house, trip hop, gabber, techno, trance, jungle, drum n bass.

Techno was not born in a vacuum: the history of humans, machines and music is already one hundred years old. The roots of techno artists are in the Italian Futurist movement (L. Russolo, F.T. Marinetti), electronic German kraurock, such as Krafts werk, and postmodern experiencing. The exhibition also includes Internet connections and fringe events including visiting DJs. Flyers have been assembled from collections around the world: Finland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA, Japan, Australia, Russia… Eeropekka Rislakki is curator of the exhibition, and the installation is mounted by artist Asko Sutinen. Sam Inkinen is in charge of the theoretical and philosophical exhibition material.

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