The exhibition SONIC YOUTH etc. : SENSATIONAL FIX focuses on the multidisciplinary activities of the groundbreaking experimental guitar band Sonic Youth since its formation in 1981. From day one, Sonic Youth has been exploring and mapping unknown cultural territories through their activities as a band and as four individual musicians, visual artists or cultural entrepreneurs, each member with his or her specific ties to and within the international cultural scene. The exhibition features the band’s collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians, as well as a choice of other works selected by the band. Through the multidisciplinary output of Sonic Youth and related works by other artists in the exhibition, an alternative history of contemporary culture is being unfolded, in which underground meets official culture of the last four decades, while themes are explored such as teenage rebellion, adolescent wanderlust, gender, fame, fashion, sexuality, and religion.
The exhibition is initiated and curated by freelance curator Roland Groenenboom in collaboration with the band. The show will be at the Centro dos de Mayo in Madrid Jan 29-May 2 2010. Steve and Lee will be at the Feb 2 opening event. A complete description of the show can be found here.
David Byrne has thoughtful things to say about the Sensational Fix show here. And here’s some images of the show. Keep pace with the show from curator Roland Groenenboom’s perspective via his blog. Also, a German TV spot can be seen here. Two more video documents of the show can be seen here and here.
The show’s catalog is currently being reprinted for availability in early 2010, and should be more widely available in US bookstores at that time.
where will Sensational Fix be during August 2010?? wanna plan a trip in the first halpf of August and if possible would like to include a stopover for it in my schedule….!
When’s it coming to the UK?