I will be giving a talk on ‘Laibach Kunst and the Art of Total Non-Alignment’at the exhibition on June 23rd at 6pm. Codex Europa and Wiktor Skok will DJ in an industrial vein afterwards.
Montage by Vera Bremerton. Next Friday I'll give an experimental presentation at Noise=Noise on the strange parallels between the sonic and conceptual dystopianism of Doctor Who and first generation British industrial music. Dr. Who exposed mass audiences (often very young) to a combination of experimental electronic sound and dystopian themes, a combination that could also summarise industrial music. Dr. Who frequently presented post-apocalyptic scenarios of mutation, mind control and para-militarised societies and, in the process, at least implicitly criticised actual political and technological developments of the time, particularly those associated with the Cold War arms race. Due to budgetary constraints these visionary scenarios were often realised in a rudimentary ad hoc fashion; an approach that also applies to industrial. The early industrial groups highlighted the most serious social and political themes using very primitive electronic equipment, creating a kind of...
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I would like to thank you for your speech in Łódź. I enjoyed it very much and think that it was the most important talk during Ausstellung Laibach Kunst. Thank you for sharing your greater knowledge about Laibach with us. As well as your music made an unforgettable impression on me. I'm glad that you came to Łódź and hope you'll visit Poland again.
Best regards
And music set was absolutely great.
Best wishes from Poland.