140 BEATS PER MINUTE

140 BEATS PER MINUTE
Rave culture and art in 1990s Poland

exhibition poster

About

The title is a reference to the number of beats per minute in classic techno music. Jacek Sienkiewicz, a pioneer of techno in Poland, whose works are presented in the exhibition, played in this tempo in the 90s. The word “rave” is used to describe dance parties with electronic music—mainly techno—that began to appear in Poland together with the political system change in the early 90s, often voicing the naive, but nonetheless authentic optimism of opening up to the world, its civilizational and technological advancement.

Colophon

• Warsaw 2017
• curators: Zofia Krawiec, Szymon Maliborski, Łukasz Ronduda
• time & veniu: 22.07 – 27.08.2017,  Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
• poster: Noviki
• more info: www.artmuseum.pl