I don’t want it in my body

Co-exhibition I Don’t Want it in My Body by Barbara Lüdde and Corrina Goutos. Shown July 2019 in Hamburg at Amé Nue, and in February 2020 in Leipzig’s NYG West, Germany.

…“Jewellery and object artist Corrina Goutos and visual artist Barbara Lüdde archive these fleeting troupes of coolness. With their exhibition “I Don‘t Want It In My Body” they commemorate an era of indifferent indulgence and a youth torn between prosperity and sadness, disposable culture and climate protection, self-documentation and the search for the truth. To resist the opposing pressures that play upon them, the new “generation techno” descends into trance, breaking free from the uniformity around them. In a digitalized world, terror and fake news encircle the construct of identity. The unrestricted nature of techno culture presents an alternative to the downward spiral. Goa and Gabber form the delirious soundtrack of this trip. While psytrance is rich with spiritual sensuality, hardcore stands for the synthesis of man and machine.”…

Text: Lena Frommeyer