How the fuck did I end up here
IN DEN 80ERN GEBOREN, SIND SIE ZU JUNG FÜR DIE GROSSEN ERZÄHLUNGEN UND ZU ALT UM UNTER DEN ECHTEN DIGITALS ZU SEIN. AUSNAHMEN GIBT ES IN BEIDE RICHTUNGEN,ABER DIE UTOPIEN DER 90ER SIND IHR ZUHAUSE. GRUNGE, AMERICAN DREAM, FARBFERNSEHEN UND BEVERLY HILLS, CDS UND MINIDISC PRÄGTEN IHRE VIEL ZU FRÜHE JUGEND. HEUTE WIRKEN SIE SCHON ETWAS WIE DIE EWIG GESTRIGEN. DURCH DIE NULLER- JAHRE TRÄUMTEN SIE SICH ÜBER TOLERANZ, GLEICHBERECHTI- GUNG UND SELBSTVERWIRKLI- CHUNG IN DIE EWIGE ADOLES- ZENZ. GERADE NOCH KURZ VOR DER 30 WECKTE SIE DIE KRISE UND LÄNGST LAGEN SIE NEBEN DEN LANGEWEILERN VON DA- MALS. WO IST SIE HIN DIE ZEIT DES UNBEHELLIGTEN SCHWÄR- MENS ZU SCHWER UND ZU LEICHT ZUGLEICH... MOMENT, WOGEGEN WEHRTEN WIR UNS NOCH? HOW THE FUCK DID I END UP HERE Zwischen Melancholie und Enthusiasmus der Postadoleszenz zeigt die 3. Ausstellung der Reihe einen Ausblick in das Programm @ studio nihil baxter 2014 kuratiert von: Konstanze Schütze (S T O R E) und Bergit Fassl (kikimikeoderduke)
DAVID SCHRÖDER 1988, Dresden
MAGNUS SÖNNING 1981, Bamberg
FLAKA HALITI 1982, Prishtina.
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Life has been the same for a long time. Go to school and witness the crimes. Go home and see it on the evening news. Then we got nothing to do. If there were a concert we would go. Usually end up watching the prime time shows. Hours in front of a t.v. set. We're as idle as teens can get Teen Idles, Teen Idles. Fuckin' bored to tears. Teen Idles, Teen Idles Waste of 20 Years. Teen Idles, Teen Idles. Doin' nothing all day. Teen Idles, Teen Idles. Nothing to do anyway Hanging out at the record shops. Go to a concert the boredom stops. Went to the Bavou they said "no". You're not 18 you can't see the show. Went to a movie it was o.k. Don't want to do it everyday. Hours in front of a t.v. set. We're as idle as teens can get Teen Idles You waited long for 21. For me the fight has just begun. You get in clubs, drink alcohol, It makes you feel you're ten feet tall. [Chorus] I don't wanna grow up, I'm never getting old. I'd rather work from 9 to 5 than drink to stay alive. I'm gonna stay young until I die! [2x] You grew up fast, now you'll die soon. I'll never fucking be like you. You finish college, grab a wife, You're dead before you're 35. [Repeat Chorus] 7 Seconds
LINDA FRANKE 1980, Dresden
ALMA ALLORO 1982, Tel-Aviv ALPHA GIRL'S Alpha Girls are Alma Alloro and Jennifer Chan. Alma is based in berlin and makes tunes on her gameboy. Jennifer is based in Chicago and eats emotionally. JENNIFER CHAN Ottawa
I keep on scribbling In the spare room I'm living in Body's here but I'm living in Why do I keep wasting time I keep on writing, writing But them folk ain't biting, biting Maybe the bait ain't juicy enough So I'm switching, chucking spice in, add some flavor, Up the heat, silly rhymes and three-time beats, yeah But that ain't me - nah, nah, nah It just ain't me So like me or lie me These are the words that just be true Sending them out with love and faithfully, Hopefully, they'll mean something to me cause... Life is too short to store our grudges Life is too long to make no plans, plans I'm counting up time that I ain't using (1,2,3,4...) I need a good use for all these lines, and lines, and lines, and lines And lines, and lines, and lines, and lines..." GHOSTPOET Me and the boys are, we re living for the night We re looking for adventure, we re looking for a bloody fight Always on the run, we re never gonna do what s right We re looking for chicks and we re looking for kicks We re living fast and we re living right Live fast, die fast Don t worry bout the crash Hell bound on the coursecrash Living in the alley with the rest of the trash Ah we re never slowing down, we re gonna party tonight We don t care bout nothing we re living like rats in a sewer pipe You ll never stop us now, when we re running the red light Pick up a few racks at the corner store We re gonna get wild in the streets tonight Live fast, die fast Don t worry bout the crash Hell bound on the coursecrash Living in the alley with the rest of the trash Live fast, die fast Don t worry bout the crash Hell bound on the coursecrash Living in the alley with the rest of the trash Me and the boys are, we re living for the night We re looking for adventure, we re looking for a bloody fight You ll never, you ll never stop us now, you see we re running the red light We re looking for some chicks, we re looking for some kicks and We re living fast and we re living it right Live fast, die fast Don t worry bout the crash Hell bound on the coursecrash Living in the alley with the rest of the trash GG ALLIN
Idee und Konzeption der Reihe: STOR E (Dresden) 1. Ausstellung»How the fuck did I end up here?«2012 Olivia Crawford (USA), Max Kowalewski (D), Marcel Walldorf (D) mit: ginervagambino.com crockefeller.org 2. Ausstellung»considerables to my unlimited mind«2012 Frank Zitzmann (D) Johannes Makolies (D) Paul Barsch (D) Matias Faldbakken (DK) Julian Stalbohm (D) Max Schulze (D) Thomas Judisch (D) mit: ginervagambino.com einfahrtfreihalten.wordpress.com 3. Ausstellung»How the fuck did I end up here«2013 Alma Alloro (IL) und Jennifer Chan (Ca) Malte Bartsch (D) Valeria Drotskaja (D) Linda Franke (D) Flaka Haliti (Ko) Johannes Makolies (D) Thiago Parizi (Br) David Schröder (D) Magnus Sönning (D) mit: studionihilbaxter.de kikimikeoderduke.com GESTALTUNG: JANETT BIELAU JNTTJNTT.NET
»Such a strange feeling... He was the old generation, he was my childhood period, that time I was playing in the garden, without problems, being free, running like a wild animal, refusing to understand the major problems of adults, living in my world, an uncommunicative for others, but with lots of meanings for myself!«
Open letter to Teen-ager Always we hear the plaintive cry of the teen-ager. What can we do?...were can we go? The answer is GO HOME! Hang the storm windows, paint the woodwork. Rake the leaves, mow the lawn, shovel the walk. Wash the car, learn to cook, scrub some floors. Repair the sink, build a boat, get a job. Help the minister, priest, or rabbi, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army. Visit the sick, assist the poor, study your lessons. And then when you are through - and not too tired - read a book. Your parents do not owe you entertainment. Your city or village does not owe you recreational facilities. The world does not owe you a living...you owe the world something. You owe it your time and your energy and your talents so that no one will be at war or in poverty or sick or lonely again. Grow up; quit being a crybaby. Get out of your dream world and develop a backbone, not a wishbone, and start acting like a man or a lady. You're supposed to be mature enough to accept some of the responsibility your parents have carried for years. They have nursed, protected, helped, appealed, begged, excused, tolerated and denied themselves needed comforts so that you could have every benefit. This they have done gladly, for you are their dearest treasure. But now, you have no right to expect them to bow to every whim and fancy just because selfish ego instead of common sense dominates your personality, thinking and request. In Heaven's name, grow up and go home! - South Bend Tribune, Sunday, Dec. 6, 1959.
JOHANNES MAKOLIES 1979, Dresden
VALERIA DROTSKAJA 1984, Leningrad (Sankt Petersburg)
MALTE BARTSCH 1984, Braunschweig
THIAGO PARIZI 1986, Sao Paulo
HOW THE FUCK DID I END UP HERE DESCRIBES THE POST ADOLESCENT STATE OF MELANCHOLIA: THE FEELING OF BEING LOST WHILE ACTUALLY BEING VERY FOCUSED. AND THE STATE RIGHT BEFORE THE AGE OF HAVING TO DEFINE WHO YOU ARE AND HOW WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE. THE FIRST RETROSPECTIVE IN A STATE OF FLUX: THE EXHILARATING FORCE OF MOVING ON IN THE WORLD/A MISSION, A FEAR OF LOSS IN BETWEEN RANDOM TRY AND ERROR SUCCESS. THE FEAR OF REVEALING TOO MUCH BUT WANTING TO PARTICIPATE, TO BE MEANINGFUL. REHEARSING SUCCESS AND FORESHADOWING WHAT WILL BE LOST. OVERWHELMING NOSTALGIA VS. KNOWING EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS GETTING BETTER. Alma Alloro (IL) und Jennifer Chan (Ca), Malte Bartsch (D), Valeria Drotskaja (D), Linda Franke (D), Flaka Haliti (Ko), Johannes Makolies (D), Thiago Parizi (Br), David Schröder (D), Magnus Sönning (D) Berlin, Dezember 2013