Both famous and influential worldwide for their vibrant club scenes and experimental music pioneers, the party worlds of Beijing and Berlin are ready to meet and join forces for ten days at Zhao Dai.
They partnered with the Goethe Institut and with the Berlin-based DJ collectives '://about blank' and 'Spoon for Women, Trans and Non-Binary People,' a DJ Workspace for practical training with turntables dedicated to people from these three categories, in order to create a series of events to reflect on club culture... and seriously, for once.
Brought to you under the auspices of Goethe-Institut Beijing, "Is It Loud Enough?" will feature talks about the history of nightclubs in Berlin and Beijing, what collectives mean in club contexts and what role feminism and gender play in club culture. Other events will also focus on the influence of design, art and architecture on the scene.
The program is complemented by DJ workshops and by the screening of the 2017 documentary "If I think of Germany at night," by Romuald Karmakar, which portrays the story of 5 leading Techno DJs and how they and the scene in Germany have evolved over a decade.
Check out their schedule here, and choose the talks you are more interested in. Since 'Spoon' aims at providing a safe space for underrepresented minorities, only women, trans and non-binary people can participate to the DJ workshops. You can choose the one that best fits for your level of experience.
Program:
Mar 14
9pm-1am
Is it Loud Enough?! Club culture between Berlin and Beijing Opening
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Language: English
Free Entrance
Mar 16
12am-4pm
Spoon DJ Workshop for Beginners Pt. 1
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Language: English/Chinese
Free Entrance
3-4.45pm
Film screening: 'If I Think of Germany at Night' by Romauld Karmakar
Place: Goethe-Institut Beijing 798
Language: German with Chinese Subtitles
Free Entrance
5-7pm
Lectures and Panel on 'Club culture between Berlin and Beijing'
Speakers:Katharina Hammer (://about blank), Florian Hirsch (://about blank), Christoph Köpke (://about blank), Ariane Neitzel (://about blank), Caroline Polster (://about blank), Kurt Roithmayr (://about blank), Zhiqi Song (Zhao Dai), Demone (Tang Suan Broadcasting)
Host:Carmen Herold
Place: Goethe-Institut Beijing 798
Language: German/Chinese
Free Entrance
10pm-6am
Zhao Dai x ://about blank Party
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Entrance Fee: RMB120
Mar 17
4-8pm
Spoon DJ Workshop for Beginners Pt. 2
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Language: English/Chinese
Free Entrance
Mar 21
9-11pm
Open Discussion with ://about blank Collective
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Language: English
Free Entrance
Mar 23
2-6pm
Spoon Advanced DJ Workshop Pt. 1
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Language: English/Chinese
Free Entrance
10pm-6am
Zhao Dai x Spoon Party
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Entrance Fee: RMB80
Mar 24
4-8pm
Spoon Advanced DJ Workshop Pt. 2
Place: Zhao Dai Club
Language: English/Chinese
Free Entrance
(For more info and tickets, check out WeChat id: ZhaoDai)
March 11, 2019
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