Tag Archives: techno

In Control

Title: In Control
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2022
Dimensions: Variable
Materials: Fencing, prints on PVC
Description: Banners on the fencing advertise fictitious future events, featuring real locations and dates. It remains unclear whether these events signal a revolution or a party. The visuals, inspired by flyers for Tekno, Hardcore, and Bondage events, form a layered collage. Upon closer inspection, the locations reveal themselves as the headquarters of some of the world’s most environmentally destructive corporations.

Exhibited at: Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Stomping Grounds

Title: STOMPING GROUNDS
Artist: Anne de Vries (in collaboration)
Curators: Adriano Rosselli, Odessa Evelyn Malke
Researcher: Sven von Thülen (der Klang der Familie)
Sand Carvers: Bouke Atema, Jeroen Advocaat
Sound Designers: Rowan Ben Jackson, Odysseas Constantinous
4D Sound Programming: Usomo
Location: Kraftwerk Berlin
About: The art installation Stomping Grounds is a 1:1 replica made from sand of the giant gold vault underneath the Jewish-owned Wertheim building, which after a turbulent history and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 became the cradle of techno music from Detroit, Chicago, the UK, and Germany, known as Tresor.

Critical Mass : Pure Immanence

Title: Critical Mass: Pure Immanence
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2015
Video: Full HD with stereo sound
Screen dimensions: 300 x 135 cm
Duration: 11-minute loop

Camera, video editing, lyrics, and music arrangement by:
Anne de Vries and Q-dance, including AquaDome, LPIN-AX, Phill Niblock, Thomas Ankersmit, and others.

Video stills and documentation from:
the 9th Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Nuit Blanche Paris, Cell Projects London, Fries Museum, and Foam Museum.