London’s club scene is a thriving attraction and club culture spreads through London’s underground and beyond. It’s not often that artistic tribute is paid to this rambunctious scene, but in a new photography exhibition aptly entitled Lost in Music, theprintspace and PYMCA are doing just that.
The exhibition was launched in London’s Village Underground on the 4th of December and is continuing at theprintspace gallery until the 17th of February 2016.
The launch night featured DJs and Photographers Dean Chalkley, Simon Kurrage, Gavin Mills, Nancy Noise, Shea Burke and Danny Rampling, with guest performances by Shovell – The Drum Warrior.
Club culture is the gate-crasher to the party of arts appreciation. The Lost in Music exhibition is a documentation of club culture and its history. It features over thirty years’ worth of photographs showcasing the highlights of club life, in all its hedonistic, wild, eccentric, take-no-prisoners rock ‘n’ roll glory.
At the exhibition, one can stumble across anything – from spontaneous snaps of table dancers at a party in Ibiza to memorable pictures of the last sunset of the 20th century, as concertgoers welcome the 21st.
The project is the brainchild of the PYMCA (Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive) and theprintspace, directed by Grant Fleming and coordinated by Andrew Baird.
It features the work of over twenty photographers, including Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Brian Cannon, Dean Chalkley, Elaine Constantine, Kevin Cummins, Suzy Del Campo, Grant Fleming, Chris Floyd, Martyn Goodacre, Tom Hunter, Gavin Mills, Normski, Derek Ridgers, Dave Swindells, David Titlow, Dougie Wallace, Peter J Walsh, and duo Wot Do You Call It.
Each of these photographers boasts a long career photographing the music scene, and from now until February their iconic photographs can be viewed in one exhibition.
