Raving'895. December, 2009 - 6. January, 2010

An image from the exhibition

Photographs by Gavin Watson (UK).

In the late 1980s, the phenomenon known as raves spread from London and Manchester first to Britain and then on to the rest of Europe. Gavin Watson was there and documented the raves in 1989, the time when acid house and dance culture were born. 

Dancing crowds, the joy of belonging, the lasers, the 1980s fashion, the warehouses and fields where raves were held, the DJs, the happy embraces in dark corners...

If you were there, Gavin Watson's photos will give you goose-bumps; 
if you weren't, they're the closest you'll get.

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Gavin Watson in a gallery in Oslo


Upcoming: Love and Lust forever by Tero Puha

16 January – 28 February 2010

Skilfully blending fact and fiction, the video tells about two trash movie stars, Linda Lust and Cheryl Love, and their reckless drive to attain celebrity.

Tero Puha (b. 1971) is a Finnish artist, photographer and filmmaker who has in recent years worked in London, Paris, New York and Berlin.

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