Post Punk Then and Now consists of a series of lectures and in-conversations exploring post-punk’s popular modernist search for the new in the very broadest of contexts. The series will take in the changing cultural and political conditions between the 1970s and the 21st century.
Bruno Verner is a musician & poet. Eliete Mejorado is a performance artist, musician & filmmaker. They are best known for their work with tropical punk art duo Tetine which they formed together in São Paulo in 1995. Verner and Mejorado discuss the 1980s post-punk scene in Southern Brasil and their contemporary work as Tetine. Issues will include gambiarra, sexual politics, club culture, Tropicália, funk carioca, and the potential of post-punk performance in the globalised contemporary art world.
LYDIA LUNCH is an independent artist prolific in music, literature, film and photography. She established herself?as a No Wave musician in New York City in 1976 with her first band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. She has released dozens of albums and continues to explore new mediums in which to express her passion and creativity. Lydia will be in conversation with Dominic Johnson (Drama, Queen Mary) discussing No Wave and its impact on contemporary music and culture. Dominic Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. His recent publications include Glorious Catastrophe: Jack Smith, Performance and Visual Culture (Manchester University Press 2012) and Theatre & the Visual (Palgrave Macmillan 2012). This event is supported by the Popular Music Research Unit, Goldsmiths.
The first in this series exploring post-punk’s popular modernist search for the new in the very broadest of contexts.