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#TheElectroExhibition

The exhibition offers the public a visual and audio sensory experience, exploring electronic music through four key aspects. The first section, entitled Man & Woman-Machine, focuses on the notion of innovation, covering the ground-breaking instruments and revolutionary technologies in the genre, and its visionary artists, composers, and sound engineers. The second section, Dancefloor, focuses on the practice of dance, exploring the cities, codes, tribes, parties, and clubs that have marked the history and evolution of electronic music. The third section, Mix & Remix, examines the work and practice of the DJ, major figures in deejaying, the practice and aesthetics of sampling and remixing, and correlations in the visual arts. The fourth section, Imagination & Utopias, explores some of the key aesthetic domains that have marked the history of the genre (futurism, geometric abstraction, science fiction). It also examines the more political and societal aspects by evoking the spirit of protest and the counter-culture associated with electronic music.

The Philharmonie de Paris, an institution maintained by the City of Paris with the support of the Ile-de-France Region, encompasses all the activities carried out at both the Cité de la Musique and the new building beside it, designed by Jean Nouvel. It includes the Musée de la Musique, home to one of the most prestigious collections of antique instruments and artworks relating to the history of music. The museum also presents temporary exhibitions twice a year. Some of these projects are part of a cycle of historical exhibitions offering a rereading of the history of art through the prism of musical culture: “Figures de la Passion” (2001), “L’invention du sentiment” (2002), “Le IIIe Reich et la musique” (2004), “Wagner, visions d’artistes” (2007), “Paul Klee, Polyphonies” (2011), “Marc Chagall, Le Triomphe de la Musique” (2015). Other exhibitions focus on the musical arena of the 20th century, major currents in popular music, or emblematic figures: “Jimi Hendrix on Stage” (2002), “Pink Floyd Interstellar” (2003), John Lennon (2003), “Gainsbourg” (2008), “Miles Davis” (2010), “Bob Dylan, l’explosion rock 61-66” (2012), “Euro-Punk” (2013), “David Bowie Is” (2015), “New York Extravaganza: The Velvet Underground” (2016) and “Jamaïca Jamaïca” (2017).

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