Russian neo-rave: metamodernism and cultural recycling of the 1990s

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Russian neo-rave: metamodernism and cultural recycling of the 1990s

Sat1 Apr09:45am(15 mins)

Where:

Turnbull Room

Stream:

The Aesthetics of Return in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture

Presenter:

Maria Engström

Authors

Maria Engström¹; ¹ Uppsala University, Sweden

Discussion

In this paper I address the cultural recycling of the 1990s in Russian popular culture and propose that the phenomenon of the ‘returning 1990s’ be considered within the framework of the metamodernist paradigm. An important characteristic of metamodernism as the new cultural and political sensibility is the coexistence of various ideological positions that seek neither conflict nor synthesis. The 1990s—as a time that has diametrically opposing perceptions in Russian society and culture—are well suited to metamodernist oscillation, simultaneous acceptance and rejection. Within the new Russian rave culture and electronic dance scene, one can see an emergent new non‑linear frame of reference and a new unifying metanarrative, offering a stylistic and existential alternative. I will analyse this metamodernist alternative and the avant-garde aesthetics of return on the example of two neo-rave projects: GSPD and Dead Blonde.

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