CDM’s Liz Revision captured some thoughts by Modeselektor on visual collaboration at the Mutek press conference:
An interesting bit of trivia comes from the divulgence that Modeselektor was the result of a veritable German alt-tronica DIY endurance match, where the last men standing in a collective of audio and visual producers teamed up to form the current lineup.
Thursday’s second panel discussion at Mutek involved a group of international curators and festival programmers invited to discuss the festival’s main function as a source of cultural recommendation vs. the pressure to book the most popular acts, as well as what it takes to navigate the private and public sectors of funding, as well as what it means to be part of an international touring community where artists increasingly travel between festivals.
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