... what would you risk for your music?
During the Cold War, when the Soviet regime brutally controlled the recording industry, tape recorders weren’t on the market and vinyl was rare, music lovers in the underground came up with an unusual idea: with specially built recording devices, they pressed censored music onto old X-ray pictures from hospitals.
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In this way, forbidden songs and genres - from western jazz, rock 'n' roll, Russian emigrant folk songs, gypsy tangos to prison songs - also found their way in secret onto the record players of music fans of the time.
From 14 August to 5 September, BONE MUSIC - the exhibition of the X-Ray Audio Project tells this exciting and highly political piece of music history from a time when people risked punishment or even imprisonment for their favourite music. At the same time, the exhibition reveals the unintentional beauty and elegance of the rare "BONE MUSIC" records that were once created out of necessity. BONE MUSIC is always open Thursdays to Sundays from 12 pm to 8 pm at Villa Heike near the Hohenschönhausen memorial in the former Stasi restricted area with free admission.
After Tel Aviv, Moscow, Tokyo, London, Belfast and St. Petersburg, BONE MUSIC is now coming to Berlin. BONE MUSIC is curated by the X-Ray Audio Project (UK), Stephen Coats and Paul Heartfield, in collaboration with Cardboardia (RUS) and buero doering - Fachhandel für Ereignisse and is supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds and the Bezirksamt Lichtenberg, Amt für Weiterbildung und Kultur. Cooperation partners are the Hohenschönhausen Memorial and Dussmann.
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Villa Heike is designed to be barrier-free and wheelchair accessible. Theres a wheelchair accessible toilet.
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