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Say Watt? @ La Gaîté Lyrique

21/06/2013 @ 8:00 pm - 25/08/2013 @ 5:00 pm

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The Gaîté Lyrique´s summery expo this year gravitates around sound… sound systems to be more precise. “Say Whatt?” pays tribute to the sound system, portable audio systems, mobile discos…

The invention of this form of musical expression came from the streets.  From raves in Europe to demonstrations from Kingston to Belem, from France to Columbia by way of Kenya and the huge K7 sound players favored by rappers, the amplified sound of sound systems has been the common ground among popular and musical gatherings these past few decades.

And what started out as nothing more than a portable disco in the ghettos of Jamaica or in U.S. basements in the 50s has revolutionized the way we listen to music. Since then, radically different cultures have adopted this cult object, making it their own through all manner of tinkering and manipulation.

Say Watt is willing to guide visitors from its beginnings in Jamaica through its extrapolations in the field of contemporary art, by way of its many contributions to DIY culture, and they´re giving us just over 2 months of installations, concerts, projections, workshops and the always unmissable exhibition to discover, learn and experience how everything evolved from Jamaica to Ikea…

Say watt - sound system  © Pierre Mahieu

More info on the expo & program this way

Details

Start:
21/06/2013 @ 8:00 pm
End:
25/08/2013 @ 5:00 pm
Cost:
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Venue

La Gaîté Lyrique
3 bis, rue Papin
Paris, 75003 France
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Organizer

La Gaîté Lyrique
Phone:
0033 01 53 01 52 00
Website:
http://www.gaite-lyrique.net