Take a look back at 50 years of clubbing, music and freedom with this exhibition at Quai de la Photo.
The Quai de la Photo exhibition ‘The Beat Goes On!’ explores five decades – from the 1970s to the present day – of clubbing culture through more than a hundred photographs (Bill Bernstein, Karel Chladek, Meyer Flou, Tatiana Prieto, Tristan O'Neill, Alexandre Furcolin, etc.) and videos, offering a visual and sensory journey. The exhibition questions what nightlife and nightclubs reveal about our societies - struggles, customs, thirst for freedom, ideologies - and presents partying as a space for sharing, but also for resistance and community expression, from the disco era of New York clubs to the dancefloors of Paris, Berlin and London today. The exhibition also honours DJs, dancers, performers and anonymous figures who have elevated the night to a realm of creation and emancipation. Alongside the exhibition, parties, screenings, talks, meetings with artists, DJ sets and open turntables are organised to make the experience even more lively and to create a dialogue between photography, music and partying. An experience to be enjoyed on the banks of the Seine, a stone's throw from many of Paris's nightlife hotspots: Petit Bain, Wanderlust, FVTVR, Bateau Phare...
