Viele Kreative finden München langweilig, gerade Nachwuchskräfte ziehen lieber nach Berlin oder Hamburg. Das wird für die bayerische Haup
As a young Veranstalterin that came to Munich with the explicit idea of being part of said subculture (theres very few of us), I can say the following :
1- 2 years and over 50 concerts and a couple festivals organized later, I don’t think it’s possible for anybody to live from concert organization by themselves. Either you need State support, or you need a rich boyfriend/girlfriend to pay for your “Luxus hobby”.
2- there’s not a single venue in this city that will support a long term local experimental music showcase 100%. It will always be a question of “can we get city money from it” or “you need to cover your own costs” - not because the venue managers are assholes that don’t believe in the music, but because there is no stable audience for experimental music in Munich.
3- once again for the people in the back, there is no stable audience for experimental music in Munich and organizing experimental concerts is a financial risk that nobody can afford to assume
4- 99% of Munich’s representations of subculture (the Boat, the Containers, the Hotel happening, the Beach and the Tents) are actually a capitalist dream that screams “Disneyland” more than “artistic freedom”. Your bottled Weinschorle is not feeding my creativity.
5- Munich finally pushed me beyond all my limits and I am too tired to care anymore. To hell with this scene, or absence thereof, I will do like many before me, and we will organize some public representations of subculture when we feel like it, at our own financial risk, for an audience that doesn’t grow, and keep to themselves through bonds of friendship rather than lifestyle.
- Emilie Gendron, @munichagain
