In cooperation with the German Consulate General Los Angeles and dublab, Bernard Farley, electronic music artist and founder of Black Techno Matters, and local music artists 92Jelani, Trovarsi, and Corry Banks gathered at the Goethe-Institut on Friday, December 9th to mark the opening of the TECHNO WORLDS exhibition.

CONVERSATIONS IN THE RADICAL LIBRARY: The Detroit-Berlin Axis

Bernard Farley, led a discussion connecting and contrasting the counterculture movements of techno in Detroit and Berlin through the prism of the recent book ASSEMBLING A BLACK COUNTER CULTURE by DeForrest Brown Jr. The panel featured three black electronic music artists local to Los Angeles: 92Jelani, Trovarsi, and Corry Banks who will also treat the audience to live performances and demonstrations prior to the discussion. Finally, we will open up the space for general conversation and contemplation set to the music of “Conversations in the Radical Library”, a musical piece by Bernard Farley intended as “radical waiting room music meant to provoke new ideas and conversations.”