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Ava O Donohoe 

 
BA [Hons] Art

I studied abroad in Berlin and fell in love with the nightlife and the culture surrounding the clubnachts. Recently Berlin techno has been UNESCO protected. While I was in Berlin I found dancing to be the best way to release all stresses, worries and personal issues. I would walk in and hear the thumping of the music and instantly feel euphoric. The sense of community and respect each person had for each other created a safe space for me to be completely myself. In Berlin I felt isolated and lonely, when I walked into a nightclub I was part of a huge community and I felt at peace and at home. I wanted to pay homage to these amazing moments that I had.

'UTOPIA'
'UTOPIA' is a piece that I have created to pay homage to techno culture. Berlin techno has been UNESCO protected this year.
I wanted to create a space that replicates a bathroom stall. I created a mix and edited it in a way to replicate the thumping you would hear while in a bathroom stall.
I made the 'bathroom stall' out of insulation, I wanted to use recycled materials for this piece. The insulation is recycled materials from a building site along with the toilet.
I then spray painted the walls and asked my peers to sign the walls with anything they wanted. The same way they would a bathroom stall.
I then projected a video of people dancing into the space. The video consists of someone dancing in a controlled studio space and the found footage of 90's rave. I wanted to capture the movements associated with techno music and how free-ing and expressive it is.
Still image from 'UTOPIA'
Still image from 'UTOPIA'
Project Description

In this piece I wanted to create the illusion of a bathroom stall in a nightclub. The sound of the muffled distant techno pumping, the graffiti on the walls and the broken toilet. My video is a compilation of clips of someone dancing by themselves, myself DJ-ing and found footage from 90’s raves. The sound is a mix that I have made and put the channel levels on my DJ decks


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