Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers

After a month-long closure due to the Corona crisis, the London Design Museum reopened on July 31 with an exhibition originally scheduled for April 1. Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers highlights the mutual impact of design and electronic music. It is an evolution of an exhibition at the Musée de la Musique in Paris that illustrates how graphic design, AV technology and club architecture played a significant role in electro.

"It's an art exhibition about electronic dance music, which is a global cultural movement. It is not a historical exhibition about music. An exhibition has to be an aesthetic experience, and that's the case here," says Jean-Yves Leloup, curator of the Paris exhibition. Gemma Curtis and Maria McLintock adapted the exhibition for the London Design Museum.

Tim Marlow, director of the museum, says of the show, "There couldn't be a better exhibition to reopen than Electronic. A powerful statement about creative freedom in music, art, technology, and design that celebrates what many of us missed most during the lockdown; and a reminder that much work remains to be done to revitalize vast swaths of the cultural sector."

The exhibition includes an installation by studio Smith & Lyall designed for the Chemical Brothers' tour, No Geography. Also on view are the 3D show by German electro pioneers Kraftwerk, as well as projects by Kevin Saunderson, Frankie Knuckles and Weirdcore's visuals for Aphex Twin.

Electronic is on view at the London Design Museum through February 14, 2021, overlapping with the London Design Festival, which will take place as scheduled September 12-20.

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