Inclusive Exclusivity

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The Inclusive Exclusivity of the “Dynamique d’Enfer” by Dmitry Paranyushkin, Berlin, November 2010 Marten Spangberg writes about cultural networks being much more exclusive than digital communication networks: “In dance networks operate strictly on strategic levels, without any concern for structural or tactical openness or deployment. Networks in the cultural sector are absolutely closed and are all about membership. You have to make yourself worthy of being part, you will have to go through a test, and you have to invest a fair amount on energy in lobby and travel-costs. [...] Networks in cultural businesses operate due a mode or production known as “dynamique d’enfer” or dynamics of hell. [...] You are responsible for the maintenance of hierarchies, the preservation of an aristocratic society that operates like a flock of vampires, like apologetic blood suckers that obediently confess there compulsive lust. “ [1] Rem Koolhaas also writes about the “dynamique d’enfer” existing in cultural networks, pointing out their innovative potential: “I asked the director, a brilliant developer with whom we worked closely, why he never said no [...] when we came with all our insane proposals [...] He said his strategy to succeed into the twenty-first century was to create within a limited territory what he called a dynamique d’enfer – a dynamic from hell, which is so relentlessly complex that all the partners are involved in it like prisoners chained to each other so that nobody would be able to escape. [...] What was exciting here was that we introduced buildings on a scale that Europe had almost never seen, therefore we could experiment with completely new typologies.” [2] So, on one side – exclusivity, hierarchies, vampires, prisons, and even the hell itself. On the other side – innovative potential, strength, and success. Let’s exorcise the demons.

This is a network of 44 DanceWeb 2010 participants, with 440 links in between.


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