Cool Retro Camp Trash

The aesthetic quality of the popular is now undisputed. In fact, it can be argued that popular culture has become the dominant cultural paradigm of our days, which takes shape in music, film, literature, social media, fashion. In the course of the 20th century aesthetic strategies, discourses and value systems have emerged, most of which go beyond the boundaries of the art forms, the media and musical genres. Concepts such as retro, trash, camp, cool, crossover or cyber are just a few examples that show the high degree to which the aesthetic field of popular culture has become differentiated. The conference “Cool Retro Camp Trash” seeks to illuminate this cultural transformation from the viewpoint of multiple academic disciplines.

• What: Conference
  
  
• When: May 3, 2018, 8:30am until May 5, 2018, 3pm
  
  
• Where:
  Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik (ZPKM)
  Rosastraße 17-19
  79098 Freiburg
  
  
• Host: ZPKM
  
  
• Contact information: Private lecturer Dr. Christofer Jost, Tel.: +49 (0) 761/70503-11
  
  
• The event is open to the general public.
  
  
• Pre-registration via e-mail is required: conference@zpkm.uni-freiburg.de
  
  
• The event is free of admission.
  
  
• The event will be held in German and English.
  
  
• More information about the program