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A diverse group of music enthusiasts and entrepreneurs gathered in Stelplaats for the Music Lab to think about the questions of community, care and safer spaces in nightlife. Together with Ecology of Care they discussed and shared meaningful insights. Let's discover what it looked like.
Published on
11.1.23
The Music Lab at Nachtplan brought together over two dozen participants to explore the questions of community, care and safer spaces in nightlife. Drawing on their own experiences, they shared how this approach offers a meaningful alternative to escapism, while examining practical aspects like awareness teams, substance harm reduction, event management, and space design.
The Music Lab at Nachtplan brought together over two dozen participants to explore the questions of community, care and safer spaces in nightlife. Drawing on their own experiences, they shared how this approach offers a meaningful alternative to escapism, while examining practical aspects like awareness teams, substance harm reduction, event management, and space design.
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Through group sharing, physical movement and meditative release, ample time was dedicated to developing the emotional and relational skills crucial to implementing such policies... This holistic approach—combining music and community care—created a shared sense of responsibility as artists, promoters, and audience, highlighting how our craft can affect and transform people’s daily lives long after we leave the party.
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A special thanks goes out to all Music Lab participants and Ecology of Care.
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“What’s so amazing about dance floors is bringing together all of these people that are different, but you have this one shared interest, which is that you want to be in this moment in time together.”
“When I go party, one thing that bothers me is that performance is often seen as something just to spice up the night. I always imagine what if performance is an integral part of the party.”
“It’s really nice if a club night can be different things. It can be dancing, it can be talking, it can be resistance, getting out of your comfort zone. It’s almost like a Gesamtkunstwerk”.
“The idea was to find a language throughout space or some kind of movement that can give the club a feeling of passing of time. It’s not as static as a place."
"I think one of the first things we decided to do is to come dancing here and to feel what's going on, what works very well, what could be better, what have we learned from it, but how can it also be different?"
"Party spaces can be overwhelming. I’ve often experienced being at a club and sitting on the cold concrete floor with everyone else."
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