I’m Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective
Location
Barbican Arts Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
Description
This exhibition has now closed
This exhibition runs from Thursday 26th September 2024 to Wednesday 15th January 2025.
A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.
The exhibition highlights a pivotal era when bands like My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and Finch sparked a transatlantic exchange, fuelling a distinct UK movement led by acts such as Funeral for a Friend. The ethos of emo resonated deeply with a generation, channeling collective teenage melancholy into a transatlantic subculture that thrived in cyberspace just as well as in the basement venues of grotty pubs. With one foot IRL and the other in MySpace, Emo wasn’t just a scene —it was the only way of living, the only way we could envision our futures.
Featuring personal photos snapped on early digital and mid-00s phone cameras, content for this exhibition has been digitally unearthed by the Museum of Youth Culture from old hard drives and Photobucket accounts.
Prices
Free
Contact and Booking Details
More information at this website.
Upcoming Dates
This exhibition runs from Thursday 26th September 2024 to Wednesday 15th January 2025.
Forthcoming dates:
Disclaimer
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All images are supplied by the exhibition organiser.
Barbican Arts Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
This exhibition runs from Thursday 26th September 2024 to Wednesday 15th January 2025.
This event runs over several days/weeks. Dates include:
September 2024
- Thu 26th Sep 2024
(9:30am to 5:30pm) - Fri 27th Sep 2024
(9:30am to 5:30pm) - Sat 28th Sep 2024
(9:30am to 4:00pm) - Sun 29th Sep 2024
Closed - Mon 30th Sep 2024
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October 2024
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