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Matti Gajek produces and performs electronic music under the artist name Gajek. Through high-energy textures of digital production, Gajek's compositions reactivate the forgotten archives of East German subcultures from a contemporary perspective. In doing so, they open up spaces for emotional echoes of rupture and discontinuity—music that engages with fragmented timelines, grief and ecstasy, forgotten youth cultures, hidden fashion codes, personal tragedies, and strange haircuts.
Curator
Hendrike Nagel
Biography
Matti Gajek (*1984, Schwerin) lives and works in Berlin. Since 2014 Gajek has released five studio albums on Labels such as Stroom, Infinite Greyscale, Throttle Records and more. He composes music for films, theatre, exhibitions and performances, most recently for the critically acclaimed film Die Ermittlung by RP Kahl and the award-winning short film Es gibt keine Angst by Anna Zett. In 2022 Gajek launched mix series Socialist Realness on UK radio Resonance Extra focusing on avant-garde music produced in the GDR and shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall. Gajek has performed at major international venues and festivals, including CTM Festival, Berghain, Printworks London, Traumabar und Kino, ADE Amsterdam, Melt Festival, and MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sponsors
The mediation and supporting program of the Kunstverein is funded by:
