Punk culture in the GDR developed its own language, music and aesthetics. These constituted an open provocation to the existing system, fostering the notion of breaking with the conformity of everyday life under the regime of state socialism. In contrast to their role models in the UK who championed the slogan "no future", punks in the GDR feared "too much future", or the uniformity of prescribed and pre-determined life trajectories. 'Substitut', a privately run agency in Berlin, houses the most extensive archival collection relating to punk culture in the GDR. The archive grew out of 'Substitut's' numerous projects, including the 'production' of exhibitions and release of music compilations and publications.
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Berlin Grabbeallee 48, Germany 13156
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The photo collection on graffiti in Poland has been gathered by Tomasz Sikorski since about 1970. The great part of the approximately 1 500 photos was made in years 1970-1990. Sikorski has been up-to-date documenting the paintings occurring on the walls of Polish cities, both artistic and dominated by the political message, created by professionals as well as people without artistic background. On his photographies, one can see works by, among others, Włodzimierz Fruczek, Faustyn Chełmecki, „Major” Waldemar Fydrych”, Jacek „Ponton” Jankowski, Alexander Sikora, Krzysztof Skarbek and Sikorski himself.
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Trasa W-Z Archive includes over 900 hours of Polish rock recording from the 1980s, with predominance of punk bands performing on the famous Jarocin festival. It also contains photographs, fanzines, leaflets, and posters. Thanks to the activities of its owner (Robert Jarosz), the collection reaches wider public through exhibitions, books and record releases.
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The collection contains samizdats of religious literature, secretly released songbooks and tape recordings. Albums with gospel music were the property of private individuals who secretly made recordings, albums and published songs in the period of socialism for their own needs, to spread the Gospel among youth. The collection contains records from 1968, atheistic socialist Czechoslovakia, to the present period with their current versions after 1989.
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Bratislava Staré Grunty, Slovakia 841 04
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Bratislava Žižkova 4497/18, Slovakia 811 02
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The collection consists of documents from various KGB departments, found in its rooms and offices in 1991. This material gives good information about the last days of the KGB: what kind of files were on the desks, on the shelves and in the cupboards of KGB officers.
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Vilnius, 40 Gediminas avenue, 01110 Lithuania
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