Underground art

The Underground (English, literally underground ) is a term that is referred to in many areas of art the portion of a scene that is not aimed at the mass, independently produced and often represents a counter-culture. The Underground is not bound from the outset to a particular style, but he is usually a minority culture in society dar. opposite pole is the so-called mainstream, with the generally established or even for the " mass " produced art is called.

The Underground often plays the role of a vanguard, its forms are taken up later in the mainstream, but it also deprived of their subversive content and reduced to a purely formal aesthetic elements.

Often representatives of the so-called Underground grab the established or commercial art (Performing arts, music, literature) to public and speak these artistic quality: if it were shallow mass-produced goods, which was only interested in commercial success and mostly represent reactionary content. Especially in the scene of rock and pop music here a real dispute between Under- and Over Ground has evolved in the Underground has also become a marketing effective slogan, often without being connected to corresponding content (eg Grunge, Alternative ).

Even in youth culture and in the clubs, there is a clear separation between underground and mainstream, which take here the people who create underground culture, for themselves, the more demanding events, exhibitions, concerts and the like to offer ( approximately more experimental ), the to incur regardless of commercial success of idealism and creativity.

Many works of high culture now make up - in terms of their pure sales figures - a kind of Underground dar.

Styles

Music

Mostly is underground music in the context of political or social commitment. They also considered the forerunner for punk and indie music.

As one of the figureheads to Frank Zappa. Other well-known representatives are Henry Cow, Captain Beefheart or Crazy Backwards Alphabet. Attributable to the Underground are often representatives of the following genres:

  • The beginnings of Alternative, House, Techno, Hip- Hop
  • Some electric music cultures ( Hardstyle, Hardcore Techno, Drum and Bass )
  • Today's sub-genres ( See, eg, Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Rock, Industrial, Horror Core)
  • Various known bands of many sub-genres, often still in demo stage, particularly for the demarcation over commercially successful bands of the genre. An example of this: Cassette offender
  • The hardcore punk movement
  • Noise

Literature and Comics

  • Fanzine
  • Poetry Slam
  • Underground literature
  • Underground Magazine
  • Underground Comix

Fine Arts

  • Off- gallery, off-art, offspace
  • Demoscene
  • Graffiti, Street Art

Film

Main article: Underground Film

Secondary literature

  • Werner Jauk: Underground. In: Oesterreichisches music lexicon. Online edition, Vienna 2002 et seq, ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Print Edition: Volume 5, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8.
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  • Music Genre
  • Contemporary Art
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