A festival created a mini Berghain just to deny people at the door
A hiliarous simulation of the world's most exclusive techno club
Ironic, obsessive and ingenious all at once, The Netherland's Beyond Festival housed an on-site installation called 'Berghenk', a miniature mock-up of Berlin's famed Berghain with the sole purpose of denying people at the door.
Berghenk (pictured above) was designed with a front exterior identical to the coveted techno club, a queue gate and fair sized interior.
The entire piece was a meta-cultural statement on the dance music community'sobsessive fascination with Berghain's notorious exclusive policy. Fans at the festival waited in line repeatedly and were denied every single time, holding onto sparse hope that one could eventually gain entry.
Berghenk's model was to purposely let zero attendees inside, play dark techno blasting from its interior and even sell tickets to those willing to pay.
The festival went as far as to offer step-by-step instructions on how to handle the Berghenk experience:
1. Stand in line
2. Get rejected
3. Go back to stand in line
4. Get refused
5. Go back to stand in line
6. Get refused
7. Go back to stand in line
8. Get refused
9. Go back to stand in line
Well played Beyond Festival. Positively savage.
[Via: THUMP]
