Matthew and Ritchie Hawtin at the opening of the exhibtion @ RED gallery

PARALLELS

Symmetry, futurism, bleeding edges, infinitely repetitive layers, contrasting textures and hidden messages. These words that describe Canadian artist Matthew Hawtin’s paintings, prints and sculpture could easily apply to the music made by his brother, techno producer Richie Hawtin. It’s in this solo exhibition, showcasing some of the art Matthew has made in conjunction with his brother’s record labels Plus 8 Records and Minus Records, that we can see the parallels between the two mediums.

Long-standing Nightlife Editor at Time Out Magazine, Dave Swindells gives you a unique insight into the Second Summer of Love, a period in 1988-89 when electronic dance music exploded on the youth scene in Britain.
His latest exhibition, ‘Spirit of Ibiza 89’, focuses on how ‘Balearic Beats’ – an eclectic cocktail of rock, Chicago house, Eurodisco, and funky reggae – and the ecstasy-fuelled clubbing lifestyle experienced in Ibiza inspired DJs to create a more freestyle and egalitarian club scene in London, albeit in dark, smoke-filled and strobe-lit basements.
With this series of images Dave Swindells shows the nightlife of Ibiza in the late ‘80s, with its open-air dance floors for those hot Mediterranean nights, drawing a polysexual, all-ages crowd in an easy-going hippie-inspired atmosphere which was nonetheless self-consciously stylish (unlike many of the dressed-down Brits).

Dave has photographed the nightlife scene in London and beyond since 1984, as well as writing about it extensively as Nightlife Editor at Time Out from 1986-2009. I have documented countless different scenes (well, OK, that's an exaggeration, but put it this way, I'm still counting) and his photographs have been featured in i-D, The Face, The Observer, Mixmag and many other publications worldwide as well as Time Out.