Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
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Rave
Culture
Sweet Harmony: how rave was about way more than hedonism
Exploring the impact and the legacy of the Second Summer of Love, 30 years on, with the Saatchi Gallery’s acid house retrospective.
Culture
Sheryl Garratt:“it’s time for a new generation to make something subversive of their own”
The former Face editor reminisces about the golden era of rave ahead of Sweet Harmony, an exhibition seeking to inspire countercultural activity.
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Culture
Dystopian look, utopian feel: welcome to Germany’s queerest weekend
Brought to you by Pornceptual, CockTail d’Amore and Buttons, Whole is an “unreal, exciting, beautiful, liberating and overwhelming” festival. Is it the future of Pride?
Culture
Go on – phone in sick and go to a free festival instead
Seana Gavin’s new exhibition Spiral Baby celebrates the revolutionary togetherness of Spiral Tribe. It’s good for you.
