Thursday, 4 June 2026 at 8 pm
Film screening and discussion with director Stuart Swezey, moderated by music and film critic Željko Luketić.
Desolation Center
Director: Stuart Swezey
USA • 2018 • 94' • documentary
The untold story of the guerrilla music and art performances that took place in the Californian desert in the early 1980s, which preceded and inspired festivals such as Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella. These guerrilla desert happenings took place during the Reagan era and featured bands such as Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Swans, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic and others.