The national museum of popular music in Trondheim taken Immortals ax this week. The ax that Bergen’s metal band has performed with, in an exhibition on sex in the Norwegian pop and rock.
– exhibition describes the predominant gender identities from 1960 to today. One of the identities is a masculine identity in black metal. The ax is associated with the invincible warrior, tells Exhibition responsible Synnøve Engevik.
POSTER that provokes
Bergen band Blind Date is also represented by his first concert poster from 1982.
– The copied a questionable design from a women’s magazine and got Kvinnefronten on the neck, said Engevik. The feminists thought the image of a woman’s panty and stocking clad legs did the female body into a pure sales object.
– Have representation of gender in Norwegian pop and rock been male chauvinist?
– It has changed a lot from the 1960s to the present. Rock is very male dominated and almost only male athletes still. But the community was much smaller and more equal gender split in the 60s than now. It is of course reflected in the music. Now there is much more diversity, says curator Synnøve Engevik.
LONDON ARTISTS
Bergen is represented in Rockheim both by Jan Eggum, Bergen Beat, ephemera and Enslaved.
– We are the national museum of popular music, and Bergen has been a very important city in Norwegian music history. All the important bands and artists are represented here. We have items from Enslaved, Japanese ephemera editions and luscious silk shirts, tells Rockheim-conservator.
museum offers many interactive installations with sound and image.
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