Club confessions from the playground
The Horst Club isn’t only a place to dance.
Published on
2.4.26
Interviews by Ann-Sophie Tollet, portraits by Redouane Cherkaoui
We asked those roaming its rooms what they’d been up to: from playing UNO at dawn to spilling tea in Root Refuge. Below, you’ll find some of this season’s most cherished memories and treasured confessions.
We asked those roaming its rooms what they’d been up to: from playing UNO at dawn to spilling tea in Root Refuge. Below, you’ll find some of this season’s most cherished memories and treasured confessions.
Leah: I have a lot, honestly. I'm thinking about the club opening this year, the closing set by A. Brehme in the Rain Room. I loved it because you see all the familiar faces coming back to Horst Club, and everyone was just so excited. The energy in the front row was insane with all our friends. It felt so good to have this all back. At some point it felt like everyone was merging into, like, one new creature. It was really beautiful.
Noa: Next to the speakers, in front of the DJ basically.
Jesse: Yes, front leftin the Garage for me!
Noah: Fun. Sexy. With the girls. Ok, that's more than three.
Zoya: One time I was at Horst with a friend, and my mom showed up out of nowhere. I've been living abroad for a while, so it had been a long time since we'd danced together. I cried when she left, since I just really missed sharing the dane floor with her.
Nat: I think it's smoking cigarettes & telling the tea with the girls outside.
Mikeal & Sam: We're dancing with a group of friends. We only meet for Horst festival, club & summer festivals. And it's a perfect moment together now!
Sahra: I think the party is really diverse. I didn't expect so many dfferent people from different age groups. It's not too young, which I really like. Everyone is super welcoming. It's not bougie or anything, and people aren't pushy. We were playing Uno with strangers and had such a good time. It's my first time, but definitly not my last.
Alexandre: The 'Root Refuge'. It's a place where you can truly rest and relax to the fullest. It really feels like a cocoon, like stepping into a space where time stands still and where you can fully enjoy the peace, the space, and breathe for a minute.
Viola: I'am dancing with my friends from Germany because I'm always convincing them to come here.
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“What’s so amazing about dance floors is bringing together all of these people that are different, but you have this one shared interest, which is that you want to be in this moment in time together.”
“When I go party, one thing that bothers me is that performance is often seen as something just to spice up the night. I always imagine what if performance is an integral part of the party.”
"Clubbing has undergone enormous commercialisation and standardisation. It’s important to stage these works in a way that rethinks or reactivates clubbing as an important cultural experience."
“It’s really nice if a club night can be different things. It can be dancing, it can be talking, it can be resistance, getting out of your comfort zone. It’s almost like a Gesamtkunstwerk”.
“The idea was to find a language throughout space or some kind of movement that can give the club a feeling of passing of time. It’s not as static as a place."
"I think one of the first things we decided to do is to come dancing here and to feel what's going on, what works very well, what could be better, what have we learned from it, but how can it also be different?"
"Party spaces can be overwhelming. I’ve often experienced being at a club and sitting on the cold concrete floor with everyone else."
"The perfect club is when you have the best people inside, a diverse dance floor where people feel represented.”
“Care is the most important expression of community: making sure everyone feels comfortable, trusted and supported among like-minded people.”
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