2008: the bottom dropped out. For America the bottom was the economy, but for Berlin, DJ Lützenkirchen dropped the beat. His EDM song, 3 Tage Wach, spun all over Berlin’s dance institutions, including der Hangar, Sysiphos, Berghain, Bar 25, Tresor, de Bunker, Watergate, and Rummelsbucht. These venues generated a powerful subculture in Berlin as dance established itself as a vehicle of physical pol
itical response. The song speaks of an attitude of staying awake and dancing for three days before returning to the capitalist position—the 9 to 5 weekday. Running with this energy and inspiration, 3 Days Awake is a public interjection, an impermanent space that provides the Los Angeles art community with a platform to produce and provoke art before self-destructing in 6 months. The space will be open once a month for 3 days. Each month a different curator/organizer will be given agency over the course of their allotted month to engage with the public as they see fit. After January 2015, it will change form, turning into a book with all proceeds being donated to your local artist bookstores. 3 Days Awake is a space that aims to provide an unrestricted public platform that sidesteps canons and proper protocols. The space functions under the attitude of good luck and have fun. 3 Days Awake has been initiated by artist Lindsay August-Salazar and is an aspect of her Public Interjection Project, founded in 2008.
