NEVERMIND... WHAT?: memória, nostalgia e os tensionamentos possíveis entre o punk e o museu na exposição "Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses"

Abstract

In this article, we try to discuss the contemporary tension that crosses pop music, namely punk: in the mass culture, in the collective memory, and in institutions of conservation, preservation and dissemination, such as museums. Punk was always critic aboutof institutionalization, patrimonialization, and museification. However, today, and through processes of preservationist DIY, nostalgia and retromania, this previous condition is eclipsed. The motto of our reflection came through the realization, in Brazil, namely in Rio de Janeiro, of the exhibition "Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses" in the National History Museum. Nirvanahas always stood in favor of a certain punk ethos, whether through DIY as a goal of action or as a compositional guide, by triggering certain sonic and lyrical frameworks. In this direction, the exhibition embodies indelible challenges of approach to modern culture: underground vs. mainstream; ephemeral vs. archive; DIY vs. institutionalizations.