"Why I Never Became a Dancer" is the second exhibition in the cooperation between Sammlung Goetz and Haus der Kunst. Ingvild Goetz will use the thirteen chamber-like rooms of the former air raid shelter to show a selection of her broad collection of film and media art. "Why I Never Became a Dancer" presents fifteen video works by international artists who deal with the topic of youth culture in the broadest sense.

Artists include Doug Aitken, Rineke Dijkstra, Tracey Emin and Rosemarie Trockel, among others, analyze forms of socialization, behavioral patterns, and conditioning of young people at the social and personal level. They not only look at today's youth culture, but also at modern youth culture of the past twenty years. "Each generation has its own cult figures, its own language, music, fashion, and expressions. Until the generation has found itself, it tries out everything: from a particular lifestyle, to drugs, all the way to the virtual world of the Internet." Ingvild Goetz

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Mark Leckey, LondonAtella, 2002, still, single-channel video installation, 5' 49'' courtesy Sammlung Goetz
Mark Leckey, LondonAtella, 2002, still, single-channel video installation, 5' 49'' courtesy Sammlung Goetz
Rosemarie Trockel, Yvonne, 1997, still, 1-channel video installation, 14' 03'' courtesy Sammlung Goetz © Rosemarie Trockel / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011
Rosemarie Trockel, Yvonne, 1997, still, 1-channel video installation, 14' 03'' courtesy Sammlung Goetz © Rosemarie Trockel / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011
Ryan Trecartin, Valentine’s Day Girl, 2001, single-channel video, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, München
Ryan Trecartin, Valentine’s Day Girl, 2001, single-channel video, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, München
Tobias Zielony, Behind the Block, 2004, single-channel slide installation, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, Medienkunst, München
Tobias Zielony, Behind the Block, 2004, single-channel slide installation, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, Medienkunst, München
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HDK Why I never Mark Leckey 2
Doug Aitken, i am in you (linear version), 2000, single-channel video installation, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, München, photo: Wilfried Petzi
Doug Aitken, i am in you (linear version), 2000, single-channel video installation, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, München, photo: Wilfried Petzi
Cao Fei, RMB City Opera, 2010, single-channel video installation, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, Medienkunst, München, photo: Cao Fei
Cao Fei, RMB City Opera, 2010, single-channel video installation, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz, Medienkunst, München, photo: Cao Fei