YOUTH CLUB: Engaging with the material culture of popular music fandom

YOUTH CLUB is a non-profit Heritage Funded organisation working to preserve, share and celebrate youth culture history, founded in 1997 from the archives of Sleazenation magazine. On their mission to build a Museum of Youth Culture, YOUTH CLUB discusses the momentous task of chronicling the scenes, styles and sounds that make up British social history over the last 100 years. Delving into some of the 150,000 images and 1,000+ personal submissions received over the last year, YOUTH CLUB will lead a series of visually led group discussions around the archive, looking at issues like censorship, moral panic and institutional bias all to be considered when building a grassroots, DIY, people’s Museum.

About YOUTH CLUB:

YOUTH CLUB is a not-for-profit organisation working to preserve, share, educate and celebrate youth culture history through a passionate network of photographers and creatives.

At YOUTH CLUB, we believe in the power of youth culture heritage as a catalyst for creativity, self-expression and connecting communities. We have observed a continual and growing demand for youth culture to be preserved, shared and ultimately celebrated – connecting the past, present and future generations.

We celebrate youth culture through curated events, exhibitions, collaborations and consultancy, and are working towards the goal to open the world’s first Museum of Youth Culture in London.

Our images, features and essays are a real reflection of British and International people’s lives, celebrating self-expression, energy and passion. Content featured includes but is not limited to: subculture, counterculture, fashion, music, art, travel, genres, social issues, lifestyles, sports, nightlife, environments, humour and much much more…

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