Hidden History – Facetten der Subkultur in Frankfurt Rhein Main

An der Theke mit Hannibal Tarkan Daldaban #2

For decades, Hannibal Tarkan Daldaban has been an internationally recognised promoter and DJ, and a key figure in Frankfurt’s club and event culture. Despite his international career, he has chosen to remain based in the Rhine-Main region, where he has realised many of his projects. At the core of his work is the encounter between people—for which he continually creates new spaces and situations.

As part of the exhibition Hidden History, a bar counter in the foyer of the Frankfurter Kunstverein becomes a central meeting point. Through his personal presence, Daldaban activates the exhibition space and invites visitors to engage with stories of the events, personalities and places that shaped Frankfurt’s subcultural scenes of the 1990s and 2000s.

On two occasions, the line-up will be joined by guests from the music scene: on 9 May, Dr Atmo will read from his autobiography “Von Putzlicht zu Putzlicht”. As a key figure in Frankfurt’s techno scene of the 1990s, he will recount personal experiences ranging from a sense of new beginnings and ecstasy to the contradictions of that era.

The Frankfurter Kunstverein is an interdisciplinary exhibition space for contemporary art and culture. Here, an inquisitive public encounters exhibitions that engage the senses and discovers new perspectives on our present.

The project partner is the Diamant Museum for Urban Culture, Offenbach, which engages with historical and contemporary positions of subversive and subcultural activity in the Frankfurt RheinMain region.