Who would have thought that the “alterno” scene would integrate the heritage temple?
This is what has just happened with the exhibition dedicated to two great figures of alternative rock from the 1980s. On the François-Mitterrand site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, it shows some of the documents bequeathed by FanXoa and mastO from Bérurier noir to the institution.
A great recognition for a musical, political, social and aesthetic movement.
Badges from the Bérurier Noir group, sold in the 1980s. François Guillemot Fund (aka Fanfan / Fanxoa) © Élie Ludwig / BnF
Preserve rock and its non-conformism
Deputy director of the music department of the BnF, Benoît Cailmail welcomes this entry.
On June 17, 2021, after shorter discussions than usual, FanXoa, aka François Guillemot, former singer of the group, now a historian, specialist in contemporary Vietnam and research engineer at the CNRS, and mastO (Thomas Heuer), former saxophonist , who now devotes himself to photography, have graciously donated their funds.
“These archives go beyond music to cover the artistic environment surrounding them, fanzines or cassettes…
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