Moritz Pisk

Echoes of the Dancefloor. Techno, art and politics between Detroit and Berlin

Completion of the PhD program: December 2025

Supervision: 
Karin Harrasser

Echoes of the Dancefloor is told from the perspective of a long night in two Berlin clubs. The dissertation examines the historical and political developments of techno as well as artistic echoes of rave and the dancefloor. Through selected works, the aesthetic and resistant potentials of the dancefloor are made visible, and its reciprocal relationship to art is highlighted. Particular attention is given to the Afrofuturist dimension of Detroit techno. The dancefloor is described as a cultural, aesthetic, and political space that must be continually reconstituted. 

Kurz-Biographie / Short Bio 
Moritz Pisk (er/ihm) is a research associate and university assistant at the Department of Cultural Studies. His research and teaching focuses on the history and (pop) cultural significance of rave and techno as well as the political potential of the dancefloor. Pisk frequently combines his academic work with exhibition projects and club culture experiments.

Email address / Email-Address:
moritz.pisk@kunstuni-linz.at