An Open Invitation: VIA as a Field of Research

Authors

  • Clemens Günther FU Berlin
  • Christiane Schäfer FU Berlin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17892/app.2021.00013.277

Keywords:

VIA, Soviet Union, rock music, pop music, popular culture, era of stagnation, cultural policy

Abstract

Vocal-Instrumental-Ensembles, abbreviated as VIA, were a distinct format of late-soviet popular culture. Music groups carrying this label enjoyed tremendous success from the mid-1960s until the mid-1980s and have since become the object of a nostalgic revival. As a research subject, they offer important insight into cultural politics and the music industry of their time, as well as movements of negotiation, popularisation and canonisation of new sounds, aesthetics and performance techniques. This issue invites scholars to take a more active interest in the VIA’s musical and institutional qualities and offers first explorations into this multifaceted phenomenon.

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Published

07-11-2021

How to Cite

Günther, Clemens, and Christiane Schäfer. 2021. “An Open Invitation: VIA As a Field of Research”. Apparatus. Film, Media and Digital Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, no. 13 (November):1-4. https://doi.org/10.17892/app.2021.00013.277.

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