by Vinca Petersen / Steidl
For a decade Vinca Petersen's life was that of a modern nomad: "Different people's lives are based around different things, ours are based around music". She cruised through Europe with a group of people in convoy, organizing illegal music events, raves and festivals. She lived with her friends in old vans, buses or caravans. These young nomads were constantly searching for wasteland or abandoned buildings to set up their sound systems and pump out loud techno. No System is a personal document of this way of life. Petersen photographed the everyday existence of these communities. The pictures are accompanied by her diary notes and collected ephemera describing the forms of autonomy and self organization of the "tribes", explaining that these people don't want to rebel as much as to live outside the system.
This book presents a modern form of tribal life, where people live together with their own rules. "Welcome to our way of living".
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