quarrel over money brings the plans for the Frankfurt Momen falter. An exhibition in December, is the great hope for the Techno-Museum.
The Museum of modern electronic music, short Momem, is more than ever on the Brink. The culture project at the main police station, threatening to fail in the financing, the Association Friends of Momem on Tuesday through.
a Letter from the CDU had made at noon, still hope, for years dümpelnde projects could soon be true: “The world’s first Museum of club culture is possible,” wrote the cultural policy of the CDU-speaker Thomas Dürbeck and provided a loan in the views. However, Alex Azary, Chairman of the Friends of Momem, sees the coming of the Frankfurt Christian Democrats in particular: “This is a poisoned promise.” The SPD announced the approach of the CDU “frivolous”.
Momen – point of attraction for international visitors
Soon to be five years ago, the club made its plans public: the first Museum of electronic music. A whole style, a way of life intended to convey the maker: Azary, Stefan Weil, Andreas Tomalla, and other luminaries of the genre. A point of attraction it should be, even for international visitors – then did nothing for a long time.
The reasons for the standstill, the Friends of Momem see in the first line in the city. Although the rooms of the former children’s Museum since 2018 in the intermediate level of the main guard, but need to be renovated. Money missing from the Association. He needs start-up funding. The money was in January, almost on the way to the CDU have advanced, it has a bar, says Azary. “As it was called, you would need a new business plan.”
Momem
On a 800 square meters in the between-level of Frankfurt Hauptwache the Museum of Modern Electronic Music should be: Momem.
politicians of all democratic parties, from the Romans celebrated the project and its importance for the city for 2015 on a number of occasions.
The content now shows, but the first exhibition “Electro” in Paris. The Momem-makers want to get to Frankfurt – even if you would you like to come earlier.
now, with a spectacular opening show: “Electro. From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk.“ You made this summer in Paris caused a sensation, and attracted tens of thousands. The time window is short, says Azary, in April the exhibition will move on to London. In December, it would have to go to the main guard, definitely. “The contract with Paris is ready to be signed in front of me.” But it was almost too late to prepare everything. “The CDU has driven the thing, in principle, already against the wall.”
“Electro. From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk“
What is displeasing to him, there are two clauses in the funding commitment 500 000 Euro start-up money for the Momem to pay back first; secondly, they flow only if the Association has, in turn, controls 350 000 Euro from your own pocket beige. Impossible, says Azary. The sponsors expected that there is initially a Museum, before you made your post. It is also important to renovate with the start-up of an urban property: “The money stays anyway in the city.”
CDU-point of view, it is enough, Contrary, the space rent-free to provide. “The Momem-concept was from the beginning, that the operation self-sustaining and without the benefits the city gets,” recalls Dürbeck. The business plan also let the revenue to be expected. “It should be the Association, therefore, possible without any problems, the city of the granted start-up funding until the end of the year 2020 to repay.”
Other cultural projects
Azary is disappointed. Other cultural projects are ready to be promoted willingly, he says. “We consider what we are doing now.” SPD-culture politician, Roland frischkorn encouraged to take advantage of the “huge opportunity” to establish such a Museum: “he Who says A must also say B.” Would be unrealistic for him especially, the money demand until the end of 2020 back: “can’t create at all.”
The third coalition partner, the Greens, advised stay tuned: “We would like to make possible that it comes into existence,” said group chief Sebastian Popp. However, it is meet to* that is not originally of start-up funding, the speech would have been.
*fr.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
