Bal en Blanc
The enormous party Bal en Blanc has nothing to do with New Years Eve, but I want to talk about it because its simply so big and it’s been happening for so many years now, that I simply can’t ignore it anymore. I’ve personally never been to Bal en Blanc, and that’s mostly because I don’t understand where the fun is in going to a massive, commercial-organized rave party.
First, I thought raves were something of the 90ies and early this millennium, who the hell still goes to those?
Second, I thought raves were all about being underground and secret and organized in abandoned factory buildings or military radar sites in the country-side. A rave organized by a corporation in a big public space is like going to see an Eagles concert nowadays: true, it’s for the fans, but we all know it’s lame and it’s driven by the big money machine behind it.
Anyways, I am in a mood to rip into Bal en Blanc, and I guess I am allowed to. It just doesn’t seem like a genuine party to me.
What I liked though, is the advertisements they used for this year’s party. It’s kind of freakish in a way, actually very freakish, but it sure does attract the vieweres attenction. Good job to the big marketing company that the Bal en Blanc machine has employed for creating its propaganda this year.
