Since the 1980s, northern France and Belgium have been strongholds of electro and techno culture. Invited for a residency by Espace Le Carré and CRP/, Berlin-based photographer Nikita Teryoshin (b. 1986) ventured deep into the region’s festival and club scene, moving from dusk till dawn across both sides of the border.From viaducts in the Brussels metropolitain area to hidden clearings in the Belgian Ardennes, Teryoshin’s images plunge us into the surreal, pulsating world of the dancefloor. Here, the familiar structures of everyday life dissolve, giving way to an alternate reality — one that only materializes once night takes over.Acting as both witness and guide, Teryoshin unveils a universe teeming with life: a gallery of vibrant figures moving through landscapes that feel at once untamed, post-apocalyptic, and futuristic. Hippie ravers and cyber goths, young and old, surrender themselves to the haze of smoke and the piercing beams of laser lights. As the guttural rhythms of Psytrance, Deep House, Acidcore and Dub Techno reverberate, they follow a single unspoken rule: to exult Without distinction or judgment, to lose themselves completely until all become one community through music.Teryoshin’s lens captures the energy of these nights — the raw intensity of live sets, the peaceful communion of bodies in motion, and the euphoric transgression of a space where judgment falls away. In these fleeting hours, the dancefloor becomes more than just a scene; it transforms into a sanctuary, a rare and precious haven of freedom in an increasingly constrained world.Text by Audrey Hoareaudirector of CRP
