Djinn Wears Vintage
Moorish Pavilion in Malmö



The mystery of that building (see picture) which looks like Alladin's relinquished residence, finally got solved for me yesterday.
 Wandering around the hood during the winter, I was thinking what is in it, and then never remembered to properly google it. You probably know this  "shit, what did I want to look up on the internet?" feeling.

In Möllan, I was told about the housewarming party in Moorish Pavilion, so there I relocated myself.

Moriska Paviljongen has three indoor areas.
One to the left, is so well provided with discolights, it is apparently, a Nest of disco-lights or a Ministry. (If you like disco lihgts, you will like it there).
 We proceeded to the first bar, lots or air, house/electro played and some people danced. Mirrors on the walls of all shapes and sizes, framed in flowery nostalgic sort of stuff of golden colour made me think of Benjamenta Insitute. There is also a terrassy space for quieter conversations.

Just couple of days before the first party we took a picture on which Moorish Pavilion can be seen. At the time we did't know what's in it and that there will be a new place for partying.

Another room, to the right, smaller and more whiney than cocktailish attitude.
 Music was a journey into olden days, and people danced with a knowledge and accordingly to each era. Vintage.
 By 3PM everyone danced so nicely, smiled and looked satisfied that I thought 'were they all payed for being here, after all?' Only few and far between bored looking people were able to be seen in the cellar, on the way to the facilities, so I thought 'are all the uninspired ones have been put into the cellar by the restroom, purposely, to keep better vibe upstairs?'

The middle room is a proper concert place, apparently constructed as a cinema sale. More nightclubbish atmosphere compare to the touching 'The Cherry Orchard' twang of both side areas.
 Together with general coziness, the place still keeps a bit of a sentimental mood of the past, probably from days it was built in 1902. What was Malmo like in those days? Before the first human get to the orbit of our Earth, before iPhone 4 came out... awh, those walks to Folkets Park then, awh.

Get back to present time, Moorish Pavilion.

To make  a long story short, Malmo Buzz and Malmo Pride were here.
People were beautiful, dressed in a pleasant manner, but in a non dramatizing way.


http://www.moriskapaviljongen.se

 Malmo Buzz Described Shortly


Since I moved to Malmo, I keet noticing one particular quite enjoyable feeling about this place, and I still do. It is a feeling of that here, everything which is interesting really matters and not taken for granted.  So far I found two terms for it  "Malmo Pride" and "Malmo Buzz".

The word 'pride' , you know, means all sort of good and bad things, but what I mean by it, is positive and exuberant stuff, a bit like Gay Pride.
  Malmo resembles a countryside teen, who is very pleased to move to the city, and thrilled by all things urban. You know, those people who appreciate urban life and culture so much, that become better at it, than native townies. This is a Buzz.

As I mentioned in a previous post, Malmo use to be considered  a little bit "uncool", though famous for it's industry and canadian geese.

During that time, Stockholm and Goteborg, at all the rage cool cities, deemed Malmo to be culturally wretched and untrendy. Such a despiriting, but not groundless, critique was compensated by viewing Malmo as twee and unpretentious, and Skane as a bread-basket of Sweden, cozy, but still utterly dreary.

   Then dull times changed. The Oresunds bridge was built, and Malmo was no longer in the bum of Sweden, but close to a foreign capital. Suddenly connected to Copenhagen, Malmo started thriving, in a same way as hanging out with enlightened person shakes you into a mood inspired, and, without being a copycat, you develop your own qualities in a right way.

I feel that Malmo is a right place to be.

I think, this cultural fix-up is still in progress, and it is where my Malmo Pride hunch comes from.
Owing to previous dull reputation, Malmo even more eagerly looks forward into what is going to happen and does it's best to make it happen. Interesting events matter and people genuinely appreciate them, even though abundant Copenhagen is round the corner.


Signs of a Malmo Buzz, also come about as pieces of urban design. New tokens contrasted with cheesy stuff of uncool days, and all together it looks quite unusual, weird and dreamlike. I'll write about the design outcomes of a Malmo Pride and Buzz more precisely in one of the following posts..