Scratch battles and breakdancing – not your average museum vernissage, is it? But that’s just what’s coming your way at the opening party of Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious, the upcoming show at the Fotografiska Berlin exhibition house in Mitte (20.09.2024, 19h30 till late). Live performances, DJ sets and dance-offs will mark the opening of the 200-photo collection, which honors half a century of hip hop since its alleged inception at a New York block party in 1973. Hip-hop has gone on to become the dominant musical genre in the United States and beyond – a legacy which the opening will spotlight, giving particular attention to the women who have shaped the genre. Music highlights include a high-energy turntable showcase with vinyl selectors Jazzmin and Marc Hype, cutting-edge live rap from Layla and infectious energy from DJ Jenesis at the Fotografiska Café Bar. The rhymes and moves continue until the early hours with Dimitra Zina spinning bangers at the Bar Verōnika stage. It’s taken 50 years, but hip hop is finally getting the attention it deserves. Call it poetic justice…
Text: Benji Haughton / Credit: Catherine McGann; T. Eric Monroe & Jannette Beckman
Fotografiska Berlin, Oranienburger Str.54, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map
Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious presented by Fotografiska and Mass Appeal 20.09.2024–26.01.2025. Opening Party on 20.09.2024.
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