Don't Believe the Hype: LA Asian Americans in Hip Hop
425 N Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Friday, May 18 at 6:00 PM 8:30 PM
Ends Nov 4, 2018
Join us for the opening reception of the exhibition with live performances by the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound and Jason Chu. Don't Believe the Hype: LA Asian Americans in Hip Hop looks into hip hop in the greater Los Angeles region as a site of resistance, refuge, and reinvention for today's Asian American communities. The exhibition will include site-specific murals as immersive environments by famed hip hop graffiti and mural artists as well as paintings, photographs, audio/video installations and historical ephemera. Participating visual artists: DEFER, Gajin Fujita, Hueman, Kenny Kong, Nisha Sethi, Farah Sosa, Shark Toof, SWANK ONE, and Erin Yoshi. Featuring media and documents from B+ for Mochilla, Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, Culture Shock, organizers of the Firecracker music series Daryl Chou and Alfred Hawkins, and the performing artists Jason Chu, DJ Rhettmatic, and DJ Babu.
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