SEATTLE, WA.- The Museum of History & Industry invites the community to get to know the people, places, and events that make up one of Seattle’s most vibrant cultural communities in The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop, on view September 19, 2015—May 1, 2016 in MOHAI’s Walker Gallery.
Curated by Seattle natives Jazmyn Scott (The Town Entertainment) and Aaron Walker-Loud (Big World Breaks), this interactive exhibit immerses visitors in the sights and sounds of our region’s growing Hip-Hop culture through audio recordings, photography, artwork, artifacts, and more. The exhibit explores many facets of the Seattle Hip-Hop scene including graffiti, deejaying, break dancing, production, and emceeing, linking our region to the continuously evolving global Hip-Hop movement. Throughout, the exhibit brings the first-person narratives and experiences of Seattle performers and artists to the forefront, creating an intimate and human look at this dynamic art form.
"The opportunity to curate this groundbreaking exhibit is a crescendo of our personal and collaborative journeys as members of the Northwest arts community,” said Scott and Walker-Loud of the process of bringing the exhibit to life. Hip-Hop fans from a young age and mentored by family and community, the two “…gradually developed into artists, entrepreneurs, educators and producers, working with an immeasurable cross-section of the Northwest community. Experiencing a three-decade trajectory of momentum that is now culminating with MOHAI, we are simply honored and inspired to be a part of this vital work."
Visitors to the exhibit have the opportunity to view iconic clothing from the closets of some of Seattle’s most well-known Hip-Hop artists such as Macklemore, Raz Simone and Massive Monkees, and view vintage production equipment from legendary producers Jake One, NastyMix Records and Tribal Productions. Highlights from the careers of Seattle’s world famous breakdancing crews along with long forgotten or never before seen mix tapes from the vaults of Seattle deejays with an international following – DJ B Mello, DJ Topspin and Kun Luv also are on display. This exhibit has an interactive production studio where visitors step behind the scene to mix their own tracks using unreleased beats from Grammy Award Nominee Jake One and the venerable Vitamin D of the Pharmacy and a dance floor on which to bust a move and breakdance. In addition, local artist Specs Wizard has created a custom mural as an exhibit centerpiece that hangs alongside rare graffiti pieces by DVS, Keep One and King Khazm of 206 Zulu.
