Hip Hop Lab Practicum
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General
Course Long Title
Hip Hop Lab Practicum
Subject Code
MPRF
Course Number
571
School(s)
Program(s)
ExPop
Academic Level
GR - Graduate
Description
Course is open only to students who have
previously completed MAIC-570 Hip-Hop Lab, MAIC-570 Hip-Hop Theory and Praxis, or by permission of instructor.
We need brave new words to birth a brand-new world. Hip-hop is turning 52 this year and it is clear that it is beyond music and is a unifying cultural vehicle. Hip-Hop is also an embodied practice. In Hip Hop Lab Practicum, we will dive into the doing of Hip-Hop, connecting students from their dreams and ambitions into community actions and sharpening performance skills. Each week will will ossilate between practice and study of the sweet poetic craft of what it takes to embody Hip Hop in your every day living. Each participant in this course is preparing to be a part of a collaborative Hip Hop performance that makes space and platforms Hip Hop artists at CalArts and the communities that they come from. Students who take the course should be prepared to fulfill some role, whether as a performance artist, creative director, poster designer or volunteer to help put on the event. Hip Hop Lab Practicum will explore the process of making the medium of Hip-Hop including but not limited to: recording, collaboration, truth telling, publishing, memorization, song to distribution, roll out, and making merch. Students will be introduced to systems of reciprocity meant to subvert within an industry built on exploitation.
previously completed MAIC-570 Hip-Hop Lab, MAIC-570 Hip-Hop Theory and Praxis, or by permission of instructor.
We need brave new words to birth a brand-new world. Hip-hop is turning 52 this year and it is clear that it is beyond music and is a unifying cultural vehicle. Hip-Hop is also an embodied practice. In Hip Hop Lab Practicum, we will dive into the doing of Hip-Hop, connecting students from their dreams and ambitions into community actions and sharpening performance skills. Each week will will ossilate between practice and study of the sweet poetic craft of what it takes to embody Hip Hop in your every day living. Each participant in this course is preparing to be a part of a collaborative Hip Hop performance that makes space and platforms Hip Hop artists at CalArts and the communities that they come from. Students who take the course should be prepared to fulfill some role, whether as a performance artist, creative director, poster designer or volunteer to help put on the event. Hip Hop Lab Practicum will explore the process of making the medium of Hip-Hop including but not limited to: recording, collaboration, truth telling, publishing, memorization, song to distribution, roll out, and making merch. Students will be introduced to systems of reciprocity meant to subvert within an industry built on exploitation.