In her article “The Art of Inclusion: How artists represent cultural diversity without resorting to stereotypes” for the Fall 2018 issue of Keyframe Magazine, Whitney Friedlander explores how several animators depict characters of different races, sexualities, and body types without imposing stereotypes on a young and impressionable audience.
Featured at the ICA Boston from June 27 to September 30, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85 focuses on the work of black women artists as it examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism. The exhibition is accompanied by a twenty-song playlist curated by Professor Marcyliena Morgan and Christina Twicken at the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard University.
During the month of April, the 2018 Hiphop x Asia series will highlight artists from Asia, celebrate the intersection of hiphop with Asian culture, and examine how cultures can draw from each other while promoting mutual respect.
We archive the Hiphop Underground. In order to do so, we have to reimagine what an archive can be. Check out the latest additions to our collections!
We archive the Hiphop Underground. In order to do so, we have to reimagine what an archive can be. Check out the latest additions to our collections!
On Tuesday, October 3, an animated short directed by Harvard’s own Mike Davis and his identical twin brother Mark (collectively known as The Madtwiinz) aired during the Season 4 Premiere of ABC’s hit comedy Blackish.
On display in the Neil L. & Angelica Zander Rudenstine Gallery
May 17 - July 21 | Gallery Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10AM - 4PM
The Hiphop Archive | 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 3R, Cambridge, MA
On display in the Neil L. & Angelica Zander Rudenstine Gallery
Tuesday, May 16 | Opening Reception 4pm | Discussion 5pm
The Hiphop Archive | 104 Mount Auburn Street, 3R, Cambridge, MA
Marcyliena Morgan, Founding Director of the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard University, discusses how a Kung Fu video relates to hip-hop, female power, the black community, and building a better America.
Dope is essentially a black cinematic Magic Kingdom, shifting “The Most Magical Place on Earth” from the theme park to the trap.
