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The Beat Nation catalogue was produced by grunt gallery for an exhibition that ran from June 26 to August 1, 2009. The exhibition travelled extensively across the country. Beat Nation was a combination web project and exhibition curated by Skeena Reece and Tania Willard that included the work of Jackson 2bears (Victoria), Sonny Assu (Vancouver), Corey Bulpitt (Vancouver), Kevin Burton (Vancouver), Enpaauk Andrew Dexel (Vancouver), Nicholas Galanin (Sitka, Alaska), and many others. Tania Willard described it as: "Native graffiti art, Indigenized iPods, Inuit break dancing, Indigenous-language hip hop and video, Indian bling and urban wear: the roots of hip hop culture and music have been transformed by Indigenous cultures and identities into new forms of visual culture and music that echo the realities of Aboriginal people. Beat Nation is about music, it's about art and it's about the spirit of us as Indigenous peoples and cultures."

Identifier

L0259

Call Number

N6549.5 A54 B437 2008

Extent

32 pages : illustrations ; softcover 21 cm

Language

English

Place of Publication

Vancouver, BC

Publication Type

Print

Publisher

grunt gallery
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