Beat Nation: Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture
Morgan Asoyuf, Sonny Assu, Jordan Bennet, Corey Bulpitt, Enpaauk Andrew Dexel, Nicholas Galanin, Bunky Echo Hawk, Shadae Johnson-Paul, Allison Mitten, Peter Morin, Skeena Reece, Rose Simpson, Jolene Nenibah Yazzie
2008
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
2009.0421 BEA D001Extent
32 pages : illustrations ; softcover 21 cmLanguage
Place of Publication
Vancouver, BCPublication Type
PrintArtist
Morgan Asoyuf, Sonny Assu, Jordan Bennet, Corey Bulpitt, Enpaauk Andrew Dexel, Nicholas Galanin, Bunky Echo Hawk, Shadae Johnson-Paul, Allison Mitten, Peter Morin, Skeena Reece, Rose Simpson, Jolene Nenibah YazziePublisher
grunt galleryEditor
Tania WillardRelated program
Beat Nation: Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture (Related)In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca