May 11 Saturday
A DEEPER LOOK INTO THE WOMEN NURTURING BUFFALO’S HIP-HOP RENAISSANCE.
Hip-hop is a male-dominated sport, on the surface. Since the genre’s inception, women have held a unique position of redefining the sound, look, and culture of the genre without receiving their proper credit. As a new generation of listeners, artists, and industry folk challenge the outdated perspectives that have often existed within the hip-hop community, it is imperative to create a space where women are celebrated for their contributions to the most influential sound in the world. In Buffalo, where the Hip-Hop scene is reaching a new frontier, many women who are involved in the musical arts have a two-fold mission – perfecting their gift and nurturing their community through their gift.
With a gentle nod to the 5 elements of hip-hop, these performers will showcase their talent and tell their stories along with a handful of women propagating hip-hop. You will not only learn what they do – but why they do it. In the powerful words of Queen Latifah, this is “Ladies First.”
Featuring:
Opening: DJ Lisa Lux from Buffalo Girls @djlisaluxNavi & Dance Crew @ii_am_naviHeadliner: Pretty Bulli @pretty_bulli…and more to be announced soon!
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Jun 15 Saturday
CrossWalk is a performance and fashion installation created by Torn Space; featuring the work of audio visual collective GroupWork, the clothing line of Buyer, fashion designer Kylie Priscilla and the public as models. The production explores topics of quantum mechanics, contemporary African dance and mob mentality.These seemingly disparate subjects can be explored through the lens of complexity and unpredictability. Quantum mechanics deals with the fundamental unpredictability and non-linearity of the microscopic world, African contemporary dance often incorporates improvisation and spontaneity, mob mentality exhibits emergent behavior from individual actions.Audience members will gather at the intersection of Paderewski and Wilson Street for a live photoshoot featuring models washed ashore from the seventh dimension. The models sunbathe on rocks from 400 million years ago, prepare for a match and gather around a limousine that once acted as the party transportation for Studio 54. As the sun begins to set the production moves to inside Torn Space where the action and party begins.