The Art & Science of Hip-Hop

Fabulon, West Ashley’s center for art and education, is hosting a unique interactive hip-hop event this Saturday, Oct. 1 from 4-8 p.m. that includes a collaborative mural project, generational spoken word performances, live DJs, and looking at the art of hip-hop by “futurecasting” a well-established business approach to help organizations make decisions about the investments needed to capture value and drive innovation in the next decade. Entitled Art & Science, the event aims to use this approach to look at the genre tagged Hip-Hop and highlight the generational and contemporary links within the arts to hip-hop to help guide its future.
While the seeds of hip-hop were being blown around the world, by the winds of creativity, the music industry was planning a takeover of the art form. By the early 1990s hip-hop had been directed into being a musical genre that glorifies ”thug life.” This hijacking of the art form into a musical hybrid about ”thug life” was primarily about making money at the expense of the music and those who created it. But all was not lost, hip-hop, via the music underground, continued to morph and integrate with other art forms including jazz, classical, country western music, poetry, visual arts, and fashion.
Art & Science will look at the history of hip-hop and how it’s evolved over time.  The show is designed to celebrate what is true to the art form’s creative beginnings as it projects into the future with messages of hope, unity, progress, and harmony. The multi-faceted art event will feature the underground sounds of M!key Dee and DJ Ophus Olfus as well as spoken word performances and a collaborative mural project. Food Box food truck will also be on hand.