What do I know about hip-hop?
By Dyah Kartikawening
7 Dec 2007
(photo 1) Exactly.
Zero. The only thing I heard about Scribble Jam was that it is an annual trouble maker in our neighborhoods where cops and community have to work extra hours and details to prevent vandalism on empty walls and public arts.
That's it.
(photo 2) But what I found was an extremely creative community of people who are eager to express themselves in various ways. The essence of hip-hop are four: graffiti, dj-ing, beep-boxing, and break-dancing; so the entire three days venue were full of those competitions.
While most mainstream hip-hop are commercials, this event is for pure hip-hop artists, that means everyone are still independent and has not yet gone commercial. They have their own fans and sets of celebrities such as Brother Ali.
(photo 3) This funny airbrush work was a quick weekend work of artists on the main wall of Scribble Jam, that's located at Annie's on Kellog Avenue, Cincinnati, OH. While most walls are signatures, this wall has more stories and characters.
(photo 4) I call this the theater wall, where the artist drew a stage that frame his signature.
(photo 5) A de-construct manikin face on the table stand.
And another de-construct baby doll feature that somehow gave me goose bumps (photo 6)
