60-370 An Aesthetics of Hip Hop Seminar

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This seminar course will examine artworks informed by or in dialogue with hip hop culture. Particular attention will be paid to visual artists who came of age during the post civil rights, global economics era time period between 1965 and 1984, birth years labeled the hip hop generation. We will draw connections between ongoing ideas addressed in the art world aesthetics, identity, culture and the content of hip hops visual, technological and performative expressions. There will be weekly lectures, film screenings and assigned readings. Performance will be evaluated based on overall participation in the following class discussion, homework assignments, midterm essay and final research paper.

Prerequisites: none listed

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