Hip hop in East and West Berlin
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| Free admission |
| German |
| Berlin Exhibition, 1st floor |
| Belongs to: BERLIN GLOBAL |
On Museum Sunday at BERLIN GLOBAL, hip hop is in the spotlight. In a conversation with contemporary witnesses from East and West, cultural scientist Verda Kaya talks about the hip hop scene in the 1980s. DJ Jimmy X, Kadir Amigo Memiş, Ben Mansour and Tom Nixx talk about their passion for hip hop and how they lived it back then. In the process, we will also learn what the reunification meant to them.
At the end of the event there will be an opportunity to talk to the contemporary witnesses.
The event will take place in the “Berlin Room”, 1st floor.
Participants
DJ Jimmy X has witnessed the development of the breakdance and hip hop scene in East Berlin and the GDR since the early 1980s. As a DJ, he helped form the group Downtown Lyrics. The crew performed in many cities and at major scene events. What was lacking in technology and know-how was made up for in commitment and inventiveness. Today, he works as a specialised journalist and author, staying true to the topics of music and technology.
Kadir Amigo Memiş is a dancer, choreographer and founder of the internationally awarded hip hop group Flying Steps. Growing up in Turkey, his childhood memories form a source of inspiration that serves as a basis for him to develop individual hybrid art forms. In his interdisciplinary works, the boundaries between dance and writing of different times and regions begin to blur – like traditional Turkish folk dance, break dance or calligraphy.
Sami Ben Mansour is a Berlin graffiti artist and hip hop activist of the 1990s. He experienced hip hop culture as an identity-giving lifeline with a lasting impact. This became particularly clear to him in his current work as a leading specialist in the field of mobile youth work at the organisation Sprühlinge e.V.
Tom Nixx… Crew “BOOGIE WAVE” oldschool B-Boy, hip hop in the GDR / East Berlin… Start in the 80s. The fire still burns today, daily, always and everywhere. The feeling, the memories still give you goosebumps. It is something very special. Why, I can’t say. It just feels good with a lot of love and passion, and I don’t need anything, just me.
Verda Kaya is a cultural scientist and worked as curator for participation for the Berlin Global exhibition at the Humboldt Forum. She is the author of the book “Hip hop between Istanbul and Berlin. A (German-)Turkish Youth Culture in the Local and Transnational Network of Relations”.