MNN launches the first ever Authentic Hip Hop Artist Residency, a program designed for four artists, combining our production, facilitation, and distribution capabilities with the artistic and educational leadership of legendary Hip Hop artist KRS-One. This initiative creates a unique multi-platform programming series to elevate Authentic Hip Hop Culture and Art.
Apply Now!MNN launches the first ever Authentic Hip Hop Artist Residency, a program designed for four artists, combining our production, facilitation, and distribution capabilities with the artistic and educational leadership of legendary Hip Hop artist KRS-One. This initiative creates a unique multi-platform programming series to elevate Authentic Hip Hop Culture and Art.
KRS-One serves as Curator in Residence for the Authentic Hip Hop Artist Residency, leading artistic vision, selection of artist residents and serving as an in-house lecturer for a bespoke educational series to include lectures, live performances and a site-specific archival hub leveraging MNN’s state of the art facilities. The Authentic Hip Hop Guest Artist Residency Project encompasses three central creative approaches for our creative community and artists.
Virtual Production - Mentored by immersive media expert Marcela Bragnanolo, focusing on cutting-edge digital and virtual creative technologies
Multidisciplinary - Mentored by hip-hop pioneer KRS-One, blending diverse artist practices with the ethos of hip hop culture, providing guidance in storytelling through visual mediums
Artist in Residency Workshop Series
The Workshop Series will be led and presented in collaboration with our selected artists in residence, highlighting the multidisciplinary nature of Authentic Hip Hop. Drawing on all areas of visual media, music, movement and design, we will open our studios to community producers and members to learn experientially in each curated series event.
Virtual Production Training
MNN has been the broadcast platform for iconic arts and cultural programming for over three decades. The culture of Authentic Hip Hop has only been impacted by tools used to create it and the access to the means to innovate, to this end, we will provide artists in residence with Unreal Engine training and dedicated virtual production and editing studio.
Authentic Hip Hop Culture Braintrust
Our creative leadership team at MNN, along with our creative partners organizations will gather for a collaborative braintrust conference engaging in thought leadership, platform sharing and a showcase of new multidisciplinary art projects created during the Authentic Hip Hop Guest Artist Residency Project.
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