Hey everyone,
I found the new post button!
I came across this article recently about a group of hip-hop artists breaking some barriers, based primarily on their recapitulation of accepted norms(personal, social and popular) as they apply to hip-hop and music.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/article303531.ece
I haven't done a thorough investigation of the subject matter myself, but the artist, Ninja, says quite a bit about how his inner "zef" is a persona, an exaggeration of a part of himself - which he claims is not a fabrication, as it is actually a part of all of us.
How far would you all go to claim that the personas, or fragments of persona that you embody/portray in the studio or otherwise are actually parts of universal personas? Are the psychoanalitic categories we read about last week robust enough to hold all of the intricate personas we spend so long fostering in ourselves?
Personally, I think not. I'd rather take some pride, like Ninja, in the characters/characterizations I spend so much time developing and understanding in my practice and the outside world.
Hope this finds you well. I'll say more once I've read up a bit more on what these DJ characters are actually (re)producing in terms of art-matter,
Mike
Monday, February 15, 2010
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Monday, February 15, 2010
The Zef side of the Force
Hey everyone,
I found the new post button!
I came across this article recently about a group of hip-hop artists breaking some barriers, based primarily on their recapitulation of accepted norms(personal, social and popular) as they apply to hip-hop and music.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/article303531.ece
I haven't done a thorough investigation of the subject matter myself, but the artist, Ninja, says quite a bit about how his inner "zef" is a persona, an exaggeration of a part of himself - which he claims is not a fabrication, as it is actually a part of all of us.
How far would you all go to claim that the personas, or fragments of persona that you embody/portray in the studio or otherwise are actually parts of universal personas? Are the psychoanalitic categories we read about last week robust enough to hold all of the intricate personas we spend so long fostering in ourselves?
Personally, I think not. I'd rather take some pride, like Ninja, in the characters/characterizations I spend so much time developing and understanding in my practice and the outside world.
Hope this finds you well. I'll say more once I've read up a bit more on what these DJ characters are actually (re)producing in terms of art-matter,
Mike
I found the new post button!
I came across this article recently about a group of hip-hop artists breaking some barriers, based primarily on their recapitulation of accepted norms(personal, social and popular) as they apply to hip-hop and music.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/article303531.ece
I haven't done a thorough investigation of the subject matter myself, but the artist, Ninja, says quite a bit about how his inner "zef" is a persona, an exaggeration of a part of himself - which he claims is not a fabrication, as it is actually a part of all of us.
How far would you all go to claim that the personas, or fragments of persona that you embody/portray in the studio or otherwise are actually parts of universal personas? Are the psychoanalitic categories we read about last week robust enough to hold all of the intricate personas we spend so long fostering in ourselves?
Personally, I think not. I'd rather take some pride, like Ninja, in the characters/characterizations I spend so much time developing and understanding in my practice and the outside world.
Hope this finds you well. I'll say more once I've read up a bit more on what these DJ characters are actually (re)producing in terms of art-matter,
Mike
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Interesting,I will muse more on that before commenting further
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