DIMITRI MADIMIN: BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY

Dimitri Madimin responds to the image of hip-hop culture with a remarkable new project. Rap music, in particular, is regularly identified as an instigator of violence. An installation featuring tracksuits and historical scenes of violence questions this stigma. The idea that rap lyrics incites violence has dominated public debate, even in the Netherlands. The hip-hop community fiercely contests this assumption, contending that violent incidents are rooted in societal causes and that hip-hop has been able to articulate these social circumstances and stimulate social engagement like no other art form. More info