Currently there is a small exhibition on show in the Van Abbemuseum that is worth paying a visit if you are interested in the local Hip Hop scene.
Until November 8th from 11:00 to 17:00
Fun trivia: it contains some of the early works of Remco van de Craats.
“Hip Hop undeniably played a pivotal role in my cultural upbringing.
I vividly remember being mesmerized by the first live encounters with graffiti in my high school days. I became determined to become part of ‘that culture’ because there were many aspects I could relate to. It was like discovering a universal language from a parallel dimension. A world with its own set of parameters and rules and lots of room to pioneer. It allowed me to travel and correspond with peers all over the world through picture trading, hence this was before the internet. When I moved to Eindhoven, I encountered the local scene. A small but fierce bunch that took time and effort to fathom. Several years of active participation in the scene followed. Doing pieces, doing jams and tunnel parties, DJing, B-boying, doing artwork for flyers and posters, in the meantime maintaining contact with the global scene. All in all, these were the pioneering days and a preschool for what I do as a profession. Over the years, educational and professional priorities shifted and drifted me away from being actively engaged in the local Hip Hop scene.
Looking back 25 years on, it is nice to see how influential this period has been for the Eindhoven Hip Hop culture. We (you know who you are) used to do that stuff because it allowed us to build character. Most of us still do.”