Hundreds of Bogotanian youths congregated last Sunday August 31 at the Parque el Sol, a green public area located in the neighborhood of Puente Aranda, in order to listen to the second Serenata Rap for Bogota, a hip hop concert for the 476th birthday of the city. Featuring 10 renown Colombian artists and crews, and…
Since its beginnings the art of DJ-ing has evolved dynamically along with the evolution of audio technologies such as speakers, mixers, storage devices, and music playback players. Curating, layering, mixing, and sequencing sounds has been practiced by DJs since the beginnings of the hip hop movement in the South Bronx back in in the 1970s,…
As the fastest growing city in the U.S. (grew 5.4% between 2011-2013) Austin is changing its urban environment and demographics in a pace that is quite shocking. During the five years I have been in this city, I have seen entire areas of downtown and the east side completely transformed by the emergence of new…
Researchers, politicians, and the general public have used the concept of assimilation to describe the processes of incorporation of foreign immigrants to a host society. That is, the process in which foreign ethnicities and races negotiate and adapt to a new social environment. This concept, however, is contested. Due to particular historical contexts and the…
Remixing the famous motto of the city of Austin, the first hip-hop festival in town has been announced. The Weird City Fest will happen in September 2014 and the local hip hop community is trying to raise some money so it can be an awesome event. Austin Mic Xchange (AMX) has launched an indiegogo campaign…
I just returned from a great weekend at Marfa, a beautiful town in the middle of the Chihuahua desert, located at the open wide landscape of West Texas, my favorite part of this South Western state. We assisted to the Marfa Film Festival, played indie games at the Space Cowboy Arcade, and demo-ed Marfauria, a…
After the grotesque biting act of Luis Suarez during the match between Uruguay and Italy the collective mobilization of the internet meme culture did some sort of comedic justice to an action that was not even judged by the referee during at the soccer field. An explosion of memes appeared shortly after Suarez bit Italian…