Finishing School is an interdisciplinary artist collective that explores contemporary social, political, and environmental issues. Their projects conflate praxis, play, and activism and seek to engage audiences through various participatory models. Finishing School was established in 2001 and is based in Los Angeles.
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Intergalactic HipHop Disco Jam, 2010
Intergalactic HipHop Disco Jam is a short film chronicling a site-specific intervention initiated on the evening of June 21, 2010 in Detroit, MI. The motivation of the film summarizes our conflicted presuppositions of the city coming in as “visitors” to the environment in contrast to the reality of our experiences during our residency at DFLUX. The film plays between an intense oneiric extraterrestrial invasion narrative and cinema verité documenting an in situ heterotopic experiment. Intergalactic HipHop Disco Jam is deployed in an abandoned garage with access from a public street. The site is outfitted with solar panels to power lights, a revolving disco ball made from foraged materials, and broadcasted audio by a local UFOlogist/hiphop musician Shadow Klan that is transmitted from the DFLUX residence. On the first night of the intervention, the sound artist Wayne Grim accompanied the broadcasted audio with a live performance. The intervention is intended to draw and house ongoing elastic nocturnal activities. View the location here. Intergalactic HipHop Disco Jam was created during a research residency at DFLUX in Detroit, MI in collaboration with Joseph G. Cruz. Visit his website here. View more project images here.
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