Rap from the Edge

installation, mixed media, 2009, ethnological research: Agnes Fuchsloch / Sebastian Stein



The work “Rap from the edge” was created in the context of the exhibition “Crossing Munich: places, images and discussions about migration”. Based on the socio-scientific research with involved ethnologists about „ghetto discourse“ and gangster rap; Anna Witt developed an installation including video, audio and text elements. The main part of the work is the video “Battle Rap”, in which the ethnologists linguistically fight in a rap battle against the rappers. The research, written in a very scientific language, was shaped into a rhyme. The video shows the ethnologist chanting rhythmically. The rappers answered in their own language, commenting on the research about themselves.

Battle_Rap_Short from Anna Witt on Vimeo.

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