Exhibition and Hip-Hop Experience
In collaboration with HartHouse Hip Hop Education 7
This exhibition begins with a story: art does not live only in galleries or institutions. It lives in the streets, in circles, in bodies, in sound, in collective memory. Cyph-verse, curated by SZG, reflects our collective ethos: fostering multidisciplinary experiences that bridge art, culture, and media while engaging communities in immersive ways.
Here, art grows out of personal experience rather than hierarchy, emphasizing participation, interaction, and shared creation. In this exhibition, the cypher becomes a curatorial method: a circle of exchange that liberates art from hierarchy, where voices, images, and movements interact on equal ground. The cypher embodies de-institutionalization, inviting reinterpretation through untraditional practices and modern technologies.
This exhibition extends the dialogue at Hip Hop Diaspora 2.0, bringing the student perspective and the broader UofT campus together to live hip-hop.
Inspired by the tactility and DIY nature of Hip-Hop, the visual identity of Cyph-verse stays true to that.
The logos and artwork are all handwritten with Sharpie or drawn on Procreate, and brought together through elements iconic to Hip-Hop.
In collaboration with HartHouse Hip Hop Education 7
This exhibition begins with a story: art does not live only in galleries or institutions. It lives in the streets, in circles, in bodies, in sound, in collective memory. Cyph-verse, curated by SZG, reflects our collective ethos: fostering multidisciplinary experiences that bridge art, culture, and media while engaging communities in immersive ways.
Here, art grows out of personal experience rather than hierarchy, emphasizing participation, interaction, and shared creation. In this exhibition, the cypher becomes a curatorial method: a circle of exchange that liberates art from hierarchy, where voices, images, and movements interact on equal ground. The cypher embodies de-institutionalization, inviting reinterpretation through untraditional practices and modern technologies.
This exhibition extends the dialogue at Hip Hop Diaspora 2.0, bringing the student perspective and the broader UofT campus together to live hip-hop.
Inspired by the tactility and DIY nature of Hip-Hop, the visual identity of Cyph-verse stays true to that.
The logos and artwork are all handwritten with Sharpie or drawn on Procreate, and brought together through elements iconic to Hip-Hop.
DeliverablesHandwritten “Graffiti” visual assets
DeliverablesPosters
Inspired by 90s underground music posters, the opening reception (cypher) poster is reminiscent of the marker and photocopied style of party posters.
DeliverablesInformation deck and Zine
ExplorationGrafitti