Inside the Projective Eye Gallery in The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City, visitors can see Sekou Cooke's “Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture."
Cooke, director of the Master of Urban Design program, curated the exhibit, on display through July 15. The exhibition celebrates the work of practitioners, academics, and students at the center of an emerging architectural revolution.
“I want people to see that there is a different way of approaching architecture than they might have been exposed to in the past — one that is rooted in the cultural expressions of peoples often omitted from most conversations about architecture,” said Cooke.
The Charlotte Observer’s Gordon Rago wrote, “Walk through The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City and you’ll see rap lyrics from Nas, Slick Rick and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s hit song ‘The Message’ splashed in graffiti on the walls.”