House Of PainT 2010 Ottawa Largest Hip Hop festival bboy graffity workshop

History

HOP is Graffiti Writin', Bboy/Bgirlin, DJin' and MCin'. The House of PainT event brings the four elements of hip hop together -- with writers covering the concrete walls with art while DJs and MCs fill the air with beats and rhymes and bboys an' bgirls throw down their styles. Concession stands sellin' art by participating artists, a community BBQ, a kids corner and workshops teachin' mural painting, breakin', DJin' and the history of hip hop will also be included in this year's event.

HoP started in 2003 as a celebration of the creation of Ottawa's first Free Zone for Legal Art. Since then it's become a yearly event under the Dunbar overpass, bringing Ottawa's grassroots hip hop community together for Ottawa's dopest old school block party style summer event!

The Dunbar Underpass runs under the new bridge where Bronson goes over the Ottawa River, with Carleton on one side and Brewer Park on the other. For years its grey walls have been covered with the works of local graffiti artists and, in 2003, it became Ottawa's first legal graffiti wall. HoP celebrates the City's recognition of the value of freeform public art.

The House of PainT Festival is a four elements of Hip Hop event. Like Under Pressure -- an event in Montreal that's been running for over 15 years -- House of PainT is a block party and community BBQ style event bringing hip hop heads out into the sun to sit on the grass, listen to good tunes, grab something to eat and watch amazing artists and dancers in action. As a free community event House of PainT takes hip hop back to its roots -- promoting community consciousness, political awareness and artistic development through art, dance, music and spoken word. Bringing people together for truly dope event!

The name of the festival is derived from "House of Pain". This is the name the local writers gave the wall when it was starting to be painted years ago, before it became a legal graffiti area.
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