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5/5: The ArtZone, 8PM

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5/13: Da Spot, 5PM-11PM

5/16: The ArtSmith, 4:30PM

5/20: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 11AM-3PM

5/23: The ArtSmith, 4:30PM

5/30: The ArtSmith, 4:30PM

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"Jason Tom is a walking, talking instrument; an energetic combination of drums, snare, vocals and synthesizer, all replicated using his voice." -Tracy Chan (Metromix Honolulu)

Hawaii's premier human beatbox Jason Tom has opened for national acts Jake Shimabukuro, Michael Winslow, Blue Scholars, Quest Crew and the Jabbawockeez and have been beatboxing for fun on audio cassette tapes since the age of four to Michael Jackson's "Bad" song. He has been perpetuating the beatboxing art, the 5th element of hip hop, since 2004 through performances, collaborations, beatbox battles, workshops, classes and is known to fuse it with dance.

He has collaborated live with notable acts Jake Shimabukuro, Kamuela Kahoano, PIMPBOT, Kealoha (HawaiiSlam), Makana, Taimane Gardner, Bruce Shimabukuro, Sheila Marie, Skillroy (Rock Steady Crew), Hawaiian Ryan, Willow Chang, Anasma (of Paris), Missing Dave, Kings of Spade, and more. He is the founder of the Human Beatbox Academy and is a co-founder of the ArtSmith. He has been on tour with Music With A Message and the American Lung Association since 2009.

Jason, influenced by the legendary song and dance men Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Michael Jackson, dazzled audiences with his beatbox rendition of Billie Jean by fusing the moonwalk popping dance and the art of vocal percussion known as beatboxing. He is also known for his creativity with his teaching, showmanship and vocal performance ability with music genres of dance, dubstep, house, heavy metal, rock, reggaeton, drum and bass, improvisation, and more to uplift others.

Jason is the "Best Solo Performer" award recipient of the 2011 Scene Choice. He is a "Musician Deserving of a Wider Audience" in the Best of Honolulu Weekly 2009 issue voted by its readers. Jason presented "Vocal Groove" ,video launched on November 21st, 2011, at TEDxHonolulu 2011, with his beatbox blend of Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train and collaboration with surprise guest popper Philosophy, which landed on the front page of HumanBeatbox.com. Interviewed by Angela Keen, his quote "successful people fail more" resonated with conference attendees of TEDxHonolulu 2009 and is what he lives by through faith in Christ Jesus and perseverance.

In 2010, Jason launched his "On The Beat" shirt with an R. Crumb 1970's "Keep On Truckin" feel customarily hand illustrated by artist JKS, perpetuating an optimistic and persevering message of following through life with passion, creativity, ideas, hopes, vision, and dreams. His video dubbed "Jason Tom From Hawaii" ranked number one on the BEATBOX BATTLE network. Jason took first place in the November and December 2011 First Thursdays Poetry Slam and advanced to the 2012 First Thursdays Grand Slam Finals hosted by Hawaii Slam.

Traveling coast to coast he performed at the 2011 Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle Finals in Oakland, California and the 2010 International Human Beatbox Convention in Brooklyn, New York. Jason is also featured beatboxing on Faioso's "I'm Movin' On" track in the 2010 Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaii's Grammy Awards) "Best Hip-Hop/R&B" award nominated album "Nobody Owns Me."

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1/14 Chinese NY Festival
1/14 Chinese NY Festival
1/20 Chinatown Cultural Plaza
1/25 Human Beatbox Academy
2/3 The ARTSmith
2/10 TBA
2/17 The Venue
2/19 Fresh Cafe
2/24 Hawaiian Brian's 

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Estria Graffiti Battle Honolulu and HIstory

Posted September 2, 2011 at 06:17AM

 This community event will showcase Hawaii's finest in the Hip Hop scene today! - 808 Urban



Twelve of Hawai'i's top graffiti writers will compete in the Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle at the Honolulu Academy of Arts at Linekona Art Center this Saturday, September 3, 2011, from 12:00-7:00PM. This national graffiti battle is a competition that encourages graffiti writers to communicate social justice issues and empower communities through the messages conveyed in their work. In conjunction with the battle, local arts organization 808 Urban has curated over twenty educational activities, workshops and vendor booths based in urban arts, sustainability and Hawaiian culture.  There will be live performances by DJ's, emcees, turf dancers, spoken word and more throughout the day.

The event is open to the public and free for all ages to attend!

"We want to continue inspiring Hawai'i's youth to integrate Hawaiian culture and street art. We want this event to begin changing people's minds about what graffiti means in Hawai'i and to prove to the public that graffiti art is a method of social change through the perspective of our youth." - John "Prime" Hina, 808 Urban Co-Founder

 Confirmed graffiti writers competing in the graffiti battle include: Katch, Ekundayo, Ckaweeks, Scarz, Asen, Soker, Ohana, Bogus, Devour, Bieste, Wobel, and Sertz.  Judges for the competition will be: Klash, Prime, and Estria. For updates visit www.estriabattle.com.  See below for the event schedule and line-up of event supporters and participants.


Performances, Activities, Workshops, and Vendors taking place at the event include:
(*information subject to change.  Visit us on our Facebook event page for the most current updates)


LIVE PERFORMANCES (stage powered by Watt Wheels)

Hosted by: Jason Mateo

DJ’s: Lightsleepers; Agana (Oakland, CA)

Spoken Word by Youth Speaks Hawaii

Big Mox

SEPH1

Jason Tom, Hawai‘i's Human Beatbox

MamaWisdom1

Turfin247, turfin dance crew (Oakland, CA)

808 Breakers

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ACTIVITIES & WORKSHOPS
    (*Classes are on a drop in and out basis, so feel free to join in at anytime)

     

 (LOCATED OUTSIDE):

Blackbook Battle Area:

ROCK THE SYSTEM BLACKBOOK BATTLE - (*COME EARLY TO SIGN UP AT EVENT!  First 30 to sign up receive Crescent Graffiti Paper blackbook. Winners announced at 6pm on main stage!):  12:00-4:00pm

Inside Their Booths:

TSHIRT STENCIL DESIGN - 808 Urban (Sierra Dew): 1:00-5:00pm
AIRBRUSH, LIVE PAINTING - 808 Urban (Evolve1):  all day

HAWAIIAN STORYTELLING - Brook Kapukuniahi Parker:  all day

BEACH MOBILES- Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'i:  all day


On the Bboy Dance Floor:

HIP-HOP FUNDAMENTALS - Diverse Arts Center (ages 10 and up):  2:30-3:00pm

BBOY/BGIRL DANCE - Diverse Arts Center (ages 10 and up):  3:00-3:30pm


The Outdoor Workshop Tent:

KUI KA LEI, SIMPLE WRISTLET MAKING - 2011 Mei Day Lei Day & the Queen's Court:  12:00-2:00pm

DESIGN & MARKETING OF CUSTOM GRAF TRUCKER HATS - Vivo Industridesigns LLC:  2:00-4:00pm

URBAN FARMING, COMPOSTING, GUERILLA GARDEN GRENADES – Island Foodscaping (Waimanalo):  4:00-5:00pm


The Courtyard:

BEATBOXING - Jason Tom:  12:00-2:00pm

SPOKEN WORD, LYRICISM, & FREESTYLING - SEPH1:  2:00-3:00pm

THE ETIQUETTE OF FREESTYLE VOCAL CYPHERS - 808 Urban (MamaWisdom - w/ SEPH1 & Jason Tom):  3:00-4:00pm


(LOCATED INSIDE ART CENTER CLASSROOMS):


RM 102:

HIstory of GRAFFITI - 808 Urban (Dmize 225): 12:00-1:00pm

DIY LEARNING WEAPON - The Pinky Show: 1:00-3:00pm
WATERWRITES HAWAII MURAL VIDEO -The Estria Foundation & 808 Urban (by Michael Inouye & Jeremiah Tayao) - 3:00-4:00pm

SCREENPRINTING DEMONSTRATION - Molyneuxs’ Ink & Honolulu Printmakers:  4:00-5:00pm


RM 200:

LOGO DESIGN ** MUST BRING OWN LAPTOP ** - Jasper Wong, PowWow Hawaii:  12:00-2:00pm
WEAPONS OF MASS EDUCATION - Art Concordia:  2:00-3:00pm

CALLIGRAPHY AS STYLE- Joe Bright:  3:00-5:00pm


RM 203:

ART HUSTLE & SURVIVAL - Angry Woebot:  12:00-1:00pm

LEARNING MANGA ANIME - MangaBento:  2:00-4:00pm

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VENDING-INFO-EDUCATIONAL BOOTHS:

The Estria Foundation

808 Urban

Honolulu Academy of Arts

Lightsleepers

Mighty Printing

Sierra Dew Designs

Evolve1 808Urban, (live painting, airbrush)

Brook Kapukuniahi Parker - Hawaiian Storytelling

KavaBoy - Kava Bar  

2011 May Day Lei Day & the Queen's Court

Angry Woebot (live painting)

SFUSD Ethnic Studies Committee

KTUH Radio

SEPH1

Girl Fest Hawai'i

Diverse Art Center

Pinky Show

Environmental Caucus of Hawai'i

Food Policy Council

UH Future Farmers of Hawaii

Island Foodscaping, Waimanalo

Sunetric

 Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'i

 Goodwill Industries Hawai'i

 Flux Hawai'i

 Non-Stop Honolulu

 Pow Wow Hawai'i

 Cukui Clothing

 Defend Hawai'i

 Aloha Family

 Vivo’ Industridesign

 Freelance Clothing

 Elena's Filipino Food

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 About The Estria Foundation:

 The Estria Foundation was founded by Estria Miyashiro and Jeremy LaTrasse in 2010 and is a community-based organization dedicated to lasting systemic and social change. Through workshops, speaking engagements, projects, and events, the foundation is committed to creating public art advocating justice and peace in under-served communities worldwide. www.estria.org


About 808 Urban:

 808 Urban is a collective of artists, volunteers, and community organizers committed to working in low-income neighborhoods at risk of gentrification. The organization strives to create environments that improve the quality of life for Hawaiian communities and advocate for progressive social change. www.808urban.org


About Honolulu Academy of Arts:

Founded in 1927, the Honolulu Academy of Arts is Hawai‘i’s largest private presenter of visual arts programs, with an internationally recognized collection of more than 50,000 works spanning 5,000 years. In addition, film and concert programs, lectures, art classes and workshops make the Honolulu Academy of Arts the city’s cultural hub. www.honoluluacademy.org

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Hawaii Beat Box History

Hawaii hip hop culture have pioneers in the art of writing (aerosol art), deejaying, b-boying/b-girling (break dancing), and emceeing. And Hawaii also had beatboxers in the early 1980's influenced by beatboxers Darren Robinson also known as Buffy (R.I.P) of the Fat Boys, Doug E. Fresh (who later influenced the Dougie dance), Biz Markie, the Godfather of Noyze Rahzel and the Human Orchestra Kenny Muhammad. There were Hawaii beatboxers who would perform at Hawaii hip hop jams and events, but the presence of Hawaii beatboxers remained unknown to most on the Hawaiian islands.

In 2004, beatboxer Jason Tom came into the performance scene, influenced by Bay Area California's Asian American beatboxer Elaine Chao after he caught her 2003 television appearance on the Showtime At the Apollo, and then he felt inspired with a vision of perpetuating the art, the fifth element of hip-hop and culture of beatboxing throughout the Hawaiian islands. He started with Oahu and helped to put Hawaii on the map with beatboxing on Kauai, Inner Mongolia, China, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhongshan, Guangdong, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Nyack, and New York City, etc.

In 2006, Jason began teaching beatboxing to the Honolulu youth and communities throughout the Hawaiian islands at Hawaii's public and private schools, community events and more. Then he began facilitating weekly human beatbox workshops at the Diverse Art Center and worked with teenagers, college students, professionals and working adults.  Most recently Jason founded the Human Beatbox Academy with a weekly beatboxing class curriculum at the ArtSmith. Students of the Human Beatbox Academy have ranged from ages 4 to 40 something years old reaching out to the youth and community. He has also performed at many venues, entered various competitions, poetry slams and events throughout the island of Oahu and have influenced many of the youth to pick up or start beatboxing in finding his or her own unique voice. "Beat" is the rhythm, "box" is our "voice" of the vocal box or voice box, vocal percussion.

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