Graffiti is a fundamental part of hip hop culture, a true self-affirmation in the urban space. An artistic movement that - like all artistic movements - received some harsh opposition when it was born. Reading some articles from the 1980s and 1990s, familiar arguments emerge that one could still find today applied to other experimental forms of art.

OTS Mixtape is a video companion to the series "On These Streets", and it's meant as an immersive device to relive those times. It uses a format that is native to the period (music videos) to bring us deep into our memories, while also creating something entirely new.

Sound design by Andrea Ciulu - AI generated music by Andrea Ciulu