An experimental documentary that asks “What is Hip Hop?” Media Assassin deals with popular magazine coverage of the black music scene and efforts to define the new musical forms emerging since the late 80s. The tape focuses on the story of Harry Allen, a former music journalist for The Village Voice, who handled public relations for the rap group, Public Enemy.
Art Jones is an image/sound manipulator working with film, digital video, and hybrid media. His films/videos, CD-ROMs, live audio/videomixes and installations often concern the inter-relationships between popular music, visual culture, history, and power. As a VJ he has performed with a variety of musicians and artists, including Soundlab, DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, DJ T-Ina, Amiri Baraka, Femmes with Fatal Breaks, and Alec Empire and Phillip Virus. He has completed a trilogy of music videos and a CD-ROM, and continues to perform at various locations. He is from the Bronx and lives and works in New York.