The series of works in Crush Me also contend with issues of memory and geography, and the intertwined pathways of identity, place, becoming and belonging. Entang Wiharso maintains the dual meaning of ‘a crush’ and ‘to crush’ throughout the works in this exhibition. Crush implies relations of power and scale. To crush also means to suppress, to psychologically, socially and emotionally destroy someone, to physically annihilate something. A crush is a powerful, short-lived passion - a deep infatuation. CRUSH ME – In the English-language, the word ‘crush’ is both noun and verb, and carries different yet equally intense meanings. "Crush Me", Exhibition catalog essay for Entang Wiharso's solo exhibition, Crush Me, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Shanghai, 20 May-28 June 2013. This work is a collage of how these women using rap music as a tool to empower, inspire, rebel, fight, claim rights and get them.’ Being a product of author’s own struggle as a feminist woman who was born into a Muslim family, this book also has the characteristic of a reverence to the rebellious women who identify themselves as Muslim or who were born into a Muslim family, that gain the representation they deserve in the Hip-Hop world, and who not only rap but also make rap music about women with their existence, words, rhythms, and styles, and shatter the prescribed ‘Muslim Woman’ image. While discussing this subject in a narrative language under two main headings as Muslim Majority and Muslim Minority Countries, Hilal Işık strengthens her discourse with the lyrics of the rap songs and quotations from the interviews of the musicians. The book focuses on the motivation of these musicians, the subjects they touch and the styles they adopt. ‘In the men’s world, in an industry where male domination is so strong, it takes a lot of energy and courage, as a female rapper, occupying a space where one is able to tell her own stories, and things get even more complicated when the Muslim context is involved.
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