The Museum of Dead Words

Written and Performed by Dyalekt, Directed by Andrew J. Scoville

Curator + Art Director, United States and Europe, 2017–2020

Mozilla Festival, Ravensbourne College in London, UK, October 2017

The Museum of Dead Words is a virtual hip hop theatre experience that explores what bridges and divides us the most: Words

MC / Playwright/ Educator Dyalekt spent a year researching Internet comments to discover what words amplified conversations into fights Online. The result is the Museum of Dead Words, a one-man show and rap album that explores communication in the age of the Internet through interactive theatre, music, art, and installation. As guests are guided through a linguistic deconstruction of the museum’s 11 words, they are invited to investigate how conversations breakdown when exchanged instantaneously without context or physical interaction. Dyalekt’s intricate weaving of etymology and satire with rhythm and tone creates an intimate hip hop theatre experience unlike any other. We welcome you to take a tour of the Museum of Dead Words, and hope to inspire empathy and reclaim genuine human connection, making way for better understanding of one another’s culture, language, and experience as we navigate life Online.

www.museumofdeadwords.com

The Online Series Virtual Museum Installation • 7 September – 22 November 2020

Art Apple NYC in Brooklyn, NY

**September 21–27, 2019**

Featuring Visual Artists Clockwork CROS, Kai Barreda, the brokeMC, Abby Walsh, Kristen Crouch, Dyalekt, Warner King Washington II, and Maggie Muldoon

Featuring Mixes of Original Songs by Sid Suna, Willie Green, the brokeMC, Sean Spada & Cherch, Zaquan, Magnit Hands, Shane McConnell, and Joe Drymala