A beat all his own
Harry Yeff, an award-winning beatboxer who performs under the stage name Reeps One, arrived on campus Monday for a weeklong residency with the Office for the Arts’ Learning from Performers program. The 26-year-old Yeff, who hails from London, comes to Harvard with millions of views on YouTube, and a newly created #ReepsHarvard hashtag. More than 150 fans posted “sound tree” videos to social media for him to incorporate into his residency. Early in the week, Yeff spoke to students in two classes, Aleksei Nazarov’s “Sound of Language” in the Department of Linguistics and Ruth Lingford’s animation workshop in Visual and Environmental Studies. He created a spontaneous public art project Tuesday on the Science Center Plaza, and is scheduled to lead a Saturday afternoon beatboxing workshop ahead of an evening performance at Lowell Lecture Hall. Both events are free and open to the public. GAZETTE: What prompted you to start...