With less than two weeks before the show closes, now’s time to plan your trip to Artomatic. The annual artist-organized show has filled the former Capital Children’s Museum with art of all kinds. Today, D.C. artist Mark Jenkins’ tape men showed up at the Washington Post building asking for Blake Gopnik (see his spoof story), the author of the Post’s scathing review of the show. (To their credit, the Post did create a special feedback page to deal with the response.)

Although Lennox at D.C. Art News has lots of “top ten lists” of artists displaying work at Artomatic from various people around town, to the uninitiated the lists can be a bit cryptic.

We here at DCist are happy to point out a few we found interesting. To the right is a work by Sepideh Majd titled “urban decay 1.” We enjoy her whole urban decay series. Most are visibly set the Metrorail system, and feature lots of greys that echo all the cement. In a hallway, Bridget Vath’s “phobic fashions” urges viewers to wear their fears. She displays, as if for sale, a bullet proof nightgown, “security blanket” shirt (soft, and with places for comforting photos), and a shirt that doubles as a life preserver.

Finally, attracting crowds when we attended were two works by Thomas Edwards. A mechanical engineer by training, he describes his work as “Technological art that explores the interface between people and machines.” His “Sycophant Head” uses motion sensors to follow the viewer back and forth on a track, repeating complements through a speaker. His “School of Fish Pain” features robotic fish who periodically flip and call out things like “I can’t breath air” and “It hurts to be dry.” If film’s more of your thing, we suggest checking out the encore showing of the films from the National Film Challenge on Dec. 2.

For more suggestions and images see this post on my personal blog.