 View 25 historic contact sheets at Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism. Image courtesy of Contact Press Images. |
We hope you have your walking shoes on and your art-loving eyes and minds open, because FotoWeek DC is here and it lasts through November 22. We let you know about PixTour yesterday, which is highlighting over 35 restaurants, bars, shops and music venues willing to expose you to photography while you’re out and about. In this week’s arts agenda, we focus on some (read: a ton) more venues for FotoWeek, as well as a smattering of other art events going on this week.
>> First things first: head to FotoWeek’s Georgetown headquarters to register (or do it online) and get a handy free map and event listing brochure. If you can’t make it in person, make use of their web site and blog. And, stay tuned for Monday’s “Talk to Me, Baby” right here on DCist for more info on FotoWeek’s lectures.
>> Starting tonight at 5 p.m., FotoWeek’s NightGallery will be in full swing, with large-scale digital photography city-wide, projected onto multiple stories of many of our most famed cultural institutions, including many of the Smithsonians, the Corcoran, the Holocaust Museum and the Newseum. The first showing runs tonight from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Museum of the American Indian, and projections around the city will continue every night through the festival. Check the website for the full schedule and location details.
>> Two promising events are coming up at Civilian Art Projects. Tonight from 7 to 10 p.m., they hold a release party for the D.C. issue of STOP SMILING, which includes articles on George Pelecanos and Anwan Glover, and “focuses on the rich history and indigenous culture of the District of Columbia and its residents.” Pelacanos and Glover will be there to celebrate; $5 recommended donation. On Friday, Civilian holds another one-night-only, but this time musical, event with Quintron and Kid Congo. $10 at 10 p.m.
>> Connor Contemporary opens the second exhibit in its new space on Friday, holding three solo shows by artists Zoe Charlton, David Levinthal and Gabriel de la Mora. Levinthal is the only photographer in the group; Charlton will be exhibiting drawings, and De la Mora will be displaying video work. The work of all three sounds intriguing. Charlton’s Family series explores “how inherited traits interact with personal choices to define the self,” using her Florida-based African American family as her subject. De la Mora’s video work depicts him beating the blood and guts out of a life-size Mexican pinata depicting the artist. And, Levinthal shows both new work—Iraq—and his key work from 1977—Hitler Moves East—to form an interesting comparison in both form and meaning. The opening runs from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Levinthal will be holding an artist talk and champagne reception on Saturday at 11 a.m., and Charlton will be holding the same at 2 p.m. RSVP appreciated; call 202-588-8750 or email info [at] connercontemporary.com.
>> Friday night, the Pink Line Project and Ten Miles Square (from our own Heather Goss) partner for Fixation, which opens at Fight Club from 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Music will be provided by The Jones and DJ Anish at the opening, and nine area photographers will be displaying their works. Of the photographs, Ten Miles Square says, “What they all have in common is a fixation on the individual in the hands of a much bigger picture.” The opening has a $10 suggested donation; Fight Club is located at 1250 9th Street NW; enter through Blagden Alley on N St. between 9th and 10th.
>> Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism presents 25 contact sheets dating back to 1976 at FotoWeek headquarters on Saturday, presented by Contact Press Images. With photojournalists largely going digital, contact sheets are quickly becoming a thing of the past. The exhibit is meant to highlight these relics and “inform viewers about the history of the last three decades … showcasing single images: one per contact sheet, plus an additional number of equally ‘iconic’ images by photographers affiliated to the agency during its thirty-year history.”
