“A Lapse of Memory,” 2007. Fiona Tan. (still), single-channel video installation, 24 minutes, Courtesy of the Artist and Frith Street Gallery, London.

>> Start your weekend early with some Asian Pop Rock at the Freer and Sackler Galleries with Asia After Dark. While no actual Pop Rocks are involved, as far as I know, you can still enjoy music from DJ Yellow Fever while creating your own self-portrait avatar using a retro photo booth and giving a short video interview to the crew from The Pink Line Project. A cash bar will offer drinks and food from area restaurants. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door; one free drink included.

Asian Pop Rock also kicks off the Asian Art Revolution and includes a sneak preview of Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall which officially opens Saturday, September 25.

>> If you’ve ever wanted to learn about art from Down Under (insert gratuitous “shrimp on the barbie” joke here), head on over to the Touchstone Gallery Thursday for a lecture on Australian Aboriginal art. Given by Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, the founder and director of International Development of Australian Indigenous Art, the presentation includes a collection of original Aboriginal artwork selected from all over Australia. Lecture begins at 6 p.m. Free. RSVP to info@touchstonegallery.com.

>> Friday night offers an art doubleheader in Anacostia. First up at The Gallery at Vivid Solutions is the opening of Instantaneous? featuring the work of Rachel Beamer and Lindsay Talley. Both projects seek to slow down the digital creative process by combining multiple time consuming photographic methods. Beamer’s project includes Fuli emulsions that have been scanned, enlarged, and printed as certified Epson Digigraphie prints. (Don’t worry, I had to look that one up too.) Beamer is also a 2010 Young Artist grant recipient from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 6 to 8 p.m.