[dNASAb], installation at Volta New York, March, 2011. Unique sculpture, LED HD 720p screen, Digital Media Player and HD video, LEDs, welded steel, resin, phosphorescent silicon, plastic, fiber optics.

>> Dataklysmos, an exhibition of new multimedia sculptures and digital video works by [dNASAb], opens at Irvine Contemporary on Saturday. [dNASAb] (or “Disney”) exploits and explodes technology to explore the “Disneyfication” of our post-digital imagination. At the opening reception, see the artist’s take on the region’s Internet architecture and major connecting nodes for global Internet data traffic. 6 to 8 p.m.

>> The weather must be getting warmer: the first Hirshhorn After Hours of the season is upon us, this Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight. Extreme Animals will entertain with its “disjunctive mélange of live music, extreme feedback, YouTube bombardment, staged theatrics, and global meltdowns,” along with DJ Shea Van Horn. Head into the museum to see Blinky Palermo: Retrospective (which DCist covered in March) and other exhibits — note that the exhibits close at 10 p.m. Tickets only available in advance, $18.

>> The exhibit Liminal Light at Project 4 Gallery features artists who explore various means of representing reality and the vast gray area between the strict confines of black and white using graphite, India ink, smoke and photo collage. Opening reception Saturday from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

>> Draw with Thread with Capitol HIll Arts Workshop this Saturday. Try your hand at this medium in this hands-on workshop which is open to all ages. 10 and 11 a.m. Registration is required; call 202-547-6839.

>> It’s first Sunday, and that means Art Whino will be back at The Yards Park with Marcātus. The creative art market boasts live music, food and art. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Art Benefits

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Art Notes

  • Three visual artists discuss their work and experience engaging communities tonight at Hamiltonian Gallery. 7 p.m. RSVP here.

  • The Greater Reston Arts Center opens three shows this Saturday. See Delights from South America, Fire and Ice and Common Place at the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m.

  • The ARCH Development Corporation has placed a call to photographers [PDF] to be part of an exhibition capturing the spirit of the film industry in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding metro area. Applications are due May 10.

  • The Torpedo Factory continues their ongoing salon series with CMDupré, who will discuss how time-place as negotiable, flexible, and able, gains content by circulating between contemporary art and its history. Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m.

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