Castle in the Snow
My postcard photo from snOMGasm weekend. Luckily I didn’t find out that the garden was closed until after I took a ton of photos.
Snowpocalypse 2 has Hit the Area
Let’s Not Open the Window
Exit
Fixation
Join Ten Miles Square and the Pink Line Project at Industry Gallery with the work of nine local photographers for the second annual Fixation exhibit, part of the FotoweekDC festival.
These photographers each create a narrative with a short series of images, differentiating the stereotypical image of our Nation’s Capital from the people actually living inside it. Their photographs inspect our city’s individual subcultures and the people who thrive in them, whether it’s the intense rock convulsions of serious air guitar competitors or the eager characters at the local Renaissance festival. Some create their own scenes by simply coming together as bystanders, while others transit separately in search of the same something. What these images all have in common is a fixation on subculture carved out inside the story of this city.
Featured photographers: Nicole Aguirre, Karon Flage, Angela Kleis, Drew McDermott, Amit Mehta, Pat Padua, Jay Westcott, Aziz Yazdani, and Joshua Yospyn.
Performances:
6-9 PM Music by Yoko K!
7:30 PM ayyoko confidential
9:00 PM Suspicious Package (recently mentioned in Spin magazine!)
Portrait photographs:
Have your portrait taken by Ten Miles Square photographer Tracy Clayton in front of a specially commissioned backdrop created by fab artist Cory Oberndorfer.
Celebrate DC’s newest art center with:
–The opening of Koen Vanmechelen’s Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (DC) at one of DC’s top contemporary art galleries, Conner Contemporary.
–G Fine Art’s new space on the same block.
–A first look at the home of the new Industry Gallery, a contemporary design exhibition space.
$10 suggested donation
Special Deal:
$2 tall-boy PBR drink special at the Rock & Roll Hotel if you wear our wrist band.
Huge thanks to our beer sponsor PBR and event sponsor Scion for making Fixation possible.
Industry Gallery is located on the second floor of Conner Contemporary, at 1358-60 Florida Avenue NE. When it opens in 2010, Industry will specialize in 21st century design, focusing on international artists who create functional art from industrial materials.
Animal Kingdom at Night
Finally got to see Animal Kingdom at night. Only the rides are open, the nature trails shut down. As the park employee told me, “After dark, the animals see much better than we do.” But the atmosphere at the park is lovely with lots of interesting lighting.
In the Doorway
Paul Manship statues are gorgeous even in just the outline.
Romance Novel Cover
I have decided this is perfect for a romance novel cover. But I need a title. Cheesier the better. So far Mawkish Manor from Janet Harvey is in the lead.
I Love Ferris Wheels
Originally uploaded by Karon
Down to the Oubliette
Originally uploaded by Karon
Of course, there is no oubliette under National Cathedral, I just really like that word.
This interior stone staircase is the first part of the tower climb.