nikola tamindzic

http://www.homeofthevain.com/
simply amazing photography

blu

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

enough said

[MP3] DJ ALEX GOLD LIVE VINYL SET

DJ ALEX GOLD LIVE VINYL SET at Science Club, June 2008.

Thanks to v:shal kanwar for inviting me to spin at his wednesday residency the formula at science club. Thanks to navbox for recording and cleaning up the track. recording levels are a bit uneven, but its a good idea of what i spin.

[DC] Kissey Asplund (soul/electro/funk) LIVE July 19

Kissey Asplund's Profile:




Crowned an electro-soul funk queen by legendary BBC RadioOne DJ Giles Peterson, Kissey was one of just 20 of his 2008 WorldwideWinners. Since the release of her debut album, Plethora, this native of Sweden with Caribbean roots has been on an odyssey to funkafy the globe with her soulful vocals over a plethora of futuristic funky beats created by some of the hottest producer/DJs in Europe and the US. At her first Washington, DC appearance, Kissey is poised to continue her early bloom at the appropriately named BloomBars.




Shantell Martin's Profile:





With Jamaican roots, Shantell Martin based herself in Tokyo a few years ago, where she found her art and illustration transcended the luminous light from a projector, the energy of live music, and what appears to be an interpretation of a musician's aura on a screen serving as the stage backdrop. The result pushes the boundaries of live art as the audience is treated to not only the performance onstage, but the creation of performance art like nothing you've ever experienced.




About Bloom Bar

[DC] STACHES & LASHES TONIGHT @ X + PULSE

Come help me celebrate my birthday a few days early!


Don't sleep on the sexy party!

'X' WILL NOW START AT 7PM AND RUN TILL 11PM - PULSE WILL RUN FROM 11PM - 3AM





AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING HOME EARLY!
THE NEW PULSE SHIRTS ARE IN AND READY TO GET SWEATY ON YOUR BACK SO BRING SOME EXTRA CASHOLA!

[DC] art show July 12: Waxploitation: Lost in Transit

UPDATE: Washington City Paper coverage of the Festival WATCH THE VIDEOS


Hip-Hop Theater Festival: Waxploitation


City Paper: Interview with Ali Shaheed Muhammad






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DC51 artists TAXI GANG, DECOY, RVLTN, OWEL plus extended family Unjuanted and LOTVI are each showing multiple paintings on vinyl in this bomb-ass exhibit. PLEASE RSVP FOR ENTRY: rsvp@solsource.org

For a mini-preview peep here,




Since its inception into the burgeoning Hip-Hop subculture of the late 70s, a decline in record sales, and the advent of technology, the vinyl record still maintains its relevancy by becoming a conduit for self expression.

This exhibit will feature artists from all over the country celebrating Hip-Hop's age old medium of the spiral groove...

Some artists include Andy T, Billy Mode, Blister, Daniel Edlen, Jon Bollo, Megan Buchanan, Michael Todd Smith, Decoy, Stew Lus, Ellington Robinson and more.

curated by Leonard Brady

Complimentary wine and champagne courtesy of BAREFOOT WINE

Musical backdrop by: VIDEOKILLERS and DJ ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD

brought to you by the solSource group, Groove Arts Collective, and the Hip Hop Theater Festival. (http://hhtf.org)

Doors open at 8PM.

PLEASE RSVP FOR ENTRY: rsvp@solsource.org

Presented by SCION


Host: solSource, GAC
Time and PlaceStart Time:
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 8:00pm - 2:00am
Pacific Cafe' Lounge (formerly Red Door)
1129 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC

[DC] 3.15.08 X: Creative Culture Evolution

3.15.08 X: Creative Culture Evolution

Music:
KRTS
Perpetual Soundsytem
Aligning Minds

Performance:
Belladonna

Visual Artist:
Meka

Graphic Designer:
Sarah Foster
The Honest Ape
Chris Spade

Curator:
Jesse Cohen

Projections:
Video Killers

Fashion:
DURKL

THE THEME THIS MONTH IS BLACK & WHITE...
WEAR ALL BLACK & WHITE TO 'X' AND RECEIVE DISCOUNTED ADMISSION ($5)

absolute submission can be a form of freedom

nonetheless, our dear friend is missed and remembered by many.



the above montage is made of candid photos i took of selam one night when i was helping her to move from the apartment she was living with her mom in virginia to the florida house. i was fortunate enough to get to spend that time with her and her mom, before her mom moved to the sudan.

[DC] Weekly Roundup of Musical and Artistic Things To Do

Thursday 5PM:
L (A) T T I T U D E S Art Exhibit, including Nikolas Schiller
Ten contemporary artists explore mapping borders and boundaries of Israel and Palestine
Read more or RSVP on Facebook

Thursday, February 21, 2008
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Washington, DC Jewish Community Center
1529 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC

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Thursday 10PM:
LACED at CueBar


LIVE ART INSTALLATION BY ANIEKAN
ILLUSTRATIONS BY PK
VJING BY VIDEOKILLERS

Alongside THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER EXTRAORDINAIRE PETE ROCK

7pm til 1:30am
No Cover Charge
21 & Up

Cue Bar
1115 U St NW
Washington, DC

A.D.D. friendly, solSource approved.
solsource.org

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Friday:
Peace Now! Art Exhibit, including Nikolas Schiller

Friday, February 22, 2008 at 9:00pm
Warehouse Gallery - 1021 7th Street NW
1021 7th Street NW
Washington, DC

Read more or RSVP on Facebook

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Saturday:

Daniel Johnston and Benjy Feree at Black cat!

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Also Saturday:


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Sunday:
Senator Sam Burns Running HARD This Sunday Night @ESL
Dance, Dance, Dance All Night Long!
Every Sunday Night for The Last 10 1/2 years.........


Sam Burns
presents
The Underground Soul Solution

EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT
9PM until 3AM

With Your Host & DJ
Senator Sam Burns

running for the housefloor!


along with
Eric "E - Ball" Burton and The Iron Shiek (Niko Skii)

Our Dreaded Doorman
Mustafa Akbar

Our Trusty Bartenders......
Casey, Jody and Nicole

and
YOU

EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT
@Eighteen Street Lounge
1212 18th Street NW
Washington DC
(202)466 - 3922

Wash Up, Bring Money, Dress 2 Dance and HAVE a Good Time!

L (A) T T I T U D E S

Nikolas R. Schiller has an upcoming gallery exhibition in Washington, DC that will feature his map "Israel / Palestine 1993." Printed at 48" by 32" using archival inks on stretched canvas, a limited edition of ten signed copies will be made available for sale at the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery in the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center. Opening night is Thursday, February 21st, 2008 from 5pm to 7pm and the exhibition will be up until June 2nd, 2008.

This is his description of the map:

In the summer of 2006, Schiller was working as a multimedia specialist at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. His coworker of Egyptian decent had recently married her long-time boyfriend whose family was from northern Lebanon. The week he started his employment, she had just purchased tickets to Beirut to visit his family for the first time, and, unfortunately, a conflict broke out. The airport was bombed, their honeymoon cancelled. As an emotional reflection of her sadness, this map was synthesized. At the time of its creation, this map was the first quilt projection map to feature a scanned map. It marks a strong departure from Schiller's most prolific series of maps created from high-resolution aerial photography.

Designed as a hexagon quilt projection map, the source map is from a 1993 Central Intelligence Agency map of Israel and Palestine, obtained from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Originally drawn with implied cartographic ambiguity, Palestine is represent as awkward stripes, and the phrase "status to be determined" was used to signify that the geography was and is still changing.

A cartouche is a cartographic design element that involves the stylistic rendering of scrolls, shields, and legends on old maps. This map contains a cartoon cartouche of a character named Handala by Naji al-Ali (c.1938-1987). The iconic cartoon character represents Ali at 10 years of age when he was forced to leave Palestine. In this map, he floats above Israel and Palestine with his head circling the word Israel on the map. His presence both interrupts the symmetrical balance of the map and acts as a scroll by presenting a discussion item for those who do not know of the character or what he represents.

More info:
L (A) T T I T U D E S
Ten contemporary artists explore mapping borders and boundaries of Israel and Palestine


New Exhibition Explores Artists’ Interpretations of Mapping Israel and Palestine
How can we look at maps, which are often considered to be a reflection of history and objectivity, as lenses through which we can interpret the social milieu of Israel? Do people define and draw borders, or do borders define and create a “people” (or a peoplehood?) How can boundaries be examined in a way that is not staunch and constrictive, but rather open to other ways of knowing a specific landscape?

The exhibition ‘L(A)ttitudes’ which opens at the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery on February 21 raises more questions than it provides answers. The exhibition does attempt to create an inclusive conversation by focusing on explorations by contemporary artists, of various viewpoints, working in a variety of forms and styles. ‘L(A)ttitudes’ includes work by 10 artists from five different countries. Highlights include Alban Biaussat’s 55 photographs interpreting the Green Line; frescos of historic maps by Joyce Kozloff; manipulated atlas works by Doug Beube; two installations: one a 25-foot “Orange Map” floor installation by Avner Bar Hama, and a commissioned wall installation by Simonetta Moro; Yoav Galai’s black and white photographs of the separation wall in Israel; two works from local artists: Nikolas Schiller’s digital manipulation of a CIA map, and Anna Fine Foer’s collage remembering Biblical Israel; and pieces from Karey Kessler and Mel Watkin who are working with psychogeography, interpreting and creating maps, and taking a new approach to boundaries and borders in and around Israel.

‘L(A)ttitudes’ will open on Thursday, February 21 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. with some of the artists, and will run through June 2. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Washington DCJCC will offer opportunities to engage in dialogues on Israel and the Middle East. Visit http://www.washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/gallery or call (202) 777-3208 for information. The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery is open Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Note that the gallery is closed for Jewish holidays.) Admission is free.

The Washington DCJCC, is located at 16th and Q streets, N.W., four blocks east of the Dupont North Metro station. For information about parking in the Washington DCJCC’s two affiliated parking lots, services for people with disabilities or other information, contact (202) 518-9400 or http://www.washingtondcjcc.org


Host: the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Washington, DC Jewish Community Center
1529 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC
RSVP on Facebook

Some pix from the 'FORWARD' Festival

The most recent 'X' party pix by Dakota Fine

Previous 'X' party pix by Graham Meyer

[DC] EVENT: From the Streets to the Gallery 2/27

This event features the Wooster Collective founders. Should be very interesting.

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[DC] This Saturday night = Belmont Party!

DC51 clothing and art store and Web site launch in effect y'all ...




World premiere of Evil Empire, DC's own Rage Against the Machine cover band. Plus a live set from Drop Electric.

To benefit Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project and Girls Rock 'n Roll Camp.