I have a variety of pieces that I am thinking about displaying, I haven't decided on which ones to bring yet but my work is on my website.

I found the leaves pictured in this exhibit while jogging on the street, on a dirt path while walking through Rock Creek Park, in a pile at a Metro station while on the way to work. A few fell from office plants; a few I guiltily snipped from house plants. Most look more or less as they did when I found them; a few have been altered to a greater degree.

Enjoy!

E-mail: martinhahn28@yahoo.com

This eclectic performance will be handled by three musician sets from Hailcon, Myo, Jakuta and Carl. Performing live in The SpeakEasy Lounge, for Artomatic 2008.

HAILCON (pollo, arroz, pimiento, queso, lechuga):
www.myspace.com/hailcon

MYO (Sockets, Zeromoon, Krakilsk, MT6):
www.myspace.com/myo

JAKUTA AND CARL (Little Joe Peep Records):
www.myspace.com/jakutaandcarl

The only consistent theme in my artwork is the attempt at integrating multiple desires. Most of the time I am trying to reconcile ironic, strange, or pessimistic imagery with an underlying transcendent feeling.

We are a 6 piece band that covers a wide variety of songs from the 60s through the 90s. We have collective live experience of over 200 years!!!

Great harmonies, blistering guitar solos, fantastic keyboards, and one of the best female singers in the area!!

Phil Akers - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backup Vocals
Fritzi Alwin - Lead Vocals, Backup Vocals
Tommy Linehan - Keys
Bob Grady - Rhythm Guitar
Mike McMasters - Bass, Backup Vocals
Ernesto Bailey - Drums

http://halffastnova.tripod.com
http://www.myspace.com/thehalffastbandnova

Myriam Hamdallah started drawing and painting as a child in the Caribbean. Characteristic of her works is the use of bold colors as an emotional expression. She paints in oils and acrylics, experimenting with improbable color schemes. A public health program manager by day, she is an artist “on the side,” having received formal instruction at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA and at the Washington Studio School. She has exhibited at the DC Social Insider Eros Exhibits, at Artontheside.com, and the Academy for Educational Development, and Artomatic.

I believe that art is tangible

I'm not gonna put in a typical artist's statement. You'll just have to come to my area to check out my work and see for yourself.

Kendrick Hang purchased his first camera in 2006 to pursue photography as a creative outlet from his work in software engineering. Two years and several thousand photos later, Kendrick noticed several themes emerging in his collection of images: examinations of light and color in the outdoors, experiences at night, and being in transit. This exhibit is Kendrick's first effort to share prints of his photographs with the community.

As a traditional photographer coping with lack of facilities and imminent digital take-over, I've decided to make digital images that take advantage of the computer and its infinate capabilities for digital image sizes.

Inspired by the great David Hockney, I began to photograph objects or scenes into small parts and reassemble them later from memory. With the luxury of digital imagery the size and scope of these images is limited only to the scale of the output device; in my case, a 24" wide inkjet printer.

The more I work with these composites the more I ponder about why I choose to build large images from smaller parts instead of just shooting a subject conventionally.

Photography is about memory. Memory is the reason we are "people" instead of animals. Our brains have evolved to retain information for recall with the ability to make logical predictions better and any species on earth. Photography as a medium, either moving or still, enhances this ability and enables people to remember anything indefinately and acurately.

We recall our experiences in small peices and parts, easy to digest and to extrapolate sections that may apply to other areas of life. As a whole they may bring on nostalgia and warm feelings, but in very small parts they become the building blocks of our personalities and our Self image.

My composites are made of many single images (unaltered), in some cases over 100 images. Some of these images may be very interesting on thier own, but in the composite they form a powerful image. Because of the number of images, the sheer size and resolution are beyond what most digital photographers can produce from a single image.

What is it? That is the question I want to ask the viewer about the large 3.5 foot X 5 foot image in my exhibition. Chalk and a chalk board allow the viewer to add their guesses. Four light boxes also share the space.

Long ago, in the far off land of The Peoples Republic of Berkeley California, a young lad dreamed of being an artist. Many years later, he grew up to be a Beltway Bandito Code Cutting Cowboy.

Someone is displaying a selection of photos taken during the last year. Please stop by and take a gander.

:: 5 short films ::
made for the 48 Hour Film Project
and the National Film Challenge

Kyle
-- unrequited love of another sort

KL-52 Action News
-- 2 guys, a television studio, another planet

Match
-- a man and a liver... BFF...

Untitled #Love
-- road trippy

Like Me
-- the cutest story ever told

strange, sweet, silly, sexy, sad
[ sometimes simultaneously ]