Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC is back this Saturday and you can see much of it on H Street NE. The festival–founded by Ariana Austin in 2011– is an all-night “exploration and celebration of contemporary art.” It takes place all over the city, in indoor and outdoor venues in Congress Heights, Dupont Circle, H Street NE, North Capitol and Shaw. The global network of Nuit Blanche all-night arts events started in Paris in 2002 and has spread from Montreal to Melbourne.
Al types of art are represented, creating an eclectic and entertaining event. See visual artists, live music, street performances, sculptures and much more.
H STREET NE VENUES FOR ART ALL NIGHT
700 H Street NE – Art Whino
Art Whino is a DC based art gallery whose mission is to bring together the pioneers and freshest talent from around the world. With over 1200 artists in the Art Whino arsenal, ranging from California to New York, Germany to Japan and beyond, Art Whino has become an all-encompassing force in the art world. Exhibitions cover the whole spectrum of new art forms ranging from emerging stencil and wheat pasting artists to showcasing the most skilled leaders of the lowbrow movement.
722 H Street NE – Laia Cabrera & Co.
“AIRE- Visual concert for Nomads”
“Aire – Visual Concert for Nomads” is a cinematic, musical and poetic piece created and directed Laia Cabrera (filmmaker and video artist) and Javier Moreno (composition, double bass) in collaboration with Isabelle Duverger (animation and projection mapping) that travels through time and space, for those seeking permanently, never having the feeling of forever.
The piece is designed as a site-specific visual concert, conceived from an original musical suite and developed as collaboration into an allegory of images and immersive video mapped projection design on an architectural space.
Exploring the nomadic nature of our lives in a geographical and emotional level, we invite the viewer on an adventure through the senses, where love and traveling are intertwined in an inseparable way, telling the story of the ephemeral and the eternal. javiermorenojazz.com – laiacabrera.com/company
1333 H Street NE – Atlas Theater
Night at the Atlas
Drinks specials all night.
7 p.m. – 1 a.m.
DJ Northrop + Emerging DC Visual Artists – Atrium Lobby
DJ Daryl Northrop is a breaks and house DJ based in the Virginia suburbs of DC. He spins across the greater DC region, from Flash, to Jimmy Valentines and Backbar at the 9:30 Club. Daryl brings a fun approach to underground dance music, lighting up the dance floor with rare tracks, remixes of classics and more. When you want style and innovation, DJ Daryl Northrop brings a music experience not to be missed!
Visual Artists
- Will Porter http://websta.me/n/canvaskiller_
- Lloyd Foster http://blackstarzulu.tumblr.com/
- Aliana Grace Bailey http://alianagracebailey.com/
Performances
8 p.m. ELDAR (jazz) – Sprenger Theatre
The Grammy-nominated New York based pianist is known for his prodigious pyrotechnics and precocious knowledge of the bebop tradition.
Atlas Discount: 15% Off Tickets to ELDAR with the code: ALLNIGHT15
8 p.m. Rorschach Theatre (Theatre) – Lang Theatre
TRUTH & BEAUTY BOMBS: A Softer World
Based on the web comic by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau, this performance explodes with brutal honesty and dark wit. As a photographer goes blind, he sets out to capture as much of the world as he can. Through his lens he discovers laundromats that eat hope, cameras that capture souls and a love that just won’t die.
8 p.m. Heidi Martin (jazz) – Lab II
ABBEY!
Vocalist Heidi Martin combines the poetry, songs and monologues in a one-woman tribute to the indomitable Abbey Lincoln, renowned jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress and civil rights advocate, who wrote and performed her own compositions.
1350 – 1356 H Street NE – GALLERY O ON H
Art All Night at Gallery O on H uses art and music as the catalyst to bring together the visual work of East of the River artist Luis Del Valle, indoor and outdoor video installations, a bit of burlesque, a bit of performance, amazing fire sculptures and continuous live music all presented side-by-side from Bay Window Installations beginning at 1350 H to the outdoor Courtyard at 1356.
8pm – Close
Gallery Exhibition
1354 H Street NE
- Luis Del Valle – Graffiti Installation
- John Miller – Rare Music Video
- SuPlox – Digital Mapping Art
1350 H Street NE
- Video Installation – Box – Bay #1
1352 H Street NE
- 3D Art Staging –“Take A Peek” – Bay #2
1354 – 1356 H Street NE
- Fire Sculptures – Adam Eig
1354 – 1356 H Street NE
Live Music
8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Why? Not Me with BLISS Andana – www.blissananda.com
11 p.m. – Midnight
12:30 a.m. – Close Allen King – www.alankingmusic.com
Additional Performances
Midnight – 12:30 a.m.
- Live Dance Performance – Palace Productions
9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
- Fire and Variety Performance – Palace Productions
1351 H Street NE – Maketto
Maketto Five Photo Show
Michael Andrade
Born from the seed of Kurt Cobain, Michael Andrade is a devoted lover of punk rock, straight edge and badonkadonks. A self-taught photographer from Alexandria, Virginia who now resides in Washington, D.C., he has been documenting the DC, Maryland and Virginia music scene since 2012. http://www.andradexcobain.com @andradexcobain
Ryan Florig
Ryan Florig is an American in his mid-20s with a knack for the natural. Self-taught with disposable cameras, this Washington-based photographer thrives on the principles of street photography. He won’t be found in the studio—most of his photo stories involve him passing by “the moment” while on his bike. www.ryanflorig.com @rejectedshelf
Tyrous Morris
Photographer Tyrous Morris use the technique of bruised and battered nature of the photos shooting on film and then exposed to light, resulting in darkened corners and some color alteration. www.outlettherapy.us/sights @see.oh
Kyle Myles
Photographer Kyle Myles compiled amazing photos for his recent project entitled “The District”. www.facebook.com/kylemylesphotography @kylemyles
Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson is a photographer. He’s driven – a goal of his for 2015 is to continue to work with brands both local and national. 2014 saw a collaboration with Sweden’s Stutterheim, and he regularly shoots for Durkl – but his vibe is quiet. @versacejesus