Rotishop by Manauvaskar Kublall
DC’s underground South Asian creative collective is inviting you to Positive Exposure: The South Asian Experience Through the Camera Eye. From February 6th to Feb 28th, come experience South Asia and its diaspora—in all its colors, shapes and forms. Through the photos on display and the diverse events, Positive Exposure aims to take you into the streets, minds, and hearts of what we know as the “subcontinent.”
Where: The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, located at 1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009
About the exhibition:
Positive Exposure will show over 30 photographs, most of which were selected through an open juried competition. The participants were a diverse set of professional and amateur photographers, some of whom were local, but others were based as far away as Europe and South Asia. The remainder of the exhibition was chosen from a pool of photographs submitted by The Clean Hands Project, led by local photojournalists Jes Therkelson and Phoebe Gilpin. Therkelson and Gilpin trained Dalits (Untouchables) in Nepal to use cameras in documenting their day-to-day experience and the best of their work will be on display.
List of events:
Some of these events will be ticketed, purchase information forthcoming.
Feb 6 Opening reception. Come mingle with organizers, artists and supporters over some wine and cheese. 6:30 to 8:30pm.
Feb 7th Film Screening 1-3:30pm. **tentative.**
Feb 12 Monthly open mic held at the gallery. Featuring spoken word, comedy, and musical acts. 7-9pm.
Feb 17 Discussion: What keeps minorities from getting more access to mainstream art spaces? 6:30-8pm.
Feb. 21 Classical Indian Music Recital. 1-2:30 pm
Feb. 28—”Clean Hands Project”—Film screening and discussion on the Clean Hands Project and the plight of Dalits in Nepal. 1-3 p.m.
About Subcontinental Drift:
Subcontinental Drift was established in 2007 with the mission of fostering and providing a supportive and collaborative South Asian American community for creative expression, encourage the sharing and involvement of community events, and expose ourselves to new mind food. SD’s mainstay is its monthly open mic–held at Bohemian Caverns– featurning the “basement talents of the District’s desis.”
For more information go to http://www.subcontinentaldrift.com; join the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8022454323, or MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/subcontinentaldrift.
For more information on The Clean Hands Project, visit http://www.cleanhandsproject.com.
For more information on the gallery, visit http://www.smithfarm.com
