Event

To What Strange Place: 78s Listening Session with Ian Nagoski, Music Researcher

Ian Nagoski is music researcher, musician, writer and record producer specializing in rare finds from international artists. In 2007, Ian released Black Mirror, a collection of gripping folk and devotional music recorded between 1918 and 1954 from more than 20 countries that was lauded by publications as diverse as the academic journal Ethnomusicology and Pitchfork.
Nagoski followed Black Mirror with, among others, a collection from the under-recognized and brilliant 1920s Greek singer Marika Papagika and an LP of the mid-30s recordings of the Indian classical singer Abdul Karim Khan. In 2011, Nagoski released a 3CD set depicting the lives and work of Middle Eastern musicians in and around NYC titled To What Strange Place which Henry Rollins called, "One of the most worthwhile purchases you will make this year."

Read more about Ian on The Washington Post and watch a video short on YouTube. (image via WashPo by Brad DeCecco)

About KING ME

KING ME: Studies in the Uncivilized World is a multimedia exhibition examining symbols of power through artworks ranging from painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and video. Featuring works by artists of the Washington, DC region, KING ME addresses the subject of cultural encounter through the lens of power aggrandizement and cultural exchange, highlighting abstract, representational, and adversarial artistic expressions concerning the subject of domination.

KING ME features the work of Matias Cuevas, Lisa Parker Hyatt, Laura Elkins, Seleshi Feseha, Rebecca Katz, Hannah Naomi Kim, Sean Monahan & Gregory Fong, Hermonie Only, Adrian Parsons, Stan Squirewell and Norman Strike.

Read the Curator's Statement

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Events
Lecture: To What Strange Place: 78s Listening Session with Ian Nagoski, Music Researcher, March 22, 7pm
Closing Party: March 29, 7:30 10pm