Dissident Display Gallery presents Jati Lindsay's SCENE (at) NIGHT

Note: OK, i don't even have to tell y'all you know the work, the vision and the man. If you are not at this show... you stupid....be there or be square. This show is long, LONG overdue come out and support my brother from another mother!


Dissident Display Gallery
416 H Street NE. Washington, DC

Runs March 16 – April 22, 2007

Jati Lindsay’s SCENE (at) NIGHT: Places, Performances and Personalities

Jati Lindsay’s Scene celebrates the hip-hop soul set of the U Street corridor.
On display are images of singer/actor W. Ellington Felton, Raheem DeVaughn, Esthero, J’Davey, Saul Williams as well as other Djs and nightlife regulars. An established Washington photographer, Lindsay’s camera finds the artists where U. Street regulars always find them, and where most came of age, creatively: Bar Nun, Bohemian Caverns, the Black Cat. The photographs seem to evoke a sense of belonging, nostalgia and ownership to a unique subculture. At the time many of these photographs were shot,(primarily between 1997-2003), the physical and economic realities of gentrification had yet to set in. Thirteen silver gelatin prints color the gestalt of this era.


Adult Playground: Strip Club Stories in Words and Pictures

A deeper investigation into the nightlife theme is uncovered by the photos
of Steven Cummings in Adult Playground. Steven’s controversial images
take him into a popular Washington strip club to document the everyday
workings of the average stripper. These tasteful, yet risquÈ images are presented as art, in context with interviews by patrons telling their deepest and darkest stories of experiences visiting these public yet, very private venues. On display are a total of 8 large format silver gelatin prints and video interviews.