I am an independent Artist who really needs support to realize projects that are aimed at educating and entertaining people of all works of life and age.
The clouds move on, but I am still here
Visitors are invited to sit at a small table in the center of the gallery and place their hand on a heart pulse sensor. As the sensor calculates their heart rate in real time, the viewer watches a projection-mapped timelapse of clouds rolling by in the sky. The playback speed of the timelapse changes in relation to how fast or slow their heart pulse is. The work becomes a tool to slow down the body and integrate with the surrounding environment.
Medium: Interactive installation using visitors’ heart rate and projected video
Year: 2022
Details: Dimensions variable
The Tender Interval
The Tender Interval invites viewers to watch and listen to water drip in sync with their heartbeats in real time.
Medium: Interactive installation using heart pulse sensors and water pumps
Year: 2022
Details: Dimensions variable
Cadence
A performance with two performers both attached to a heart pulse sensor. Each sensor is connected to a motor which is attached to a drumstick. Each drumstick taps to the individual's pulse.
The piece can be performed in different formats: In a durational setting, such as a gallery exhibition, predetermined performers can sit with the drum for 30+ minutes at a time throughout the course of the show, or the work may be open to visitor interaction when a gallery attendant is present. At an event with a set time limit, volunteers can be paired at random and instructed to sit with the drum for a minimum of two minutes at a time while an audience watches the interaction of the two people’s heart beats.
The piece can be performed in different formats: In a durational setting, such as a gallery exhibition, predetermined performers can sit with the drum for 30+ minutes at a time throughout the course of the show, or the work may be open to visitor interaction when a gallery attendant is present. At an event with a set time limit, volunteers can be paired at random and instructed to sit with the drum for a minimum of two minutes at a time while an audience watches the interaction of the two people’s heart beats.
Medium: Participatory performance using heart pulse sensors
Year: 2013
Details: Duration variable
A Visual Ode to Billie Holiday
"A Visual Ode to Billie Holiday"
Cinematographer: Niajea Randolph
Location : Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Performance Duration : 8 min
Size : 34 x 34
2023
An ode is normally a short lyric poem/song that shows appreciation to an individual, an idea or an event. This moment I created a visual ode inspired by the iconic Billie Holiday. During my time at the Sagamore Baltimore partnering with Visit Baltimore, my research about her lyrical rendition of the poem "Strange Fruit"written by Abel Meeropol. This moment in history told the unsung truth in the 1930s towards the horror of lynching in the American South.
Cinematographer: Niajea Randolph
Location : Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Performance Duration : 8 min
Size : 34 x 34
2023
An ode is normally a short lyric poem/song that shows appreciation to an individual, an idea or an event. This moment I created a visual ode inspired by the iconic Billie Holiday. During my time at the Sagamore Baltimore partnering with Visit Baltimore, my research about her lyrical rendition of the poem "Strange Fruit"written by Abel Meeropol. This moment in history told the unsung truth in the 1930s towards the horror of lynching in the American South.
Medium: Performance Art
Year: 2023
Strange Bedfellows: Contemporary Tragedy & The Commercial Determinants of Health
(World Cinema Studies – Lifelong Learning Activity, 2025)
Alex El Dahdah (born in Byblos, Lebanon - lives in Baltimore, MD.) is a filmmaker and visual artist primarily focusing on collective identities, space, and memory themes. His oeuvre encompasses independent films, video art, photography, and graphic prints, examining introspectively ancestry, linguistic metaphors, and expressions of faith and identity. El Dahdah's work has been screened and exhibited in numerous film festivals and galleries in major cities such as Los Angeles, Saint Petersburg, Mumbai, Beijing, Tokyo, London, and Montreal.
Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman's Keynote Address at Prince George's Community College (Fall 2022)
Khadijah Ali-Coleman presents the keynote address during the Fall 2022 New Student Convocation at Prince George's Community College
Year: 2022
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Ed.D served as the second Poet Laureate of Prince George's County, MD from 2023-2025. She is a cultural curator with over 20 years of applied experience transforming places into arts and educational spaces. She is award-winning performance artist Khadijah Moon, and a multi-genre writer who is a producing playwright and filmmaker. Her plays, songs and poetry has been staged, workshopped and read on dozens of stages, including the John F.