Tiny Takeover: Kid Critics To August 31 Centre For Art Tapes, 2238 Maitland Street “I find the general public that’s not already interested in the media arts often will use the works that have a narrative to pull them in and get them to have a look at the other work,” says Tori Fleming, programming […]
Nocturne 2016
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Nocturne 2016: Art is all around you
The ninth annual Nocturne is your yearly booster shot of installations, interactive art, multimedia pieces, performances and more crammed into one night. On Saturday, October 15, from 6pm to midnight, art is spread out over 5 zones in Halifax and Dartmouth: Zone 1 (downtown Halifax), zone 2 (Halifax waterfront), zone 3 (Spring Garden), zone 4 […]
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Take Cover
South boardwalk of Dartmouth Ferry Terminal Ryan Josey was finishing this year’s Nocturne application when his newsfeed became flooded with reports of the tragic Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. “I called the project Take Cover hours before it happened. A synchronicity occurred that I had to take on. The shooting became my emotional place of […]
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The Thundermaker
Anna Leonowens Gallery 1 window Few Mi’kmaq stories remain in their original form. “There are only two stories found in their original form, not compromised [through translation],” artist Alan Syliboy says. The story of “The Stone Canoe,” recently rediscovered after 150 years, is one of these, a story that’s taken on larger significance for Syliboy. […]
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Breastival Vestibule
South Courtyard of Halifax Central Library and Khyber Centre For the Arts A festival within a festival, Breastival Vestibule is a temporary space that aims to break rules and help us reconsider how we use space. A soft, inflatable breast-like structure, it’s the creation of Baltimore-based artist Rachael Shannon, who began the project considering the […]
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Nocturne for the kids
For full location details, see the Nocturne guide pull-out in this issue. Provided bedtime doesn’t get in the way, Nocturne is a perfect time to rally the fam and hit the town. There are plenty of people to watch, lots of exciting projects waiting around every corner and, of course, the frisson of excitement that […]
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Dog Expo
Dog park beside Centennial Pool Inspired by bringing two new furry friends into his family, multidisciplinary artist Zachary Gough’s Dog Art Expo blends a signature style of site-specific, participatory projects with a love for the canine community. Before adopting his pets, Gough reached out to Jenn Corning, a trainer with dog care company Follow The […]
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Oversight
Dalhousie School of Architecture and Planning Inspired by different activist movements, Oversight is an installation exploring our relationship, as citizens, to the police. The collaboration between the three artists started as a Centre For Art Tapes project (together with Lindsay Dobbin), now being adapted for the festival. Dina, Pearse and Bowles look at the way […]
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Requiem for Radio: New Dead Zones
The Sands at Salter Street Since 2014, the Trans-Canada just hasn’t looked the same after CBC dismantled the Radio-Canada International broadcasting site in Sackville, NB—the glowing red towers alongside the highway. Moncton artist and filmmaker Amanda Dawn Christie has been documenting the site for seven years, premiering her documentary, Spectres of Shortwave, at the Atlantic […]
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KENO/KINO & Last syllable of time
Dartmouth waterfront, and Halifax waterfront on docks in front of the Marriott Hotel facing the ferry landing. The scene is still. So still, in fact, you might forget you’re watching a film, if not for the soft waves in the background. The images centre around a boat, resting on its side, one that hasn’t felt […]
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For This Land
Halifax Law Courts plaza courtyard The story of North American colonialism is one we all know—but maybe not as well as we should. A Nocturne project titled For This Land will get you more familiar, exploring what co-creator Jackson 2bears calls, in his artist’s statement, “an incommensurability between Western theology and Indigenous spirituality.” The multimedia […]