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Nocturne 2019
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Jonathan Monaghan releases the Disco Beast
Exhibit 100, Old Memorial Library, 5381 Spring Garden Road Do you remember unicorn nails? Unicorn slime? Unicorn frappuccinos? Do you remember when social media was so soaked in glitter, rainbows and horns that it looked like a unicorn factory exploded? Jonathan Monaghan does. He’s a digital artist from Washington, D.C., who’ll be exhibiting his work […]
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The view from the peak of Tough Guy Mountain
Exhibit 400, Parking garage beneath Staples, 2003 Gottingen Street T ough Guy Mountain is a Toronto-based artist collective that has been operating for the past seven years. With several of its members being from Halifax, the collective is excited to showcase its work on home soil for the first time at Nocturne 2019. “We do […]
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Anne Macmillan explores the anxiety of change with Rattle Array
Exhibit 203, 1749 Argyle Street (best viewed from across the street) N ova Scotian artist Anne Macmillan joins Halifax in bringing the visual art scene to the streets at this year’s Nocturne. Macmillan, who hails from Wolfville and has art degrees from both NSCAD and MIT, focuses much of her work on challenging the idea […]
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Jessica Wiebe and The Veteran Farm Project unveil A (Temporary) Memorial to Ongoing Conflict and War
Exhibit 211 Barrington Street entrance to Grand Parade Square, 1770 Barrington Street Jessica Lynn Wiebe has been keeping her calendar packed. She’s currently writing a piece for Visual Arts News and has started a residency at Centre for Art Tapes where she’s building a body of work from a past residency with a Canadian Forces […]
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Camila Salcedo on Replacing the monument
Exhibit 202, Peace and Freedom Park, at South and Hollis Streets E xploring topics like migration and identity is sometimes difficult. It can open controversial discussions or ones that were once concealed. For interdisciplinary artist Camila Salcedo, she doesn’t shy away from these topics. Instead, her art faces them head-on. “I personally believe that borders […]
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Caroline Monnet knows History Shall Speak For Itself
Exhibit 200, Scotia Square second floor window (best viewed from Halifax Transit terminal Bay 1 at Barrington after Duke Street) When examining the work of Caroline Monnet, two words are bound to come up: Indigenous and regal. As a woman with Algonquin, Quebecois and French ancestry, her hybrid portrayals of Indigenous culture and an aesthetic […]
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Nat Chantel’s Silence and Sound After
Exhibit 104, Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Lane For NAT Chantel, the release of human sound is more than auditory. More than just a release from the entanglement of vocal cords. For Chantel, sound is presence. It is reclamation. It is consciousness. It is repossession of a voice once lost. It’s “a way […]
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Nicole Tufts shares Bubblegum & Bruises
Exhibit 117, Skosha Experience Store, 5553 Clyde Street Bbblegum & Bruises is an art exhibit and interactive storytelling event developed by the former co-owner of Riot Snack Bar and Vandal Doughnuts—two eateries that were designed to tempt your inner child. “I think that’s pretty much what I want to do, is to bring out the […]
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Nocturne wants your project pitches
Nocturne, Halifax’s annual nighttime art extravaganza, dropping a week earlier than usual this year on October 19, is looking for project pitches. The year’s theme, as set by curator Tori Fleming, is SCAFFOLD, which aims to “explore how temporary structures can be used to make a larger commentary on the social, physical, and political structures […]