It’s been a long time since Roy Caussy— a NSCAD grad and now Toronto-based artist—has been back in Halifax, which might be why he wants to have dinner with you this Saturday night. Thanks to Nocturne, he’s bringing us SMOKELIFE III, an interactive project that he originally presented in 2011, and again last year for Hamilton’s […]
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Brendan Fernandes: Still Life
Sackville Landing Zone 2, exhibit 200 www.brendanfernandes.ca Brendan Fernandes is a multi-disciplinary artist with a downright unique perspective on movement and identity–it’s no wonder he’s preoccupied by notions of bodies, in motion and at rest. Fernandes was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to a Goan, Indian family and moved to Toronto in 1989. These days, he […]
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Henri Fabergé: Team Citizen
Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street Zone 4, exhibit 401 www.henri-faberge.com Team Citizen wants you! Henri Fabergé and his crew are planning an open-source political party game and you’re invited to attend. Team Citizen wants to destabilize the status quo and affect positive change. “We are inspired by the failing institutions currently oppressing us all,” […]
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Jeremy Tsang: 雙喜樓 Double Happiness Dim Sum Restaurant
Garrison Place, next door to 1526 Dresden Row Zone 3, exhibit 302 www.t-sang.com Try to picture the alleyway next to 1526 Dresden Row for a minute. You probably can’t, because it normally isn’t used for anything—it’s one of those shadowy spaces you forget exists. NSCAD grad and Toronto-based photographer Jeremy Tsang is back in Halifax […]
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Liliona Quarmyne: Inside-Outside: the Dance of the Box
Halifax waterfront near Salter Zone 2, exhibit number 203 www.lilionaq.com Grab a sweater and jeté your way to the waterfront near the corner of Lower Water and Salter to Liliona Quarmyne’s Inside- Outside: the Dance of the Box. Quarmyne presents an interactive dance piece that promises a fun and engaging communal experience. Quarmyne says her piece […]
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Nocturne star James Luna: Ishi: The Archive Performance
Video screening, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Windsor Foundation Theatre, 1723 Hollis Street Live performance, 7pm Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre Zone 1, exhibit 100 Artist talk Thu, Oct 16 at NSCAD Bell Auditorium, 5163 Duke Street, 6:30pm www.jamesluna.com Acclaimed artist James Luna’s Ishi: The Archive Performance makes its Canadian premiere at this year’s Nocturne, and […]
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Nocturne 2014 schedule is now mobile!
Nocturne: Art at Night is a sea of art all over the city, with enough events, exhibits and performances to keep you fuelled into the fall. Taking place from 6pm to midnight on Saturday, October 18, this year’s Nocturne is under Eryn Foster’s curatorial vision “Peripheral Visions: Art from the Outside in,” featuring work from […]
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Brand new Nocturne
With a theme like space and time, there is no doubt Nocturne 2013 is going to be out of this world. Curator Eleanor King chose the theme in hopes of creating a cohesive flow for the nighttime festival. Being the first ever curator, King got the position after being approached by the Nocturne board. Guilty […]
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Final Nocturne thoughts
It was shoulder to shoulder downtown last Saturday night for Nocturne 2011, a magical night of lights, bubbles, stars, gum, music and art. Nocturne organizer Rose Zack breaks down Saturday night’s attendance: “Based on perfect weather, increased attendance everywhere, large crowds and lineups at galleries and installations, increased ferry traffic, social media numbers, increased media […]
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Prayer beat
William Robinson’s Young Prayer takes the best part of rock and roll—the smashing—and replays them over and over for your visual and auditory amusement during Nocturne (#ex12, St. Matthew’s United Church, 1479 Barrington). We ask Robinson why he hates guitars so much. Q: What led to you developing this idea? A: As a teenager, discovering […]
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Nocturne spotlight: City Mail
Last May, a few handcrafted mailboxes mysteriously cropped up around north end Halifax—mounted to lampposts, nestled discreetly in bookshelves in local coffee shops and art galleries. The idea was not to replace Canada Post, but to encourage people to examine their relationship to their community and to each other through letter writing. It would be […]
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Carbon copying the Morris building
Walking by the boarded up and relocated Morris building the past few weeks, you may have noticed artists Sarah Haydon Roy and Charley Young tacking sheer white fabric onto its sides and frottaging the building’s facade; the two have been working on their Nocturne project, Carbon Copy: The Charles Morris Building. “Both Charley and I […]
