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Nocturne Art at Night 2010
Nocturne Art at Night 2010
Nocturne Art at Night 2010
www.nocturnehalifax.ca
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Halifax in a whole new light. The Nocturne Bianca Semenivk, Lauralee Sim,
Program Guide provides details about April Slaunwhite, Rebecca Winn
exhibitions in galleries and public spaces
Communications/Design:
throughout the city. For more information,
Jason Ballantyne, Daekyu Cha,
after dark
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Anna Duckworth, Holly Flemming,
Liz Hardy, George Inglis, Ryan Jones,
2010 Nocturne Board Cailin MacDonald, Ryan McNutt,
of Directors: Harry Olson, Lisa Kehler Sims, Peipei Zeng
Alyson Queen – C o-Chair (Sponsorship
and Communications) Sponsorship:
Rose Zack – C o-Chair (Programming Peter Moorhouse, Julie Ottewell
and Operations) Special thanks to:
Laura Carmichael – Past Chair Alderney Landing, Sharon Archibald,
Rob Hill – Treasurer The Staff at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Andrew Sowerby – Corporate Secretary Amy Batchelor, Alison Bleeker, Tracy Boyer,
Lee Brooks – Operations Director Joe Burke, Erica Butler, Tiffany Chase,
Marlo MacKay – Communications Director Allison Covert, Krista Dempsey,
Jenny Johnson – Programming Director Abby Dickinson, Eryn Foster, The Friends
Michelle Doucette – Art Director of the Public Gardens Committee,
Jamie MacLellan – HRM Public Art Facilitator Jane Hopgood, Rob Landry, Danielle LeBlanc,
Alissa Lysack, Andrew MacDonald,
Krista MacDonald, Katie MacKay,
Heather MacLeod, Joanne MacRae,
Pat Martin, Marcel McKeough, NSCAD
University, the Nocturne Independent
Projects Selection Committee,
Lorelei Phillips, Tammy Prichard,
Judi Richardson, Dawn Sloane,
Sera Thompson, Peggy Tibbo-Cameron,
Andrew Whittemore, Andrea Young and
many, many more.
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PLAN your adventure
Nocturne Program Guide: NocTOURS:
This guide makes it fun and easy for you to Departs from Grand Parade – Starting
experience Nocturne. Correspond the five on the hour (6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 p.m.)
colour-coded zones with numbered gallery, Volunteer tour guides will be leading free
temporary exhibition, anchor and independ- tours at regular intervals throughout the
ent project listings with the maps in the evening. Join our guides as they weave
program. Look for the numbers along your their way through a variety of galleries and
route. Each space and project will have an independent projects in the downtown
official Nocturne sign with a corresponding area, sharing insights, exploring themes
number. and creating opportunities for discussion.
• Galleries: Visit commercial, artist-run,
public, private and university galleries NocTOURS by Bike:
that are open late to welcome you with Grand Parade – Starting on the hour
special Nocturne programming and (7, 8, 9 & 10 p.m.) bike & helmet required
exhibitions. The Halifax Cycling Coalition will lead free
• Independent Projects: Contemporary bike tours at regular intervals throughout
artists and curators working in a variety the evening. Participants will be provided
of creative disciplines were selected by with a free bicycle light. Discover galleries,
a jury to install independent projects for independent projects and explore some
one night only, in public spaces through- special bike-themed extras, all on two
out the city. wheels. Each tour will begin with a safety
• Commercial Spotlights & Temporary briefing. Tours will last for an hour and
Exhibitions: Businesses and organiza- won’t be strenuous. Tour numbers may be
tions have coordinated their own noctur- limited for safety reasons, so arrive early.
w w w. a r t g a l l e r y o f n o v a s c o t i a . c a
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Ferry Performance Schedule
(departing Halifax)
Dusty Keleher 6:15 -7:12 p.m.
Mufaro Chakabuda 7:15 -8:12 p.m.
Halifax Uke Gang 8:15 -9:12 p.m.
Andrew MacKelvie Trio 9:15 -10:12 p.m.
Smokin’ Contra Band 10:15 -11:42 p.m.
For more information about public transportation during Nocturne, see page 28.
Galleries and
Temporary Exhibits
Independent
Projects
The Nova Scotia Art Bank 3D Stereoscopic Sound: Rethink the Music Video
Johnson Building, 1683 Barrington St. Andrew Hicks
Temporary exhibit space The Academy Building, NSCAD University Campus,
1649 Brunswick St.
Art Bank at Nocturne
Works purchased this year for the Nova Scotia Art Bank will be installed for Explore animated visualizations in an immersive three-dimensional stereoscopic
a special showing during Nocturne in the former home of the Mary E. Black environment. Three diverse musical artists from HRM will engage in a time-based
Gallery. Enjoy a sample of contemporary work by Nova Scotian artists. The and sculpturally immersive exploration of sounds.
Nova Scotia Art Bank encourages the development of artistic excellence and
stimulates an awareness of and interest in visual arts and craft among Nova
Scotians and their visitors. This is accomplished through the acquisition, loan,
maintenance and display of works of art by professional Nova Scotian artists.
Works are added to the collection annually through the purchase program as
recommended by peer jury.
BECOME
A PART OF
THE ART
Experience live painting with
SHARON HODGSON over
cocktails or dinner.
Galleries and
1725 Market Street, located Temporary Exhibits
in the Prince George Hotel Independent
Projects
Proud to support Nocturne.
www.giohalifax.com
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ZONE 2 (South Waterfront) (South Waterfront) ZONE 2
@lab
of heat, carving, twisting and other techniques to is integrated with the surrounding environment.
decorate and reanimate their sculptural foliage. Architextiles Lab ArchiTextile
Apprivoiser la foudre
Amélie Proulx & Douglas Bamford
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Office,
corner of Lower Water St. & Marginal Rd.
Apprivoiser la foudre is a site-specific installation that suggests an ephemeral
merging of architecture, history and natural phenomena. The glass structure,
which is currently being transformed from a generating facility to a modern office
buliding, will be used to contain an “electrical storm”. The architecture of this
historical building and its transformation conveys its strong connection with the
natural world. While an electrical storm usually requires that one looks for a
shelter due to the potential danger of such natural phenomenon, the installation
presents the storm in such a way that underplays the element of danger, and
rather invites contemplation and awe for this powerful natural phenomenon.
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Galleries and
Temporary Exhibits
Independent
Read all the Big Day Downtown Projects
stories visit downtownhalifax.ca
Get inspired. Go to town.
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ZONE 3 (Spring Garden Area/Universities) (Spring Garden Area/Universities) ZONE 3
Spinnekop
Nicole LeBlanc & Melissa Schwegmann
E xhibition Room, Dalhousie Architecture Building,
5410 Spring Garden Rd.
Spinnekop, or spider, is a kinetic sculpture designed to abstractly simulate
an organism. The project was inspired by a common interest in biomimicry and
kinetic architecture. Spinnekop evokes a living energy through fluid, rhythmical
movement and subtle illumination. Starting as a collapsed form, numerous
members unfurl as they twist and extend into a series of seemingly tangled
legs. As the legs expand, a diaphanous membrane shifts to create a soft,
flowing envelope, like a spider trapped in its own webbing.
Galleries and
Temporary Exhibits
Independent
Projects
The Dartmouth Experimental Music Group will The Homage set is a sculptural installation Evergreen House, Dartmouth Heritage Museum
perform Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music and designed by architect Peter Blackie for 2b theatre 26 Newcastle St.
Clapping Music, John White’s Drinking and Hooting company’s original production Homage. The Non-profit museum
Machine and new pieces by Chris Myhr and John installation functions both as a set and as a
custom-designed theatre-in-the-round. Homage Evergreen House – a beautifully interpreted 1867 Victorian estate
Abram. Performances will take place at intervals was once home to Helen Creighton, Canada’s “first lady of folklore”.
throughout the evening. The pieces present sounds tells the true story of the careless destruction
of a large-scale piece of public artwork inspired It is currently the headquarters of the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.
not ordinarily considered musical in a setting that
allows them to be heard and understood as music. by Stonehenge and built out of wood. Standing
An alchemical transmutation of darkness into light, 14 feet high and occupying a 40-sq. ft. footprint,
earth-bound into weightless and everyday sounds Blackie’s design has both an enormous scale and
into music. an incredible restraint. The basic shapes, a circle
within a square, reflect an ancient and fundamental
architectural theme, with the circle representing
perfection and divinity and the square representing
that which is created by humans. After 2b’s first
mounting of the production, the original installation Pedway Picture Gallery
was destroyed and the materials sold off. (Veith Street Gallery Studio Association)
lderney Landing on the Dartmouth Waterfront
A
Non-profit gallery
The Pedway Picture Gallery is located on the pedway of Alderney Gate in
Dartmouth. The gallery showcases over 50 works of art by a variety of Creative
Spirit East artists. The Pedway Picture Gallery is administered by Veith Street
Gallery Studio Association and Creative Spirit East with the support of Alderney
Gate, Dartmouth Library and the United Way.
Deserving Treats “an exercise in giving myself and the stories we share”
Natasha MacLellan or “how I made you pancakes for your treasures”
Two If By Sea Café, 66 Ochterloney St. Noah Derek Logan in collaboration with everyone
Theresa – who considers herself hip, interesting and deserving – hasn’t been Gone are the days of sharing stories with loved ones over dinner; stuck in the
having the best week, so she stops at her favourite café before work to indulge 9-5 routine, our face-to-face interactions are being replaced with interactions
in a sweet treat. As she sips the frothy, sugary concoction, her day begins via e-mail and social networking. During Nocturne, Noah Derek Logan will inhabit
to brighten. Then, the audience gets to experience 25 unfiltered minutes in a mobile pancake vehicle (MPV), as he travels around Halifax handing out freshly-
Theresa’s head, and the week is painfully unravelled, one irritating person made pancakes in exchange for artifacts and stories for the MPV archive.
at a time. Deserving Treats premiered at the Atlantic Fringe Festival in 2003
and was the first of six world premieres produced by Forerunner Playwrights
Theatre. Enjoy a performance over coffee and one of HRM’s best croissants.
Morphos
Sam Kinsley
Moving north through the city, departing from NSCAD Port Campus,
Marginal Rd.
Morphos is a group of roaming, living sculptures. Each “morpho” is made up
of two to three performers encased in a skin-like sheath. This skin inhibits
the performers’ movement, encouraging them to find unique ways of travelling
throughout space and the city. They will be found in transit or experiencing
art on the night of Nocturne, interacting with both their environment and the
public. Morphos begins at 6:30 p.m.
Elmiet
Ursula A. Johnson presented by Prismatic
charlotte hansen
Zones 1, 3 & 4, Culminating at Grand Parade at 9 p.m. REALTOR ®
Mi’kmaq artist and NSCAD University alumni, Ursula A. Johnson, presented
by Prismatic, will be performing Elmiet. Her conceptual works combine images proud sponsor of
and elements from a multitude of sources that explore and challenge ideas of
ancestry, identity and culture. Johnson will parade throughout Halifax wearing NOCTURNE: art at night 2010
a handcrafted headpiece as she distributes invitations for an event that she
will be hosting downtown, where a selected participant may be eligible for a
“cash” prize.
www.charlottehansen.com
tel. 902.449.6777
Councillors Dawn Sloane, Jerr y Blumenthal, Sue Uteck and Jennifer Watts
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