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GLOW IN THE ART

October 16, 2010


6 p.m. – midnight
galleries open late
art in public spaces
a free event

www.nocturnehalifax.ca
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Message from the Minister
Art and the urban pulse of Nova Scotia’s capital city,
Halifax, will combine on October 16 to turn night into a
blazing creative spectacle during Nocturne: Art at Night.
Arts and culture contribute to vibrant communities,
making life better for Nova Scotian families and placing
Nova Scotia on the international stage. Nocturne: Art at
Night has become an annual opportunity for Nova Scotians
to appreciate the groundbreaking work of some of our
most fascinating artists.
I want to congratulate the organizers, volunteers and
participating artists on bringing this unique experience to
the streets of Halifax once again. The provincial government
is proud to support Nocturne: Art at Night as part of its
ongoing collaboration with the arts and culture community.
Sincerely,
Percy Paris
On behalf of Halifax Regional Council, it gives me great Minister
pleasure to extend a warm welcome to all involved with Tourism, Culture and Heritage
Nocturne: Art at Night 2010, taking place in Halifax
Regional Municipality on October 16.
Nocturne: Art at Night is truly a celebration of achieve- Message from the Nocturne Co-chairs
ments with something for people of all ages, interests and
art experience to enjoy. The third annual nighttime arts As the 2010 co-chairs, we wish to welcome Dozens of volunteers and over 200 artists
festival will showcase the exciting and incredible art scene you to the third annual Nocturne: Art at Night have put tremendous effort into presenting
here in our region. I encourage you to experience as – an event which promises to once again an unparalleled spectacle to you this year.
many of these diverse talents as possible over the course magically transform the city for one night Thanks to the artists creating and installing
of the evening. with art and artists. amazing projects and the galleries once
again opening their doors, over one hundred
Art is an important part of our culture here in Halifax Nocturne launched in 2008 as the
experiences will be featured throughout the
Regional Municipality, and I would like to take this oppor- initiative of a small group of passionate
city as you explore the five zones depicted
tunity to acknowledge, with gratitude, the artists for their volunteers who believed that if they worked
in this program guide.
incredible work and commend the festival organizers, vol- hard to present art in a new and unique
unteers and sponsors for their commitment and dedication way, the people of Halifax would be there Being on the Nocturne Board of Directors
to our arts community. Your effort in making our region a to support the vision. And were they right. for three years and now co-chairing together
dynamic and exciting place to live is greatly appreciated. In three short years, Nocturne has become has been an incredible experience for us
a highlight of Atlantic Canada’s cultural – for really understanding what it takes to
Enjoy the spirit of Nocturne: Art at Night 2010, I know you landscape, showcasing the commitment of make this event happen, for the privilege of
will be delighted with our strong and vibrant art scene. volunteers and the diversity and strength working with such an unbelievable team of
Have a wonderful evening! of our arts community. (all) volunteers and for being amazed, time
Respectfully, I remain and again, at the talent and energy we are
So, it is with sincere gratitude and appre-
surrounded by in this city. Indeed, it has
ciation that we thank each and every board
been a rare and precious opportunity to be
and committee member, past and present,
a part of Nocturne 2010.
who has made this event what it is.
Peter Kelly Thank you to all for making Nocturne a
Thanks must also be extended to all of our
Mayor spectacular spectacle once again – and may
sponsors, partners, advertisers and govern-
everyone glow in the art on October 16, 2010.
ment supporters who have believed in our
event and have collectively offered funds Alyson Queen & Rose Zack
and efforts to help enable its potential. Nocturne Co-Chairs
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PROUD SPONSOR OF NOCTURNE : ART AT NIGHT Table of Contents
P 07 Plan your Adventure P 29 Z
 ones 1-5 – Map
P 09 Ferry Performance Schedule P 31 Zone 3 – Map and Listings
P 11 Zone 1 – Map and Listings P 37 Zone 4 – Map and Listings
P 23 Zone 2 – Map and Listings P 45 Zone 5 – Map and Listings
P 28 How to Get Around P 49 Mobile Projects Listings

Welcome to Nocturne Nocturne Committee


Nocturne: Art at Night is a fall festival that Members (as of August 2010):
brings art and energy to the streets of
Halifax. This completely free, third annual Programming/Operations:
event showcases and celebrates the visual Jessica Berry, Andrea Black,
arts scene in Halifax. Nocturne, designed Amélie Brindamour, Diana Cardoso,
and planned by volunteers, is an opportu- Yingbo Guo, Kim Farmer, Keltie MacNeill,
nity for everyone to experience the art of Zoe Nudell, Pearl Schachter,

Exhibition is t
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
visit nocturnehalifax.ca
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.

FIVE temporary exhibitions on nal event for this one-night occasion.


• Anchor Projects: Several prominent
Volunteer Thank You
The key to the success of Nocturne rests
venues are natural anchors to the in the volunteers who drive this event and
overall event. These anchor projects make it possible. Not only are the volun-
Four floors with are curated or thematically organized teers out and about the night of the event
collections of artists, performers and – leading tours, handing out programs,
projects and represent a larger environ- taking pictures and holding down the
ThrEE performers and mental consideration of spaces through
a variety of artistic means.
fort – they are also very active before the
event takes place. Nocturne is an entirely
volunteer-driven event, so this amazing
Nocturne Headquarters:
Two open studios all in Pick up a Program Guide, get project
evening wouldn’t take place without their
dedication. We are truly indebted to all of
information, offer feedback, donate to the
those who have donated their time and
organization or meet the Nocturne team at
energy to make Nocturne 2010 happen
The Hub, Nocturne’s official headquarters,
– thank you.
located at 1673 Barrington St., Halifax.
Interested in volunteering?
Get involved in next year’s Nocturne as
a member of the Nocturne: Art at Night
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia proudly supports Nocturne. Society.
To volunteer, visit nocturnehalifax.ca or
contact volunteer4nocturne@gmail.com
1723 Hollis Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia

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.

Dusty Keleher Andrew MacKelvie Trio


Dusty Keleher is a songwriter and folksinger. Raised outside of Pictou, Andrew MacKelvie
He writes and performs songs with an is a small-town saxophonist with big ideas.
Irish traditional feel and peppers his sets MacKelvie’s eclectic style ranges from play-
with off-the-beaten-track Irish folk ballads. ing lead alto in a Latin band to co-leading a
Keleher performs with fiddler and singer, free jazz trio. As the creative music work-
Amy Lounder, and bouzouki and banjo shop coordinator for the 2010 Atlantic Jazz
player, Jeff Harper. Together, they provide an Festival, MacKelvie left behind formal struc-
entertaining show of songs, stories and sets ture and experimented with spontaneous
of tunes for dancing. Mark Currie sometimes combustion for a stimulating performance.
joins them on bodhrán.
Smokin’ Contra Band
Mufaro Chakabuda Take half a cup of old-time music, a dollop
Mufaro Chakabuda, originally from of dusty back-road blues, a sprinkle of East
Zimbabwe, is the past artistic director Coast kitchen party choirs, a pinch of rural
for the Maritime Centre for African Dance. roots with working-class urban grit and two
Dancing since the age of four, she has heaping tablespoons of resonating vocal
performed at international and national veracity. Sit back and listen. At their contra
events, including a performance at dances and bluegrass shows, Smokin’
President Obama’s inaugural ball. Contra Band’s rollicking dances have
inspired the hip, the holy and the hardened
Halifax Uke Gang to hit the dance floor.
The Halifax Uke Gang is a group with a
passion for all things ukulele. HUG boasts
30-40 members at their get-togethers and
they welcome new members of all ages
and all levels. They plan to take over the
world four strings at a time.

For more information about public transportation during Nocturne, see page 28.

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ZONE 1 MAP
North Waterfront/Downtown Halifax

Galleries and
Temporary Exhibits
Independent
Projects

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Anna Leonowens Gallery Attica


NSCAD University, 1891 Granville St. 1566 Barrington St.
University gallery Commercial spotlight
Named after NSCAD’s Victorian founder – the feisty heroine of The King and I Dream Machines
– the Anna Leonowens Gallery is the public exhibition space and resource Attica will feature paintings, sculptures and functional pieces by artist
centre on campus. Three public galleries are devoted to the exhibition of Christopher Joyce. Christopher works in a variety of media, and brings to each
contemporary studio and media art, craft and design, and curatorial projects a passion of exploration and a mastery of technique. During Nocturne, he
generated exclusively within the university community. Weekly exhibitions will display a new series of paintings of automobiles on steel. The images of
primarily feature student work, with occasional shows by faculty members, cars from the 1950s provide a sense of nostalgia for a time when cars gave
visiting artists, curators and two-week graduate thesis projects. the owner status, freedom and identity. The post-war era of the 1950s also
signified a style revolution. Christopher captures the hope embodied in this
time by using the car as a metaphor in these steel paintings.

Argyle Fine Art Big Sky Studio


1869 Upper Water St. 1678 Barrington St.
Commercial gallery Photography studio
Argyle Fine Art is a downtown gallery that features a variety of artistic Big Sky Studio is a gallery that showcases the fine art photography of
mediums in a range of prices by emerging and established artists. Steve Richard and the fashion and landscape photography of Brent McCombs.
Known for its progressive, innovative ideas throughout the year, the gallery
encourages art appreciation and support of the artistic community through
exhibitions and art sales.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Gallery Page and Strange


1723 Hollis St. 1869 Granville St.
Public gallery Commercial gallery
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is the largest art museum in Atlantic Elevated Perspective
Canada. The AGNS houses the province’s art collection of over 15,000 works Gallery Page and Strange is a contemporary gallery located in Granville
in its permanent collection. During Nocturne, take in the diverse exhibitions Square. In close proximity to NSCAD University and other fine art shops and
and artists’ projects by joining a guided tour. Or pick up a Family Guide to restaurants, the gallery is situated within the heart of the cultural district of
create your own self-directed adventure and take part in hands-on art activities the city. Known affectionately as “the two Victorias”, Ms. Page and
in the studios. Ms. Strange opened for business in 2005. The gallery boasts works by
On view during Nocturne are: nationally and internationally acclaimed artists, including major Canadian
sculptors never before represented on the East Coast. During Nocturne,
• S
 tephen Kelly’s Open Tuning (WaveUp), an installation tracing the parallel the gallery is presenting an exhibition called Elevated Perspective.
worlds of sound waves and ocean waves.
• The Sobey Art Award: 2010 Atlantic Long List exhibition.
• A
 Show of Hands, featuring Nova Scotia folk art plus permanent collection
Photo: Stephen Kelly’s WaveUp,
2008, dimensions variable.
Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts
exhibitions, Arboretum and A View from the Atlantic. Photo credit: Guy L’Heureux. 1588 Barrington St.
Non-profit artist-run centre
• A
 large-scale relief print of a brain created by J.L. Ilsley High School
students and artist Melissa Marr. Your face, like a lone nocturnal garden in Worlds where Suns spin round!
The Khyber ICA is pleased to host an exhibition by Oliveira during Nocturne.
 allery, a performance by Louise Hoyt, Sherry Lee Hunter and Sheilagh Hunt.
• G This exhibition is a body of work that comes together as a simulated garden.
Oliveira’s recent work examines the human preoccupation of replacing nature
with fabricated versions; in reproducing nature, we attempt to possess
and feel closer to the pleasures it offers us without dealing with any of its
discomforts.
Opening reception at 6 p.m.

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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic UAG Collective


1675 Lower Water St. Aperture Studios, The Roy Building,
Museum 1657 Barrington St., Suite 125,
On December 6, 1917, the ships Mont-Blanc and Imo collided in Halifax Non-profit
Harbour, forever changing the city. The story of the explosion comes alive UAG Collective is a non-profit gallery show that accepts artwork by artists
with costumed interpreters and the museum’s award-winning exhibit, Halifax of every medium at any level.
Wrecked: The Halifax Explosion, which takes viewers through the timeline of
this historic event. Docked at the museum’s wharf, see the CSS Acadia. It is
the museum’s largest artifact and the only ship to have survived the explosion
that is still afloat today. The Halifax Explosion exhibit and the main floor of the
museum will be open to Nocturne visitors.

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.

NovaScotian Crystal Alone Now, With All of My Friends


5080 George St. Melanie Colosimo
Commercial gallery 1559 Barrington St.
Magicians and Alchemists on the Waterfront Alone Now, With All of My Friends is a four-channel, looped-video projection that
NovaScotian Crystal is dedicated to preserving the old ways of making crystal, creates an intermediary tale of a man who has given up hope for his future.
attracting the attention of several Old World craftspeople with the same Each channel is a scene from an elderly man’s home, evoking nostalgia,
ideals. Along with preserving comes sharing; our Canadian craftspeople longing and hopelessness. Suffering from a recent loss and unable to face
and apprentices are learning the skills needed to become future master the possibility of pain from future disappointments, the man has taken all of
craftspeople. Our trained craftspeople are introducing a new audience of the things that are familiar and comforting and has moved into his bedroom
collectors to the value and beauty of traditionally mouth-blown, hand-cut closet. Surrounded by his records and books – his “friends” – he remains
crystal. During Nocturne, crystal will be created for visitors to see. Tour the there, deaf and blind to anything that is not the tale of his own unhappiness.
glassworks, sample from crystal glasses and shop from the splendid array
of finished pieces.

Seeds Gallery Battle SNAP


NSCAD University, 1892 Hollis St. CHR!S SM!TH
Commercial gallery Aperture Studios, The Roy Building, 1657 Barrington St., Suite 125
Located in downtown Halifax, Seeds Gallery is a unique shop showcasing a Battle SNAP is a one-night photo competition where local photographers
diverse range of original artwork by students and alumni of the Nova Scotia go head-to-head for a taste of friendly competition. See the very best in local
College of Art and Design University. photography and vote for your favourite. Anyone can enter, anyone can win.
You help decide. For rules and registration and to enter your photos, visit
www.battlesnap.com

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Circus Spectacular Gallery


Circus Arts Sheilagh Hunt, Sherry Lee Hunter & Louise (Hoyt) Mussett
St Matthew’s Church gymnasium, 1479 Barrington St. Zwicker Gallery, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis St.
Halifax Circus presents a collective demonstration of the best and most-skilled Running every hour on the half hour (running time approx. 13 minutes)
circus work in Atlantic Canada. Watch unicyclists leap and pirouette, see the Witty, playful, inventive, imaginative, irreverent – all of these apply to Gallery –
illuminated dancing diabolos, the twirling devil sticks and tightrope artists. a pas-de-trois romp through a metaphorical art gallery. Gallery will be performed
Check out the aerialists, rolling globes, stilt walkers and the fire show. Circus by Louise (Hoyt) Mussett, Sheilagh Hunt and Sherry Lee Hunter, three inventive
Arts’ highly trained instructors, performers and senior students will be on dancers and imaginative exponents of the expressive gesture. First produced
hand to answer questions and demonstrate just how accessible and fun these in 1984 for Live Art’s Independence Series, Gallery (2010) is back with the
amazing activities are. original cast, sharper wit and insights. Presented in June 2010 as part of
Kinetic Studio’s season finale at Neptune Studio Theatre, the choreography,
with its staccato gestures and mincing steps, had audiences in stitches while
simultaneously dazzling with a stylized repertoire of expressive movement.

CITY MAIL Halifax Explosion Interpretative Fusion


Alison Creba, in collaboration with William Vandermeulen Charles P Allen High School, directed by Anna Whalen & Nathan Beeler
1559 Barrington St. St. Paul’s Church, 1749 Argyle St.
CITY MAIL is an inner-city mail delivery service that is rooted in a belief in the Through a fusion of sound (wind ensemble, audio recordings and free verse),
reflective powers of letter-writing, the subsequent ability to foster an urban- images (archival photos, images of Halifax and artistic interpretations),
design consciousness and the impact such patterning has in the social realm. creative lighting and movement, this group of high school students will present
The installation of a post office downtown is a comment on the structure of the events of the Halifax Explosion in three parts: before, during and after.
Halifax’s weakened urban core: a demonstration of the kinds of services and The central piece will be performed at St. Paul’s Church. There will be two
operations that promote nostalgic notions of communication and community satellite pieces, each consisting of a Morse code light performance and two
hubs. For Nocturne, the post office will be in full operation, actively sorting and wind instrument performers. The viewer will see the Morse code conveying the
processing the city’s mail. The invisible and mysterious action of delivering telegraph message of December 6, 1917 broadcast between the two points,
mail illuminates the way relationships exist in our urban spaces. while the performance is occurring in Halifax’s oldest surviving structure.

FACE IT Harbour Dance/Dance de l’havre


Neato Entertainment, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Graham MacDougall François Gaudet & Robert Finley
The Rotary Stage, Bishop’s Landing Maritime Center, 1505 Barrington St.
FACE IT is an exploration of our concept of privacy in the age of voluntary A projection will bring together a rapid sequencing of photographic stills and
exhibitionism. FACE IT takes a page from the growing debate regarding the light drawings by François Gaudet with text recited by Robert Finley, and is
public’s love of sharing personal information on Facebook and the subsequent intended to weigh our sense of belonging to this harbour city and to consider
monetization of that information by the Facebook corporation. The exhibit from what it is derived.
will display a group of users’ faces in a set of strategically placed computer Le vidéo sera composé d’une séquence rapide de photos et de « dessins de
monitors, sharing the information they consider “public” about themselves. lumière » par François Gaudet, accompagnée d’un texte récité de Robert Finley.
The monitors will point toward the “Face of Facebook”, an elevated talking Cette rencontre textuelle et visuelle pour mieux saisir notre relation à cette
head reading out the relevant parts of the Facebook privacy policy. The ville portière et pour considérer les origines multiples de notre attachement
question becomes: What price is the party worth? pour elle.

Free Parking Hopscotch Urban Dance Variety


Jesse Walker Concrete Roots and The Woods, featuring Eastern Bloc,
Parking spaces on Grafton St., Granville St. & Lower Water St. F LASH & ILLusionz Crew
FREE PARKING engages capitalized urban space through creative uses of Grand Parade
municipal metered parking. Continuing a dialogue about the acceptable Concrete Roots and The Woods, featuring Eastern Bloc, FLASH and ILLusionz
occupancy of the public domain that is typically in service of the automobile, Crew, will perform several styles of urban dance, including hip hop, b-boying,
the artist explores interactive sculptural installations that seek to provoke popping, waving and jerking. This will be one of the first public performances
reflection about our use of space and its occupation by capitalizing forces. for The Woods, Nova Scotia’s first professional hip hop dance company.
Eastern Bloc, FLASH and ILLusionz Crew are youth crews facilitated and
supported by Concrete Roots and operate under Concrete Roots as an
umbrella organization. They are some of Halifax’s best professional and
amateur urban dancers.

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Huffing and Puffing Night Twitters


David Tallis The Letterpress Gang
St. Matthew’s Church, 1479 Barrington St. Dawson Printshop, 1895 Granville St.
A video performance caught in a loop of celebration, Huffing and Puffing Visitors to the Dawson Printshop at NSCAD University will get a tour of the
shows artist David Tallis blowing up balloons until they burst in his face. facilities and will get to take home a limited-edition letter-pressed print created
Experience the site and sounds of this short work. as part of the printshop’s interactive public poster project titled Night Twitters.
In preparation for this project, the Dawson Printshop invited the public to tweet
short stories about nighttime Halifax. The top 10 stories (juried by members of
The Letterpress Gang) were selected and fashioned into hand-made, letter-
pressed posters that will be given away throughout the evening. A poster of all
of the twitter-told stories will be printed as a Nocturne keep-sake.

i am not Nocturne (1946) for Nocturne (2010)


Juan Ortiz-Apuy Bruce Barber
JWD Books, 1684 Barrington St. 1876 Hollis St.
Glowing in the depths of this curious bookstore, a neon sculpture will be Nocturne (1946), a film noir directed by Edwin Marin and produced by
inserted into the Borgesian/Kafkaesque character of JWD Books. Just as the Joan Harrison, relates the story of Keith Vincent. Vincent, a Hollywood film
books in JWD seem to resist classification and commodification, this work, composer (like Chopin, a writer of nocturnes), is found dead, supposedly of a
which is viewable from the window, seeks for ways to counter the discursive suicide. The police detective working on the case suspects that Vincent has
construction of history and identity. been murdered. He begins his search for the killer by focusing his attention
on “Dolores”, a name that appears in one of the composer’s songs. This
screening of Nocturne (1946) for Nocturne 2010 will take place in a micro
cinema with the audio available for audience members to hear on the street.

LumiNemeton No Rest for the Weary


David C Cameron Kathryn McCormack
1668 Barrington St. 1537 Barrington St.
LumiNemeton evokes the awesome living essence, solace and healing grace No Rest for the Weary is an absurd look at the barriers we place upon ourselves
of sacred nemetons, or groves, of the artist’s Druidic ancestors. Vertical in our daily lives. Armed with only a mop and bucket, can the artist overcome
elements of amber-lit-from-within trees, manipulated, augmented grain, her self-imposed obstacles and clean up after herself? Watch as she spends
knots, voids, live-edges and life-traces of forest denizens from worms to the evening in the throes of emotion, literally mopping up her own tears. This
woodpeckers tell individual sylvan tales of seasonal growth, wind, rain, sun, piece is a collaboration between artist Kathryn McCormack, costume designer
moon and lightning. Set in a circle, the elements create the potential of sacred Leesa Hamilton and engineers Ryan Trudel and John Bachynski.
space for ritual, ceremony and an invitation to reconnect to The Great World Tree
– illumination, enlightenment and its responsibilities.

Mobile Home Prime Life Time


Ella Kay Tetrault, Carey Anne Jernigan & community support Laura Dawe, with help from Alex van Helvoort
Turret Room, Khyber ICA, 1588 Barrington St. Khyber ICA, 1588 Barrington St.
An oversized baby mobile will be suspended in the turret room of the Khyber At Prime Life Time, you get a generic set, a generic script, props and
Institute of Contemporary Arts. It spins slowly, accompanied by a quiet melody. costumes. You subvert the script any way you like and your performance
Hanging from its supports are models of affordable homes in Halifax’s is recorded. Your TV show will be played to Barrington St. via TVs and
North End. They are delicately framed, clad in paper and lit from within. The loudspeakers.
installation is a reflection of the combined tenderness, joy and despair that
we feel as our city changes, as new homes are built and others are displaced.

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The Same Boat Horn Vessels


Kyle Jackson Adam Kelly, Stephen Kelly, Sofian Audry & Samuel St-Aubin
Salter Boardwalk, Halifax Waterfront Queens Wharves, behind BioScience Enterprise Center,
The slow emergency of global warming and sea-level rise affect all coastal 1721 Lower Water St.
communities; we are all in the same boat. The Same Boat Horn is a large, Vessels will be an outdoor installation consisting of two groups of autonomous
interactive sculpture that is a continuation of Kyle Jackson’s smaller Lovehorns. nocturnal water vehicles. Each group will live in a different bed of water. During
This piece enables the public to call out a warning/rescue message over the the day, the vehicles will remain inactive as they gather and store energy
sea and connect to other coastal dwellers around the world. Using muscle from the sun. At night, they will become active and will collect, store and
power to blow the horn, one creates a voice that sends out a message like interpret data from various environmental conditions such as water quality
raising a white flag. As the survivors on Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa, and temperature. From simple programmed correlations between sensors and
we can call out for salvation into the dark night. actuators, a complex and unpredictable behaviour will emerge that will signify
unseen characteristics of the environment and thus potentially provide new
insights into the surroundings.

See Reverse for Care Waterfall


Emma FitzGerald Kim Morgan, David Clark, Rachelle Viader Knowles & David Ogborn
1729 Barrington St. Halifax Ferry Terminal, Upper Water St.
See Reverse for Care is part of an ongoing series of work that brings to light Waterfall is interactive public art camouflaged as a vending machine.
the environmental and social issues surrounding the denim industry in the A passerby might be surprised to see that what looks like a vending machine
artist’s birth country of Lesotho. Donated denim is combined with traditional is actually an invitation to “vend” video clips depicting everyday uses of water.
patterns to make a wall sculpture. These patterns traditionally relate to The piece has been inserted into our consumerist landscape as a reminder
landscape, which is being damaged through the dumping of chemical dyes into of our limited water resources. Waterfall was commissioned by the Canadian
the waterways. The use of mirrors relates to their use in initiation ceremonies; Wildlife Foundation and created for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
however, these mirrors are magnifying and make viewers appear upside-down.
Designed to be interactive, the piece represents the hope that people will
more closely examine their consumer choices.

Shattered Vision What Could Public Space Also Be?


Rebecca Hannon & NSCAD Foundation students Better City LAB (Peter Wünsch, Rachel Derrah,
Museum Wharves, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Harry Olson, Matthew Nevilles & Will Vachon)
1675 Lower Water St. Parking lot across from Province House, George St.,
Emotions ran wild and dreams were shattered after Halifax’s devastating near the corner of Granville St.
explosion of 1917. Twenty NSCAD students will create a Technicolor response What could the city also become? What could public space also be? A selection
to the tragedy that will be projected onto the CSS Acadia, the last remaining of words and images will be projected in, on and around a public space to
ship in Halifax’s Harbour to have survived the explosion. The CSS Acadia will transform the urban setting and spark conversation. The power of projection
be docked off the boardwalk behind the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. will allow the viewer to experience alternative possibilities for the space and for
our city. Handmade chairs, blankets and cider onsite will soften and animate
the urban environment to create a setting that encourages human interaction.
Hosted by the volunteers, conversation games about public space possibilities
will be played by those who have a seat.

Trianglephone Youth on the Radar


Mike Ritchie & Matt Fudge Young Arists, Artist Mentors, Ryan Veltmeyer, HeartWood Centre
Courtyard outside Argyle Fine Art Gallery, 1869 Upper Water St. for Community Youth Development and other sponsors
The trianglephone is an explorative instrument made of recycled materials and Raised Performance Media, 1684 Barrington St., Suite 300
found objects. The instrument was designed by audio engineers and musicians What happens when you combine enthusiastic young people with established
Mike Ritchie and Matt Fudge, who act as two of the three sound creators. All of local artists? Stop by the art showcase to find out. See art by youth in a variety
the sound-producing elements are linked so that each player changes what the of media, created under the guidance of local artists such as Luke Watters
other plays. Pickups on the instrument are fed into a computer – that acts as (hip hop dance), Miro Davis and Renee Forestall (mixed media), Jenn Grant and
the third manipulator of sound – creating a trio of humans and machine playing Ann Denny (singing/song-writing), J-BRU and Hermit of the Woods (rapping),
one instrument. Sean MacGillivray (rocking), Matthew McNamara (digital media) and many
others. Whether it is YouTube videos, original songs, dance moves or community
sculpture, Youth on the Radar has art to inspire everyone’s imagination.

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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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Seaport Anchor Project 1313 Hollis


Marginal Rd, 1313 Hollis St.
Halifax Seaport Non-profit music/art space
Fire and light, wood and clay, collaborative and A Great Hellabalution!
interactive works, installations and more will take The unionofpainters returns to Nocturne with a show of paintings from
over the streets of Halifax’s famous seaport. Meat Cove and the top of Nova Scotia. Home to creative music, 1313 Hollis
will host A Great Hellabalution!, a display of landscape and figure paintings on
NOC-TURN Installation discarded mail bags along with plein air oil sketches of Nova Scotia’s most
Nova Scotia Centre For Craft and Design NSCAD University Port Campus, spectacular coastal region. The event will feature live jazz and the return of
(NSCCD), 1096 Marginal Rd. 1107 Marginal Rd. free five-minute portraits.
Wood turners Stephen Zwerling and David Wilkins Sculpture students, led by NSCAD instructor Kim
will share the recreation of a tree – the source of Morgan, will exhibit works that address what can
their raw material. They will demonstrate the use happen when sculpture intersects with landscape or

@lab
of heat, carving, twisting and other techniques to is integrated with the surrounding environment.
decorate and reanimate their sculptural foliage. Architextiles Lab ArchiTextile

Letterpress Project 1061 Marginal Rd., Suite 1000,


YOUR TURN NSCAD Port Loggia Gallery, University
NSCCD Studios, 1096 Marginal Rd. 1107 Marginal Rd.
Electronic Textiles for Architectural Applications
Participants will be chosen randomly to work in the Amos Kennedy Jr. will occupy the Port Loggia The Architextiles Lab is a collaboration of artists, engineers and architects
ceramic studio to decorate six-inch cylinders that Gallery with dozens of hand-pulled letterpress from NSCAD and Dalhousie Universities. Their AIF/ACOA-funded project,
will be assembled into six-feet high totems for future prints from his personal collection. His work Electronic Textiles for Architectural Applications, will feature glowing window
display at the NSCCD. Demonstrators will throw stirs emotions and encourages people to think coverings, massage enclosures, stage sets and dance costumes. All have
basic forms and offer guidance on surface design in previously unexplored ways. Amos Kennedy is a responsive element that the user can manipulate.
techniques to alter, carve and embellish the cylinders. a letterpress printer, papermaker and builder of
artists’ books based in Alabama.
TURN OF EVENTS
NSCCD, 1096 Marginal Rd. Traditional Waves
A video will be projected on the exterior of 1096 Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS),
Marginal Rd. highlighting the live creation of Corridor Gallery, 1113 Marginal Rd.
Art 1274 Hollis
ceramics and wood turning projects. Here, craft Traditional Waves will explore the morphing and 1274 Hollis St.
is not about a final product, but about the dance weaving of geography and economics in Nova Artist-run co-op
of materials and techniques. Scotia. VANS will also highlight their role in a
multimedia project that is generated by audience Art 1274 Hollis is an artist-run co-op consisting of 21 local artists that carries
Community Light Interactive interaction, the cultural rhythms of the port original paintings, sculptures, jewellery and pottery. The artists promise new
NSCAD University Port Campus, and metaphors of the historical and modern artwork for Nocturne. Drop by, meet and chat with the artists, share in light
1107 Marginal Rd. architecture at the Halifax Seaport. refreshments and explore the gallery. While there, fill in a ballot for a chance
to win a gift certificate from the gallery.
This light graffiti exhibit will engage members of the
public. Working with a photographer, participants Ultramarine Blue
will use light in various forms (flashlights, sparklers, Mary E. Black Vessel Gallery,
etc.) to create a light drawing in the air. The light 1061 Marginal Rd.
drawings will be viewable almost immediately as Participants will be invited to leave a handprint
part of an outdoor video projection. or mark in dry ultramarine pigment on paper.
While knitting an ultramarine blue mohair blanket,
Community Presents artist Alexandra Emberley will assist and answer Mary E. Black Gallery
Pier 21, Canada’s Immigration Museum, questions. Following Nocturne, the works on paper 1061 Marginal Rd., Suite 140
1055 Marginal Rd. will be installed in the Vessel Gallery for a two-week Public gallery
Join artists in interactive art-making by taking exhibition, along with the knitted blanket. Metamorphosis
part in a collaborative collage. Pier 21 will also The Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design hosts Metamorphosis, traditional
feature three Community Presents exhibitions in and innovative works by members of the Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia in
the Ralph and Rose Chiodo Harbourside Gallery in their annual juried exhibition and competition. The exhibit includes jewellery,
partnerships with Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE), the sculpture, Nova Scotian stones, enamelling and blade making.
Nova Scotia Cuba Association and the Vietnamese
Association of Nova Scotia.

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Studio 21 Fine Art Through the Darkness


1223 Lower Water St. Christine Waugh
Commercial gallery Tall Ships Quay, Halifax Waterfront
Studio 21 Fine Art Gallery exhibits original, contemporary art and has Through the Darkness is a sculptural installation on the HalifaxWaterfront.
been providing artwork to both private and corporate collectors locally and Artist Christine Waugh invites you to experience the continuation of her Journey
internationally for 27 years. During Nocturne, the gallery will feature an series and walk amongst towering porcelain sculptures. Move through and
installation by Susan Feindel. The exhibit will display artwork influenced participate in the exhibit or view from the sidelines.
by the artist’s research aboard the oceanographic vessel CCGS Hudson.
Feindel’s work explores the beauty, fragility and vast mysteries of our ocean
environments. Also on display will be recent work by three Canadian artists:
David Sorensen (paintings), Doug Bentham (sculptures) and Carl Zimmerman
(photo-based images).

ViewPoint Gallery of 10 years


Contemporary Photography
1272 Barrington St.
VIE W P
IN T
GAL L ERY
Artist-run co-op CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Song and Dance


ViewPoint Gallery is a co-operative space with a mandate to promote the
artwork of photographers in Nova Scotia. Owned and operated by the artists
who show on its walls, the gallery displays work by all of its members and
showcases individual members through month-long exhibitions accompanied
by artist talks, presentations and other events. In addition to the solo shows,
there are several group and guest exhibitions shown throughout the year.
During Nocturne, an exhibition called Song and Dance will be featured.

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.

Carbon Copy: The Charles Morris Building


Sarah Haydon Roy & Charley Young
Approx. 1273 Hollis St.
The Charles Morris Building, one of the oldest buildings in Halifax, is a
structure full of history, controversy and hope. Due to the efforts of the
Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, the Ecology Action Centre and many others, this
building has been saved from demolition and is currently positioned on stilts
waiting for a permanent home. Using sheer white fabric, a frottaged print will
show the building as it stands in this particular moment in its history, full of
imperfections, love, age and time. Interior finishes such as fireplace mantles,
railings, doors and doorways will act as methodical landmarks and create a
carbon copy floor plan to the housing print.

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HOW TO GET AROUND
FRED (6 p.m.-midnight) By Bus
The Downtown Halifax Business Metro Transit offers several bus routes
Commission is providing the FRED (Free that will take you to Nocturne sites. Plot
Rides Everywhere Downtown) service, just a Nocturne route using Go Time or visit
for Nocturne, throughout parts of zones 1, www.halifax.ca/metrotransit/ Show your
2 and 3. An onboard Nocturne volunteer Nocturne Program Guide or Nocturne
will hand out programs and answer ques- button to get a free transit ticket (one per
tions. FRED will run three times an hour. person, based on availability) at Nocturne
headquarters or at the ferry terminals.
Starting from Pier 21 and leaving at
:10, :30 and :50 between 6 p.m.-midnight, Examples of Metro Transit routes and key
FRED runs along Lower Water St. to Ferry streets travelled to help plan your night:
Boat Ln., along the Halifax Waterfront and
# 1 Spring Garden
past Historic Properties to Barrington St.
Travels along Barrington St., turns right
It then heads southbound on Barrington St.,
onto Spring Garden Rd., goes north along
turns right onto Spring Garden Rd. to
Oxford St. and intersects with Quinpool Rd.
Brunswick St., up Sackville St. and to the
top of the Halifax Citadel. FRED turns right # 6 Quinpool
onto Sackville St., left onto Summer St., Departs from Water St. Terminal,
left onto Spring Garden Rd. and then right travels along Quinpool Rd.
onto Barrington St. It follows Barrington St.
# 7 Robie
until Cornwallis Park and turns left passing
Travels along Robie St., South St.,
the Superstore, the VIA Rail Station and
Barrington St., Gottingen St. & Novalea Dr.
the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel before
proceeding back to Pier 21. # 8 Waterfront
From Scotia Square, travels along Hollis St.,
FRED Bus stops: then travels Terminal Rd. to the Halifax
• Cruise Ship Pavilion/Pier 21 Seaport, returning to Scotia Square via
(stops at :10, :30 & :50) Upper Water & Barrington Sts.
• Halifax Waterfront
• Alexander Keith’s Brewery # 10 Dalhousie
• Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Travels along Barrington St.,
• Ferry Boat Lane Spring Garden Rd., South Park St., Inglis St.
(stops at :15, :35 & :55) & the Dalhousie Transit Terminal.
• Barrington Street # 18 Universities
• Halifax Citadel National Historic Site Travels along Windsor St., Robie St.,
(stops at :28, :48 & :08) Spring Garden Rd., South Park St.,
• Spring Garden Road Inglis St., Robie St. & the Bedford Hwy.
• VIA Rail
• Pier 21 # 80 Sackville
Travels along Barrington St.,
By Ferry Spring Garden Rd., Robie St., Young St.,
The Halifax Ferry departs at fifteen minutes Bayers Rd. & the Bedford Hwy.
past the hour and fifteen minutes to the hour,
with the last ferry departing at 11:45 p.m. Please refer to Go Time for schedule and
route information.
The Dartmouth Ferry departs on the hour
and half hour, with the last ferry departing For information about live performances
at 11:30 p.m. on the ferry during Nocturne, see page 9.

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A Year in the Making Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative


The Public Gardens Anchor Project CBC Radio Room, 1601 South Park St.
Spring Garden Rd. & Sackville St. Artist-run co-op
Curator Scott Saunders has assembled a team of FILM-E-OKE COME PLAY A ROLE
local artists in various stages of their careers to When Nocturne visitors arrive at the FILM-E-OKE set, they will be presented
create site-specific works that dialogue with the with a selection of script excerpts from famous Hollywood films, an assortment
historic Public Gardens. This collective will tap into of costumes, props and a stock of fellow performers. Participants will choose
the energies that lie dormant in the Gardens by the script they would like to perform, are given a short time to dress and
night, creating an interactive experience for the rehearse and then are thrust by the FILM-E-OKE director onto the virtual image
local population that will recontextualize and enrich and sound stage, while the cameras start rolling. FILM-E-OKE performances
their pre-existing relationships with this universally are rear-projected onto large screens placed in the windows of the CBC Radio
treasured site and produce an exhilarating visual Room for passersby to watch – attracting viewers and new participants alike.
art spectacle. Photo courtesy of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Notman Studio, 1897
Highlights include:
Dalhousie Art Gallery
Mitchell Wiebe Eleanor King 6101 University Ave.
Wiebe’s alter ego “Dweebo”, in collaboration University gallery
King will recreate Freshwater Brook, a brook
with filmmaker Heather Harkins, will lead
that used to run through the city by using RBC Canadian Painting Competition
his art rock band Soaking Up Jagged (Adam
radio transmission in localized pockets within During Nocturne, the gallery is presenting the 2010 RBC Canadian Painting
O, Beau Labute, Dave Ewenson and Craig
the Gardens’ space. Competition. The exhibition features paintings in a range of styles by the
Leonard), as they perform at 7:30 and
15 semifinalists selected from across Canada. The RBC Canadian Painting
10 p.m. near the Gardens Bandstand. Valerie Salez & Jessie Mitchell Competition was established in 1999 with assistance from the Canadian Art
They will create a live, performance-based Foundation to support artists in the early stages of their careers. Drop by to
Scott Saunders installation that integrates sound with
Saunders will use the Victorian-era front see the exhibition, which is on view for a limited time.
sculpture. The overall look and feel will be
gates at the corner of South Park and Spring
eclectic, psychedelic and fantastical.
Garden Rd. as a gigantic projection screen
featuring native Nova Scotian insects in Wes Johnston
extreme close-up. Engaging the spirit of the Grand Exhibition
and modes of presentation associated with Halifax Provincial Court
Annie MacMillan federally ordained natural splendor, Wes 5250 Spring Garden Rd.
MacMillan created a five-minute animation Temporary exhibition space
Johnston presents a pavilion that observes
comprised of 7,500 still frames that will be
the procurement of the Great Canadian ArtsExpress presents: Youth on the Radar
installed in the perimeter fence and viewed
Wilderness through an architecture of the ArtsExpress is showing Youth on the Radar, innovative artwork created by
by walking around the Gardens’ space.
near past – future perfect. Spryfield youth under the guidance of local artists. Youth on the Radar will
Craig Leonard be shown in both the Corridor Gallery of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and
Adam Kelly, Stephen Kelly, the upstairs foyer of the Provincial Courthouse on Spring Garden Rd. The
Using the Public Gardens’ lampposts,
Samuel St. Aubin, Sofian Audry courthouse is opening its doors for a public art viewing for the very first time
Leonard returns the site to its pre-electrical
This collective will use the Gardens Pond this fall.
beginnings.
as they create a number of nocturnal,
autonomous water vehicles. The behaviour
Michael Fernandes
of these boat-like constructions will be
Fernandes has created a work involving seven
emergent and motivated by their immediate
audio stations: ducks, squirrels, seagulls,
environment.
pigeons, cats, bees and ants in locations A Hidden Gallery
around the Gardens. 1469 Birmingham St.
Commercial gallery
The Symmetry of Chaos and Photographic Odyssey
A Hidden Gallery represents a unique presentation of art covering all mediums,
while emphasizing wall decor. Its priority is to feature Nova Scotian artists at
various stages in their career.

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Love, Me Boutique IRiSs Lab #8: mined machine dreams redux


1539 Birmingham St. IRiSs Laboratories in collaboration with Motion Ensemble
Commercial gallery Museum of Natural History – Auditorium, 1747 Summer St.
Miles of Bliss IRiSs Lab #8 presents an experiential cinematic experience, using the science
Love, Me Boutique is an inviting space artfully curated with Canadian handmade and mystery of stroboscopic light theory and the Sufi-inspired Dream Machine
goods for wearing, living and giving. During Nocturne, view Miles of Bliss by design patterns of artist Brion Gysin. The kaleidoscopic cyclone will manipulate
Anna Stowe, an exhibition depicting the jumps, bumps, mud, rocks and dust projected images through the use of prisms, mirrors, lenses and live sonic
of early motorcycle trials and scrambles. Also, participate in the portrait photo interpolations from the audience and the architectural space around them.
station – bring you and yours and make a photographic memory. Images of psychiatric experiments and counterculture recreational activities of
Visit www.lovemeboutique.ca in October for more information. the 1960s will float, flutter and flicker as the research technicians monitor their
audience member test subjects.
Warning: Stroboscopic effects may induce epileptic seizures in approximately 1/14,000 subjects.
Subjects may also experience some benefits.

Museum of Natural History Kardio-Karaoke!!!


1747 Summer St. Eryn Foster
Museum The Cardio Room, YMCA South Park, 1565 South Park St.
Join staff for flashlight tours of the museum and learn about Eryn Foster and guest host Laurie the Guy invite you to work out while singing
nocturnal animals. Meet the museum’s collection of living animals and learn your heart out as part of Kardio-Karaoke!!! Participants of all singing and
about their nocturnal habits. The Museum of Natural History is dedicated athletic abilities are invited to exercise their lungs and legs while riding on a
to collecting, researching and documenting Nova Scotia’s natural history. treadmill, elliptical trainer or stationary bicycle. Participants can sing their own
Their vision is to interpret the natural world to its visitors and inspire them to solo karaoke tunes, form a band or invite the audience to join in as a back-up
perceive the part it plays in their everyday lives. choir. Bring your most outrageous sweats, water and a list of your favourite
karaoke tunes. No experience necessary. Basic cardio equipment and safety
orientation will be provided. Participants must be 18 years or older.

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery The Library Pavilion


5865 Gorsebrook Ave. Dalhousie School of Architecture
University gallery Site of the new Halifax Central Library, corner of Spring Garden Rd.
The Triumph of Mischief & Queen St.
Cree artist Kent Monkman offers a queer perspective on the history of the This experimental architecture pavilion will allow people to experience public
First Nations’ encounter with European cultures. The artist proposes an space in a new way as they enjoy exhibits, displays and refreshments. See
anthropological investigation of the European male in a silent film projection the pavilion, hang out with friends, enjoy the lights and educate yourself about
within a postmodern teepee and performs in the glamourous drag persona of the ongoing design process for the new Central Library. As both public space
Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle. An accomplished painter, Monkman also and public educator, the pavilion aims to help people become part of the
recreates romantic ninteenth-century Beaux-Arts landscapes of North America, democratic process of civic engagement by facilitating conversations about
reimaging the presence of “cowboys and Indians” within this wilderness idyll. the new Central Library.

Zwicker’s Gallery Ordinarium Drive-Thru


5415 Doyle St. Ordinary Collective (Lis Van Berkel, Leigh Ann Vardy & Joanne Kerrigan)
Commercial gallery Parking Lot, corner of Birmingham St. & Clyde St.
Established in 1886, Zwicker’s Gallery is Canada’s oldest commercial art The Ordinarium Drive-Thru is a place like no other. The public will enter an
gallery. The gallery carries historical and contemporary paintings in oil and environment rich with atmosphere – sound, light, set dressing, props and
watercolour, as well as sculptures and graphics, including works by Inuit and costume. Pedestrians will be guided one-by-one to the window of the “drive-
Aboriginal artists. During Nocturne, the featured artist will be Linda Dobbs, a thru” for an enigmatic exchange. The experience will demand a little of the
painter and photographer. Linda will sign copies of her new book, The Gardens participant and will give them pause for thought. Revel in the absurdity of
of the Vatican. creating complex, alienating and confusing ways to make our lives easier
and faster.

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Parked ZONE 4 MAP


Kiersten Holden & Zak Miller North End/Hydrostone
Parking lot, Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library,
off Brunswick St.
Parked is a harkening back to teenage rural shindigs, a hybridization of rural
and urban leisure activities. A creative offshoot of contemporary car culture,
Parked will explore ideas of spontaneous gatherings, sound as container and Galleries and
Temporary Exhibits
differing daily paces and lifestyles. Rural parties, unexpected social spaces
and interactivity inspire this sound-based installation. Vehicles ordinarily used Independent
as propelling devices are used to create a social gathering space in which to Projects
appreciate fellow folks out in the night amidst unique movements of sound.

Paths No. 2: Reticulating a Warren


Jessica Melindy, Paulina Szczesny & James Morshead
Victoria Park, Spring Garden Rd. & South Park St.
Within the infrastructure of the city, three artists have come together to
create a three-dimensional fabric sculpture in Victoria Park. Using unravelled
knitwear and recycled fabric as a medium, the piece speaks of journey,
connections and relationships through the unravelling and reformation of objects.
The intention is to alter people’s paths throughout the city to create a more
intimate experience by reticulating a piece that resembles a warren, creating a
dialogue about the use of space and the isolation and loss of intimacy in the
city environment.

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.

The Way We Were: Nova Scotia in Film, 1917-1957


Lauren Oostveen, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management,
6016 University Ave.
The Nova Scotia Archives will be screening films made in the province from
1917 to 1957, including films by Nova Scotians WR MacAskill, John B Porter,
Allen Fraser, Dr. Alexander Leighton and more. Select film stills will be
displayed, showing humourous title cards, vacation footage from abroad and
other unique images captured by Nova Scotian filmmakers. An additional
display will feature newly digitized nitrate negatives from the turn of the century.

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2540 The Coast


2540 Agricola St., Studio 2 5567 Cunard St.
Commercial gallery Temporary exhibition space
I like what you’ve done Every week, dozens – sometimes hundreds – of photos are taken by local
2540 is an open-concept, collaborative workspace for the creative photographers for The Coast, Halifax’s alt-weekly newspaper, but only one is
professionals at 2540 Agricola St. Studio 2 at 2540 is quickly becoming part chosen for the cover. There isn’t anything wrong with the rejects; sometimes
of the cultural fabric of Halifax. fantastic photos simply don’t make great covers. The Coast invited their
photographers to pick through their personal archives to find their favourite
works and pull out the ones that didn’t make the cut. See their choices as
The Coast’s windows are transformed into giant light boxes for the evening.

art&jules Eyelevel Gallery and Centre for Art Tapes


2089 Gottingen St. 2063 Gottingen St.
Commercial gallery Artist-run centre
art&jules is proud to represent more than 50 artists from Nova Scotia and Input/Output (I/O)
beyond. During Nocturne, the regularly scheduled group exhibition will be on Eyelevel Gallery is a not-for-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the
display, as well as a special opening ceremony at 4:30 p.m. and a closing presentation, development and promotion of contemporary art. Through
ceremony after-party from 12:30–2 a.m. To commemorate the event, eight exhibitions, performances, special projects and workshops, the gallery has
unforgettable masterpieces will be unveiled at the top of each hour, starting provided a forum for the discussion of contemporary visual art for 35 years.
at 6 p.m. and ending at 2 a.m. Remember, some of nature’s most unique The Centre for Art Tapes is a not-for-profit, artist-run, charitable organization
creatures are nocturnal! that supports artists who work with electronic media including video, audio
and new media. It provides services to both members and the general public,
including production facilities, ongoing exhibitions and screenings. Photo credit: Lukas Steinman,
Futures, 2009.

Artists’ Quarter FRED. beauty food art


2594 Agricola St. 2606 Agricola St.
Commercial gallery Commercial gallery
Diversity FRED. beauty food art, at the center of Nocturne’s Zone 4, will be featuring
Artists’ Quarter is an idea conceived and developed to support the artistic a visual and performance art-based program throughout the evening. The
community as a contribution to society. Its vision is to become a place for social work of local artist Eve Hartling will be on display at the FRED. art gallery
and cultural creativity and interaction among artists and beyond, as well as during Nocturne. Join the FRED. Facebook page for updates on specific
being an example of a rational and functional concept that accommodates the performances.
artist quarter with a central art gallery, 10 artists’ studios and a meeting room.

Bloomfield Centre Hydrostone Gallery


2786 Agricola St. 5519 Young St.
Collaborative community space Commercial gallery
Playing at the Bloomfield Centre The Hydrostone Gallery is a commercial art venue, representing mid-career
The Bloomfield Centre is slated to be the next arts, culture and community and emerging artists through solo and group exhibitions, occurring on a six-
hub for HRM. Come play at the Bloomfield Centre during Nocturne, where there week basis.
will be art/play events in the playground, tennis courts, gym and community
garden. Nocturne events at the centre will be interactive – from riding a bicycle
that lights up the trees, to ball games in the gym and performance art in the
playground.

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ZONE 4 (North End/Hydrostone) (North End/Hydrostone) ZONE 4

The Ikebana Shop Secord Gallery


6417 Quinpool Rd. 6301 Quinpool Rd.
Commercial gallery Commercial gallery
Ikebana for Nocturne In Material
The Ikebana Shop is dedicated to the promotion of ikebana, the art of Secord Gallery primarily represents well-known Nova Scotian artists. Since
Japanese flower arrangement. Visitors can see displays and get a better 1993 it has presented exhibitions in a broad variety of media, including
understanding of the Japanese aesthetic. The Ikebana Shop provides custom paintings, original prints, ceramics and sculpture. For Nocturne, the gallery
arrangement services, lessons and supplies. will be hosting a solo exhibition of sculptural works by Brad Hall, entitled
In Material. Primarily a metal sculptor, Brad also employs stone and other
materials. For this exhibition, he will include some collaborative works with
artists who work in other disciplines. Visitors can also expect a selection of
works by other gallery artists, including a preview of works from upcoming
exhibitions.

May Street Studio Turnstile Pottery Co-operative


5765 May St.  733 Agricola St.
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Commercial gallery Artist-run co-op
Contained Space/Space Contained Turnstile is a for-profit co-operative, providing 24-hour access to a
Negative space is the fertile and illuminating space between things, much more fully equipped pottery studio, as well as a gallery and storefront to display and
than just the absence of something. It is, in a sense, the silence that falls sell members’ work. It is available to artists through a monthly membership
between the sounds. This is similar to the Japanese concept of Ma – the natural and to the general public through a variety of community classes and events.
pause or interval between two or more phenomena. Working as a co-operative, members provide each other with ongoing support
Four artists will work with the principles of Ma and positive/negative space to by engaging in critiques, maintaining the studio and operating the business.
create an exhibit in sculpture, ceramics and photography in a way that challenges
our normal perceptions of the world. Two of the artists will create traditional
Japanese ikebana flower arrangements interpreting the concept of Ma.

MSVU Art Gallery Veith Street Gallery


166 Bedford Hwy. 3115 Veith St.
University gallery Non-profit community arts centre
Lighthouse Creative Spirit East
The MSVU Art Gallery functions as a resource to Mount Saint Vincent University, Veith Street Gallery Studio Association is a non-profit community arts centre
communities served by the university, artists and art publics everywhere. located in the North End. It provides a venue for members of Creative Spirit
The gallery reflects the university’s education mission by emphasizing the East, who are artists with disabilities or related challenges, to showcase their
representation of women as cultural subjects and producers. Through its focus artwork. The gallery’s educational programming includes arts-related seminars
on contemporary art and professional mentoring, the gallery has been a catalyst and workshops, an artist-in-residence program, an arts outreach program
to many careers in the arts and highlights the achievements of contemporary for youth and many other opportunities for artists to develop their potential.
Nova Scotian and Canadian artists, often in the early stages of their careers. The gallery believes that the practice and enjoyment of art should be available
Its exhibitions explore various forms of cultural production and themes relevant to everyone and that the lives of individuals are enriched through the artistic
to academic programs offered by the university. process.

The Paragon Theatre Gallery wonder’neath


2037 Gottingen St. 2819 Isleville St.
Commercial gallery Artist co-op
The Paragon Theatre is focused on the arts, showcasing one artist each wonder’neath Arts Collective is a shared space for art, teaching and creativity
month in the gallery. With an average of 1,500 visitors in the building each in the north end of Halifax.
week, the featured artist gets considerable exposure. The artist’s work is later
tied into live performances during music acts throughout the weekend.

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ZONE 4 (North End/Hydrostone) (North End/Hydrostone) ZONE 4

Campsite Memories of Creighton


Annik Gaudet Zac Barkhouse & Courtney Kelsey with Troy Howell
Backyard of the Bus Stop Theatre, 2268 Maitland St. 2098 & 2100 Creighton St.
Walking on the quiet street of Maitland (one street down from Gottingen) to 2098 and 2100 Creighton St. will be lit up with light-box photographs, video
the backyard of the Bus Stop Theatre, spectators will find a secret camping projections onto windows and a live performance. Each individual piece will
site. Based on recent hitchhiking experiences, Campsite explores the idea of be tied to a short film where actor Troy Howell plays an individual recounting
squatting in a populated, urban environment. Using video projection, sound his time in the neighbourhood. This lively monologue will be projected onto
and a glowing tent, this installation will offer an unconventional insight into a theatre screen in the backyard and contrasted with the subdued live
this clandestine activity. An aura of secrecy, resourcefulness and daringness performance of Howell from a window overlooking the street.
will inhabit the space.

Cultural Infrastucture Night Scenes


Chris Foster Michael Lewis, Dave Marsh & The True Love Rules
Lobby of the Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen St. Hydrostone Park, Young St.
Chris Foster presents Cultural Infrastructure, an exhibition of prints and In the park adjacent to the Hydrostone Market, Michael Lewis will paint a
sculptures in the lobby of the Bus Stop Theatre. Five thousand litho-offset continuous canvas banner that will grow longer as the evening progresses.
prints have been produced and are available free for those who attend. The The banner will be parallel to the street, viewable to pedestrians and transit
prints reference iconic cultural institutions in Halifax and elaborate on them passengers. Public interaction will be encouraged. Accompanying this project
with whimsical architectural allegories. Complimenting the prints are two will be music by local legends Dave Marsh & The True Love Rules, encouraging
sculptures that reference local residential and industrial sites, conjoining and affecting the imagery.
elements to create new Frankenstein buildings. The work employs a dark
sense of humour and imagination to discuss the personality of Halifax’s
cultural institutions.

The Falls Outside In


Heather Wilkinson & Melissa Marr Natalie Boterman, Matthew Carswell & the residents of Creighton Manor
Common Room, wonder’neath Arts Collective, 2819 Isleville St. 2086 Creighton St.
There is nothing gentle about a waterfall. Waterfalls cut through rock… Outside In is a site-specific installation/performance in the Creighton Manor of
Peer through the glass into a drawn landscape. Both an installation and a North End Halifax. Originally a single family mansion, the Manor has existed as
performance, The Falls is a delirious scene inhabited by flopping fish, stoic a rooming house, a corner store and is now occupied by members of the arts
performers and a kinetic felted waterfall. Conceived by artists Heather community. Simple lighting techniques and inexpensive materials provide its
Wilkinson and Melissa Marr, and executed with a crew of volunteers and dwellers with the opportunity to actively and knowingly share their private lives
performers, The Falls is a collaboration that explores the interplay between the in an anonymous manner. Screens placed over the 26 street-facing windows
static landscape and an irrepressible desire for movement. of the Creighton Manor display to the outside world the silhouetted forms of
objects and people that are placed or moving inside.

Lights from Underground Window Ballet


Zoë Nudell with Michael Anderson Directed by Lisa Lipton, with collaboration by Joel Apple, Anna Danova,
Parking Garage, Maitland St. between Cornwallis St. & Portland Pl. Bonita Hatcher, Mike Kean, Lisa Lipton, Veronique MacKenzie, Grant Pardy,
Light has the power to magnetize and transform; the intrigue of a dark space Victoria Parker, Patti Robinson, Stacy Smart, Liz Solo, Solomon Vromans & more
illuminated, but still hidden, beckons irresistibly. A series of ephemeral light 2650 Northwood Terr.
sculptures glow like minerals in a cave from the darkness of the covered parking Window Ballet is a collaborative performance-based project in which numerous
lot. The lot is an urban secret in the way of back alleys and shortcuts that artists and musicians will be combining their talents to create one theatrical
explore alternative routes and approach the site via devious passageways. narrative contained by a North End house. Window Ballet attempts to explore
Once among the sculptures, let the glowing marks evoke stories, maps or notions of voyeurism as well as the spectacle through rupturing traditional
memories to heighten the sense of being suspended in the transition between perceptions of the idea of home, from that which provides privacy, comfort,
worlds. security or quiet content, to that which might cause disillusionment or lack of
sanctum. – as i see, as i look, as i gaze…

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ZONE 5 MAP
Downtown Dartmouth

Galleries and
Temporary Exhibits
Independent
Projects

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ZONE 5 (Downtown Dartmouth) (Downtown Dartmouth) ZONE 5

Redemption of the Dark Side Briana Corr Scott Studio


Alderney Landing Anchor Project 224 Portland St.
Curated by Gary Markle, Artist studio
produced by Kim Farmer Stop by during Nocturne to see Briana painting live and to view completed
Alderney Landing, Ferry Terminal architectural paintings, still lifes and portraits in oil and watercolour. A working
Circus Comes to Town: Redemption of studio year-round, the space is open to the public for open studio days and
the Dark Side seasonal events like Nocturne.
On the site of the present-day Alderney Landing
there was once a circus ground. On certain nights in
October, the ghosts of the carnival return – midway
music and smells, the sound of hawkers, the glow
of sideshow tents and strings of bare bulbs blaze
overhead. The crowd is confronted by performers
and clowns, the mood is dark, a bit dangerous. The
performers are looking for something, something Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing
stolen from them long ago – the essence of their 2 Ochterloney St.
circus. Join them on this adventure of redemption Non-profit gallery
as the dark side seeks its light. Music performance by: Hope
Performers include: IT KILLS The Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing presents Hope – the 12 th annual
• Aerialists from Atlantic Cirque: Caitlan Anthony, Mosaic for Mental Health Art Exhibition and Sale, from October 14-24, with
Madelaine Higgins & Sarah Kirby Outdoor events: all proceeds supporting the Halifax Dartmouth branch of the Canadian Mental
• Monique Ryan & members of Serpentine Circus Illumination of the haunted sculpture Health Association. The exhibition will consist of hundreds six-inch by six-inch
in the Events Plaza tiles, each an individual work of art responding to the theme of hope. The
In the Alderney Theatre: The Bluenose Ghosts Haunted House: completed tiles are created and donated by artists who care about mental
 artmouth Experimental Music Group with
D Fear the Darkness health and mental illness. Tiles are priced at $25 unframed, $55 framed. The
performers Robert Bean, Chris Myhr, Ayako Craig Gallery strives to develop awareness and support of visual arts in our
Myhr, Barbara Sutherland, Scott Bertram & In the Compass Rose, Dartmouth Ferry community.
John Abram Terminal: Homage

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.

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ZONE 5 (Downtown Dartmouth) MOBILE PROJECTS

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.

Mobile ART Wall LightCycle


Adam Reiss Rory MacDonald
Events Plaza, Alderney Landing Cycling through the waterfront and downtown Halifax
Who owns the visual space in HRM? During Nocturne, the general public LightCycle is a single-float parade using a converted Raleigh Free Spirit bicycle
will own 200 sq. ft. of visual space. The Mobile ART Wall installation invites as a staging for a mobile light spectacle. As much an intervention into the
you to express yourself using paint. Colour it, advertise on it or just tag it. downtown and waterfront, this project will engage with the mobile audiences
The Mobile ART Wall is an all-ages, all-abilities and accessible event. The of Nocturne through light, movement and memory.
entire evening will be digitally photographed and compiled to produce a video
timeline of the project that will be posted on the Mobile ART Wall YouTube
channel.

Vindice’s Folly The Miscellaneous Marching Band Interactive


Vile Passéist Theatre: Dan Bray, Colleen MacIsaac, Ensemble Parade Tour
Travelling throughout the Circus at Alderney Landing Zachary Gough
British tragedy and Italian comedy come together in Vile Passéist Theatre’s Marching through downtown, beginning at Grand Parade
carnivalesque reimagining of Thomas Middleton’s stark drama, The Revenger’s This is your opportunity to contribute to Nocturne. The Miscellaneous Marching
Tragedy. The dark secrets of the circus grounds provide a backdrop for the Band, directed by Zachary Gough, will lead an interactive tour of some of the
characters of commedia dell’arte to engage in their ridiculous and deadly events downtown. Stop by for juggling and other entertainment between 6-8 p.m.
games. Led by scull-toting Vindice, this cast of characters will perform We’ll leave Parade Square at 8 p.m. Bring an instrument, noisemaker or hula
alongside the carnival throngs. hoop and tag along.

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.

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MOBILE PROJECTS

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

Peninsula Community Council


is staying up late for Nocturne

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