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On behalf of Halifax Regional Council, it is with great pleasure that I extend a warm welcome to all involved with Nocturne: Art at Night 2011 taking place in Halifax Regional Municipality, October 15th.

The fourth annual night time contemporary arts festival is truly a celebration of achievements with something for people of all ages, interests and art experience to enjoy. Nocturne: Art at Night will showcase the exciting and incredible arts community here in our region. I encourage you to experience as many of these diverse talents as possible over the course of the evening.

Art is an important part of our culture here in Halifax Regional Municipality and I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge, with gratitude, the artists for their incredible works and commend the festival organizers, volunteers and sponsors for their commitment and dedication to our dynamic arts community. Your efforts in making our region a vibrant and exciting place to live is greatly appreciated.

Enjoy the spirit of Nocturne: Art at Night, I know you will be delighted with our very strong and vibrant art scene. Have a wonderful evening!

Respectfully, I remain

Peter Kelly Mayor

David Wilson, Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage

The vibrant arts community in Halifax and in Nova Scotia is second to none. On the evening of October 15, prepare for a blazing creative spectacle as Nocturne: Art at Night showcases our artists’ ingenuity and drive to bring their discoveries to the public. Nocturne: Art at Night has become as much an opportunity for Nova Scotians to experience the innovative work taking place in the arts community as it has become a forum for expression for our artists.

I would like to extend heartfelt congratulations and thanks to the organizing committee, volunteers and participating artists in putting together a series of cutting-edge presentations on the streets of Halifax. In collaboration with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia Archives, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and the Museum of Natural History, Communities, Culture and Heritage is proud to offer venue space, sponsorship for various local artists and operational support for the event. We agree that the future looks even brighter for this unique event and we are proud to be a part of its momentum.

I encourage everyone to take in all that Nocturne: Art at Night has to offer. Enjoy your evening!

As the Chair of Nocturne 2011, I’d like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the volunteer Board and committee members for their dedicated and exacting work. Nocturne launched in 2008 as the initiative of a small group of arts-passionate volunteers who believed that if they worked to make it happen, the people of Halifax would be there to support this vision. In four short years Nocturne: Art has Night has become a highlight of Atlantic Canada’s cultural landscape, spawned at least three night-time arts festivals in the region and has become a showcase of the diversity and the robustness of our arts community.

I’d like to express my sincere appreciation to each sponsor, partner, advertiser and government supporter who believes in our event, organization and its important role within HRM and continues to support us for the upcoming year.

This year, more than ever, there are so many ways to experience Nocturne. Plan your night by poring over your program guide, iPhone app or online at nocturnehalifax.ca. Experience it by foot, bike, boat and bus; each method offers a unique perspective. Talk face-to-face, through facilitated tours, via twitter or facebook, to friends and strangers, about what you encounter. Grab a coffee, glass of wine or snack and watch the crowds. It’s not just a celebration of arts and culture; it’s a celebration of Halifax and Nova Scotia!

The volunteer board, along with the numerous committee members, gallery staff, community partners, and artists have worked to present an unparalleled spectacle to you. It is your support and presence throughout the year and on October 15 that take this event into the realm of the spectacular. Thank you for making Nocturne a spectacular spectacle once again!

Rose Zack Nocturne Chair

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Rose Zack – ChairRose Zack is originally from Calgary, Alberta, and has been in Halifax for 4 years – coincidentally the same length of time Nocturne has been running! She works with the Atlantic Film Festival as ViewFinders Coordinator, and the rest of her time is spent on Nocturne or dreaming of her own massive quilted installation. Rose firmly believes that Nocturne is a reflection of Halifax as a city of wonderful people who support and celebrate culture in all its forms, and she recommends mixing up your perspective this year and trying to explore the event on foot, bike, boat or bus! Two performance acts are on Rose’s not-to-miss list: Lisa Lipton’s Strangers in the Night (63) at the Hotel Atlantica, and Happy Wash (3).

Lee Brooks – Director of operationsLee Brooks arrived in Halifax almost three year ago, with roots in Sheffield, UK. Daytime, you can find her managing projects at Prime Creative, and when she’s not at work she’s exploring beautiful Nova Scotia or experimenting with making her own clothes! Lee got involved with Nocturne to immerse herself in the amazing local arts culture here, and she loves the concept of everyone getting to see their hometown in a brand new way, on a night that celebrates an incredible amount of amazing local talent.

Jenny Johnson – Vice Chair, Director of ProgrammingJenny Johnson has been in Halifax for nearly 15 years, coming originally from Baddeck, Cape Breton. She’s a painter and art instructor at Dalhousie University, and also upholds the time-honoured tradition of artists who moonlight as bartenders. A fantasy and sci-fi enthusiast, Jenny is also the Director of Programming for this year’s event, so she’s one of the best people you could ask for guidance on what to see, and she recommends not missing Caley MacLennan’s immersive 3D experience Convergence, which will play with time and dimension in space.

Michelle Doucette – art DirectorMichelle Doucette lends her photography skills to Nocturne here in her native city of Halifax, and when she’s not snapping headshots of the Nocturne board members or laying out program copy you can find her running her business, Michelle Doucette Design and Photography. When she has a chance to take a break from behind the camera you can look for Michelle zooming around town on her bright green vintage scooter, Sophia. Michelle has been involved with Nocturne from the get-go, and loves bringing art to new audiences. She can’t wait to see the space on Citadel Hill transformed this year for a new way to experience the highest point in Halifax.

andrew sowerby – Legal secretaryAndrew Sowerby hails from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and spends his days lawyering at Cox & Palmer. Reading, biking, and spending time with his wife and their feline companion takes up much of his spare time. Andrew got involved with Nocturne because attending on the night just wasn’t enough! Not to be missed at Nocturne 2011: Noah Logan’s Six White Cubes.

Jane Hopgood – fundraising DirectorJane Hopgood spends her time working at a scientific playground, the Discovery Centre in her native Halifax and also doing some budding film production. You can otherwise find her enjoying beautiful Nova Scotia, ideally while swimming or doing yoga, and she got involved with Nocturne because it’s a perfect launch pad for all the talented artists we’re so lucky to have in our community and an important city building initiative. At Nocturne this year Jane recommends checking out Catherine Brown & Jeffrey Fish’s roaming project called Remote Corners, which will build sensory bridges between Halifax and five other cities around the world.

Jim fitzgerald C.a. – treasurerJim Fitzpatrick joins the Nocturne team originally from Sudbury, Ontario, and has a background as a Chartered Accountant. Now that Jim has retired he has more time for projects around the house and his book collecting hobby. When Jim heard about Nocturne he wanted to use his skills and background to help with this great project, and he’s really looking forward to the event night this year! Given Jim’s interests one might recommend that he check out the Dawson Printshop (20) for some letterpress demos, or Migrant Sounds (32c), Gerard Choy’s phrasebook installation.

Jeff Macarthur – Communications DirectorJeff MacArthur comes originally from Charlottetown, PEI, and spends his working hours running his social media, tech, and video production company, MGImedia. You can find him playing a variety of instruments, tasting a variety of beers, and chatting with a true variety of interesting Halifax folk when he’s not lending his communications and organizational talents to events like Nocturne. Jeff got involved with Nocturne because it’s both inspiring and surprising, and he can’t wait to check out the Citadel site this year.

noCtURne CoMMittee MeMBeRs: (AS OF AUGUST 20, 2011)

HRM Liaisons:

taBLe of ContentsP 09 Plan your Adventure P 10 Getting Around Nocturne P 11 Ferry Performance Schedule P 12 Nocturne BusesP 13 Bus Routes Map P 15 Zones Map

P 16 Zone 1 Map and ListingsP 28 Zone 2 Map and Listings P 38 Zone 3 Map and ListingsP 46 Zone 4 Map and ListingsP 52 Zone 5 Map and ListingsP 56 Mobile Projects Listings

WeLCoMe to noCtURne! Nocturne: Art at Night is a fall festival that brings art and energy to the streets of Halifax. This completely free, fourth annual event showcases and celebrates the visual arts scene in Halifax. Nocturne, designed and planned by volunteers, is an opportunity for everyone to experience the art of Halifax in a whole new light.

Lara Killian Media Relations & Communications Manager

Darren Johnson Community Manager

Lauren oostveen Online Content Manager

Jason Ballantyne Graphic Designer

sophia Horowowitz Tour Development Manager

Kat shubaly Galleries Manager

Jamie MacLellan Cultural Affairs

siobhan Wiggins Cultural Affairs

tHanK YoU!Nocturne thanks all of the outstanding individuals and groups who make this event possible. To all of the participating galleries, businesses, artists and performers: for your professionalism, creativity and enthusiasm – thank you. To all of our sponsors, government agencies and event partners, who through dedicated and generous support make Nocturne a success – thank you. And, of course, we express our complete appreciation to our team of volunteers who gave their time, energy, and commitment to bringing Nocturne to life for the fourth year – thank you!

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Make sure to follow the Gallery and SobeyArtAward on Facebook and Twitter!

Organized and hosted by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

This year’s exhibition is on view from

on view until January 8, 2012

West Coast and Yukon Charles StankievechPrairies and the North Sarah Anne Johnson

Ontario Christian Giroux & Daniel YoungQuébec Manon De Pauw

Atlantic Zeke Moores

www.sobeyartaward.ca

PLan YoUR noCtURne aDVentURe! this program and map make it fun and easy for you to experience nocturne. Correspond the five colour-coded Zones, with numbered Gallery, Space, Anchor, and Independent Project listings with the maps in the program to help you decide where to go. Look for the numbers along your route. Each gallery, venue and project will have an official Nocturne sign with a corresponding number.

galleries: Visit commercial, artist-run, public, private, and university galleries that are open late to welcome you with special Nocturne programming and exhibitions.

independent Projects: Contemporary artists and curators working in a variety of creative disciplines were selected to install Independent Projects for one night only, in public spaces throughout the city.

spotlights & spaces: Businesses and organizations have joined by coordinating their own nocturnal event for the occasion.

anchor Projects: Several prominent venues are natural anchors to the overall event. These anchor projects are curated or thematically organized collections of artists, performers and projects, and represent a larger environmental consideration of spaces through a variety of artistic means.

this year there are more ways than ever to find out about nocturne’s program, with more detail about participating artists, galleries and sponsors, changes in program content and opportunities to share your feedback, photos, videos and more!

Go to nocturnehalifax.ca for program updates, to download a PDF of the program guide, or to view our blog, which will provide you with in-depth information about our artists, galleries, sponsors, supporters, and organizers.

Social media is the source for up-to-the-minute updates about Nocturne. Follow us on Twitter @nocturnehalifax. Use our official twitter hashtag (#nocturne2011) and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nocturneHalifax

Upload your photos and videos taken during Nocturne on Flickr and YouTube.

this year we are proud to launch our first iPhone app – free! Available at nocturnehalifax.ca or the Apple app store. Not only is the iPhone app an ideal tool for planning your Nocturne experience, it’s a great way to virtually participate on Nocturne night.


Your Mobile Guide to Nocturne: Art at Night

Proud Local Sponsor 28 Beautiful Apps and Counting www.MindSea.com

Designed on Barrington Street. Available on your iPhone.

All aboard the Halifax-Dartmouth ferry! Programmed in partnership with CKDU, enjoy free entertainment by local performers while you cross the Halifax harbour, all for the price of a transit ticket.

All performers start from the Halifax Ferry Terminal, which departs at fifteen minutes past the hour and fifteen minutes to the hour, with the last ferry departing at 11:45 pm.

The ferry departs from Dartmouth on the hour and half hour, with the last ferry departing at 11:30 pm.

ferry Performance schedule(departing Halifax)

Compañía azul 6:15-7:12 pmMufaro Chakabuda 7:15-8:12 pmHalifax Uke gang 8:15-9:12 pmZ Circus 9:15-10:12 pmsmoking Contra Band 10:15-11:42 pm

Compañía azulCompañía Azul has a heart split between the coasts of Atlantic Canada and the dry earth of Andalusia. Drawn to the beauty of the music, movement and rhythms of flamenco, Compañía Azul creates a passionate, stunning display of emotion, sound, and colour. Founded by dancer Megan “Azulita” Matheson in February 2010, the group premiered at the Neptune Studio Theatre in September 2010, followed by performances at the Deep Roots Festival, Fall for Flamenco Festival and the Nova Scotia Creative Arts Gala and more recently the 2011 Halifax Jazz Festival. For Nocturne, Megan will be joined by dancers and percussionists of her group.

Mufaro ChakabudaMufaro Chakabuda, originally from Zimbabwe, is the past Artistic Director for the Maritime Centre for African Dance. She has been dancing since the age of 4, and has performed for many International and national events, including President Obama’s inaugural ball in 2009.

Halifax Uke gangThe Halifax Uke Gang is a group of like-minded people with a passion for all things ukulele. Our first meeting in February 2008 brought out 4 people. HUG now boasts 30-40 members at each get together. We welcome all ages, and all levels (you can even show up without a uke), and plan to take over the world four strings at a time.

http://halifaxukulelegang.wordpress.com/

Z CircusZ Circus is an impromptu incarnation of Zumbini Circus. We play Brazilian samba and New Orleans second line street beats. Be prepared to dance!

smokin’ Contra BandTake half a cup of old-time music, a dollop of dusty back-road blues, a sprinkle of East-Coast kitchen-party choirs, a pinch of rural roots with working-class urban grit, and two heaping tablespoons of resonating vocal veracity. Sit back and listen. At their contra dances and bluegrass shows, Smokin’ Contra Band’s rollicking dances have inspired the hip, the holy, and the hardened to hit the dance floor.

Windom earleCurrently based out of the North End in Halifax NS, Windom Earle is a collective of friends and musicians who play a mixture of instrumental new wave synth pop and indie rock.

http://windomearle.com/

nocturne Buses:Outlying Zones: Two free chartered Metro Transit buses will be available to the public during Nocturne and will follow 2 routes stopping at regular intervals close to Nocturne galleries and independent projects in Halifax. Grab a group of friends and plot a special Nocturne route, no need to worry about parking!

Downtown: Climb aboard an Ambassatours double-decker bus and hit all of the key galleries, independent and anchor projects throughout the downtown core.

for more bus route and schedule information, please see page 12.

Dream City tours:A moment of interconnection, a flash of play, the bubbling up of experimentation. Places come alive, strangers meet, people relate with meaning and spontaneity. Can we awaken to the potential of our public realm – our city? What is evolving tonight? Beyond the here, the now, into our Collective Future...

How will you create your dream city HFX? Join tour facilitators for an exploration and discussion of Nocturne and everything Halifax has to offer.

Go to nocturnehalifax.com, Twitter (@nocturnehalifax) & Facebook (facebook.com/nocturneHalifax) for start times and locations.

Walking tours are approximately 45 min – 1 hour in length and start at 7,8,9 and 10 pm. Tours start on the grounds of the Spring Garden Rd Memorial Public Library.

nocturne by Bike: The Halifax Cycling Coalition (HCC) is an organization of concerned citizens dedicated to improving cycling conditions and raising awareness of cycling issues in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

HCC will be leading several group cycling tours stopping at various installations throughout the North End of the Halifax penisula. Each guided tour will begin at the Hydrostone (Gottingen and Young) and weave along the peninsula. The tours will be leaving at 7:30 pm and 9:00 pm. Check our Twitter, Facebook and website for more details leading up to the event. All levels of cyclists are welcome – come experience the city in a new way.

Bike Valet @nocturne On the grounds of the Spring Garden Rd. Memorial Public Library

What is a bicycle valet service? It’s like a coat check for bicycles, and it’s FREE! It is an attended, secure, bicycle parking lot. Other forms of human powered transportation are welcome too, such as skateboards and strollers. Users can store their belongings with their bikes (or strollers, etc.) giving them the same convenience as being able to lock items in a car.

Bike Valet Stations are provided by HRM; valet service provided by Clean Nova Scotia, Halifax Cycling Coalition, and volunteers.

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Two chartered buses will be provided for Nocturne: Art at Night, courtesy of Metro Transit and HRM. These shuttles will cover the areas outside of downtown, are available free of charge to the public and will be offering service roughly every 30-40 minutes, from 6:00 pm – midnight.

the a route bus will travel north, departing from Water Street Ferry Terminal on Upper Water St, north of George St. The turnaround point for this route is the Hydrostone. This bus will travel mainly through the North End of Halifax. (25 min)

Route a• Upper Water St. Terminal• Duke St (Westbound) before Market St.

(Scotia Square) • Corner of Gottingen St, after Cogswell St.

(Propeller Brewery)• Gottingen St (Northbound), before Cunard St.

(Megan Leslie’s Constituency Office)• Young St. (Westbound) after Gottingen St.• Agricola St. (Southbound) after Bloomfield St.

(Across from Turnstyle Pottery)• Agricola St. (Southbound) on North St. (FRED)• Agricola St. (Southbound) on West St.

(Commons Inn)• Cogswell St. (Eastbound) before Gottingen St.• Barrington St. (Southbound) after Duke St.

(City Hall)• Upper Water St. Terminal

the a route bus will travel north, departing from Water Street Ferry Terminal on Upper Water St, north of George St. The turnaround point for this route is the Hydrostone. This bus will travel mainly through the North End of Halifax. (25 min)

Route B• Tower Rd. (Southbound) after Gorsebrook Ave.

(St. Mary’s Univeristy Art Gallery)• Robie St. (Northbound) before University Ave.• South Park St. (Northbound) after University Ave.• Summer St. after Veterans Memorial Lane

(Natural History Museum)• Quinpool Rd. (Westbound) before Windsor St.• Quinpool Rd. (Westbound) before Preston St.

(Secord Gallery)• Quinpool Rd. (Westbound) after Oxford St.

(Ikebana Shop)• MSVU Art Gallery• Quinpool Rd. (Eastbound) after Oxford St.

(RBC)• Bell Rd. (Eastbound) after Robie St.• Summer St. (Southbound) after Bell Rd.

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free Rides Downtown!Double your fun! Go ahead, grab a seat on the top deck of an Ambassatours double-decker bus, where the view of Nocturne is spectacular. Of course, even down below you won’t be missing much! Hit all the Nocturne downtown, Spring Garden and Port Area hotspots. Stop on and off for an art experience or a “spot of tea”.

free Rides Downtown Route• Marginal Rd. (Pier 21)• Studio 21 Fine Art• Lower Water St. & Bishop St.• Lower Water St. Before Prince St.

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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1723 Hollis St. & Bedford Row between Prince & George St.

Halifax-based artist Scott Saunders and Kabul-based artist Ariel Nasr will produce a large-scale public installation in the downtown core that will radically re-contextualize AGNS’ Ondaatje Court and neighboring Bedford Row, creating for the casual viewer a unique spatial experience new to Halifax.

Saunders and Nasr will collaborate with Tour-Tech East to install life-size video screens up and down the normally quiet Bedford Row in various positions, creating a maze-like experience for viewers to navigate. Each screen will depict a denizen of Kabul, Afghanistan moving to a dance-like rhythm throughout the night. Speakers will be placed in carefully chosen locations to blanket Bedford Row with the audio component of this work.

In Ondaatje Court, a complementary work will be installed that will feature piles of television monitors of various size, shape and year of make, with accompanying DVD players, sound, and video. Anthropomorphic in nature, these sculptures will offer a counterpoint to the work featured on Bedford Row.

Saunders and Nasr are known to Nocturne audiences for their large-scale and haunting moving images. This year the duo has been invited by the AGNS to install new work on its grounds. Visitors are invited to experience interplay between Kabul and Halifax, the body, dance, and the role each plays in those the two societies. On an evening devoted to access to art, these works are especially well-placed.

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Elektrokenetiscope Inc. presents pxl.prn.5000 Nathan Ryan NSCAD Academy Building, 1649 Brunswick St.

• utilizes the latest in Nicola Tesla inspired technologies!• users may interact directly with the Elektrokinetocamera!• will display, for all to enjoy, on an oversized public screen!

How does this marvel of modern science and entertainment operate? It’s so easy, anyone can enjoy it! As with the noble Lumiere Bros. amazing motion picture camera, a user need only point, gaze through the viewfinder, and turn the crank to produce sublime imagery! Tesla would surely be proud of the Electrokinetoscope Inc’s pxl.prn.5000, the world’s first Elektrokinetocamera!

Happy Wash Shelley Mansel, Lia Rinaldo, Helena Roxy Rae Gallery Page & Strange, 1869 Granville St.

Happy Wash is a carwash-style installation in which the viewer/participant passes through a series of stages emulating the intervals of a carwash; rinse, wash, scrub, buff, shine, and dry. These stages will be simulated using imaginative substitutes for water, soap, and machinery.

Happy Wash will engage the viewer and celebrate joy and stimulation of the senses. The Happy Wash team, along with some very keen volunteers, will create an unforgettable experience for all Nocturne enthusiasts! Not to worry… you won’t get wet!

Motion Activated (Page One)Veronique MacKenzie with Lukas Pearse & Susan Tooke 1790 Granville St.

Motion Activated (Page One) incorporates the use of animation, shadow, and live performance to break down the intriguing collected movement memory of a dancer. The collaboration team of visual artist Susan Tooke, electro-acoustic composer Lukas Pearse, and dancer/choreographer Veronique MacKenzie have created a piece which flows between the visual three- and two-dimensional planes. Page One is a section from a larger project, which will be presented in its entirety in 2012. The intention is to present mini-sections of the final performance in a series of flipbook ‘page’ performances over the two-year creation and production process, with each of these sections standing on its own merits as a performance and installation piece.

Phantom Limb Charley Young 1360 Barrington St., beside and behind the Old Burying Ground

Phantom Limb is a medical phenomenon whereby a patient with an absent or amputated limb still feels the sensation of the missing body part. These sensations can be of extreme and haunting pain that continues to resonate as if the appendage were still present and attached to the body. In recent years researchers have discovered unique visual methods that allow the patient to mirror a non-missing limb, onto the place where the missing limb would have been, instantly relieving the patient of this phantom pain.

Phantom Limb will recreate disassembled historic Halifax.

charleyyoung.com

Photo Booth Scott Munn Alicia Melanson Hair and Makeup, 1725 Barrington St.

Participants will be able to enter the photo booth and by operating the remote trigger, make a self portrait. The photographs will instantly be displayed on a television screen positioned below the studio on the sidewalk of Barrington Street.

This project is dedicated to exposing our relationships with both public and private spheres, amplifying the immediacy and instantaneousness of our private life becoming public. This is a representation and conceptualization of the growth of social media and how it has forced us to re-examine the value we place on our own privacy.

photomunn.com

Rotating MushroomsYoung in Lee TD Bank, 1785 Barrington St.

A pair of giant mushrooms is rotating at the bank. This non-gallery space has been selected by the artist to create more irony and sarcastic humor in the context. The idea of mushroom series is engaging with viewers with aggressively sexual objects. The purpose of it is to make viewers feel embarrassed and this bashful moment is the point the artist meets with viewers through the art work.

Stereo Dreams Peter Stephenson Stereo Studio, NSCAD Academy Building, 1649 Brunswick St.

This piece is a stereoscopic non-narrative animation piece, shot using stop-motion techniques and assembled digitally. The imagery is constructed of a combination of everyday objects interacting with miniature sets to create a dreamlike feeling. The scale and relationships of the objects are manipulated to evoke feelings of unease and yet also be playful. There is no specific narrative, but viewers will experience a sequence of events that may provoke a feeling or emotion. The film will be shown in NSCAD’s stereo studio, a unique space designed to create and exhibit stereoscopic content.

(WE) ARE HERE Secret Theatre (Dustin Harvey & Erika Hennebury) Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1588 Barrington St.

(WE) ARE HERE – a performance made by hand

You walk into a room. There is a projection screen at one end. You sit between two performers with live video cameras. They begin to manipulate the equipment using stencils, balloons, markers and post cards. In doing so, they create imagery to tell you a story.

(WE) ARE HERE follows a lovesick woman who is far away from home, separated from her lover with whom communication is falling apart both literally and metaphorically. It is a homesick and heartbroken drift over landscapes, across oceans. It is a love letter to those people who need to feel a little less alone.

dustinharvey.com

Photo Credit: Shelley Mansel



Were We Here We Were Stewart Legere & Stephanie MacDonald with Louisa Adamson Obladee Wine Bar, 1600 Barrington St.

Artists Stewart Legere and Stephanie MacDonald spend the night in their Twitter factory (created by designer Louisa Adamson) where your fleeting thoughts become works of art and gifts to be given. Send a tweet from your home computer or mobile device including #werewehere in the message, then visit them as they toil away in their laboratory trying desperately to transform the random thoughts of strangers into tiny works of art.

anna Leonowens galleryNSCAD University, 1891 Granville St., University gallery

Gallery 1, Equine Studies, Susan McEachern, faculty solo exhibition Gallery 2, School for the Contemporary Arts, Reece Terris, Visiting Artist Gallery 3, NSCAD student projects

Named after NSCAD’s Victorian founder – the feisty heroine of The King and I – the Anna Leonowens Gallery is the public exhibition space and resource centre on campus. Three public galleries are devoted to the exhibition of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design, and curatorial projects generated exclusively within the university community. Weekly exhibitions primarily feature student work, with occasional shows by faculty members, visiting artists, curators, and two-week graduate thesis projects. www.nscad.ca

You Are Halifax Nathan Patterson Citadel Hill National Historic Site, behind Old Town Clock, Brunswick St.

Keep your eyes peeled; your name could be in lights tonight. You Are Halifax is a multimedia installation created by Halifax-based artist Nathan Patterson. This installation is directed at you, the viewer. It is your chance to put a little highlight in someone’s day. Situated atop Citadel Hill adjacent to the clock tower, facing Brunswick Street and the lower downtown district of Halifax, a variable message board will be displaying uplifting messages addressed randomly to citizens of Halifax. Be sure to let your friends and family know if you spot a familiar name.

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argyle fine art 1559 Barrington St., Commercial gallery

Arizona NEON: New Work by Angela CarlsenArgyle Fine Art is located at the old Carsand Mosher location on Barrington Street so it seemed fitting to have 2 exhibitions referencing photography. In the main gallery, Arizona NEON will highlight new mixed media works by Angela Carlsen-who actually worked at Carsand Mosher many years ago. Carlsen photographed the neon signs she saw along Route 66 on a recent road trip. They represent an earlier time when the majority of signs were designed specifically for the owner, making them one of a kind.

In the main gallery windows, enjoy an interactive LARGER THAN LIFE LIGHTBRITE – its colourful “lights” are made up of reused 35 mm film canisters. argylefa.com

Young PrayerWilliam Robinson St. Matthews United Church, 1479 Barrington St.

Young Prayer is a result of my attraction to figures from various musical genres that have performed the act of guitar smashing as a form self expression and exhibitionism. By recreating the physical act of smashing an electric guitar outside of its original performative context as a repetitive and predictable motion – via an electronic pulley system – it is my intention to: 1) reveal the clichéd and predictable nature this action has adopted over its relatively brief history, as well as 2) commemorate the historical lineage and unique auditory effects an action such as this can create sonically.

art 1274 Hollis 1274 Hollis St. Artist-run co-op

Our co-op art gallery will be presenting works of 21 artists featuring original paintings, jewelry, pottery, and sculpture. View the artwork as you enjoy the refreshments while being entertained by our gallery harpist. Artists will be on hand for demos, silhouette portraits and you might even see an appearance by Van Gogh or other famous artists.

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1313 HoLLis 1313 Hollis St. Non-profit music/art space

Land-escapes The unionofpainters presents a proud celebration of the ground to which we’re bound, an exhibition of paintings and drawings revealing the beauty that surrounds. Land-escapes features work by artists with strong connections to Halifax and Nova Scotia including Kyle Jackson, Andra Striowski, Kat Frick Miller, and Marc Brzustowski. This event will display work that explores our connection to geography and the role of painting and drawing in memory and reference to place. The show also features the return of “sharpie-love” free five minute portraits and live music all under the same roof at 1313 Hollis, the home of creative music in Halifax.

art gallery of nova scotia 1723 Hollis St. Public Gallery

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is Atlantic Canada’s largest art museum. During this year’s Nocturne event the Gallery invites the public to experience selections from its permanent collection through ongoing exhibitions A View from the Atlantic, Red and Show of Hands: Folk Art of Nova Scotia. On temporary exhibit during Nocturne are Synaptic Connections: Art and the Brain and The Sobey Art Award Shortlist Exhibition

Photo Credit: Shelley Mansel



art sales & Rental gallery AGNS, 1723 Hollis St. at Cheapside Commercial sales & rental gallery

We invite you to take this opportunity to view the talent of 240 active Maritime artists, both emerging and established, brought together in one location. Media includes paintings, photographs, and original prints. Open until 11pm, refreshments and sweets included. View works by feature artist Tony Meyers, along with our extensive art collection available to view, buy or rent.

The Art Sales & Rental Gallery exists to benefit the permanent collection of the AGNS and to promote Maritime artists by offering quality artwork to the public.

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eyelevel gallery, the Centre for art tapes and Videospread Granville Mall, Granville St., Temporary Exhibition Space

n.n, HD AnimationEyelevel Gallery and the Centre For Art Tapes host Céline Jouenne, Directing Manager of Videospread (Marsailles, France) in a month-long program bringing together three curators, three artists and three public sites throughout Halifax Regional Municipality. All three curators will be working with artists who explore the degradation, juxtaposition, or technical implications of the moving image, set in relation to the photographic image. For Nocturne 2011, this project will highlight a large scale public projection in Granville Mall of work by Michel Klöfkorn presented by guest curator Céline Jouenne. At the same time the exhibition of the three featured works will be presented at Eyelevel Gallery animating the three off-site projections. eyelevelgalery.ca & centreforarttapes.ca

gallery Page and strange 1869 Granville St., Commercial gallery

Drew Klassen: new Works & tom Hammick: new WorksGallery Page and Strange is a contemporary gallery located in the Historic Granville Square, in downtown Halifax. Close to NSCAD University, the gallery is situated within the cultural district of the city. Victoria Page and Victoria Strange began the gallery in 2005. The Victorias, as they are known, are both alumni of NSCAD. The gallery showcases established and emerging artists.

New works by Drew Klassen and Tom Hammick will be featured. Klassen’s new work derives from his observation of Cuban resorts, Mediterranean towns, Canadian suburbs, and abstract expressionism. Tom Hammick’s work is inspired by the writings of poet Elizabeth Bishop. pageandstrange.com

Halifax City Hall 1841 Argyle St., Parade Square Temporary Exhibition Space

On behalf of Mayor Peter Kelly and Halifax Regional Council, the Halifax Regional Municipality is pleased to present an exhibition of work from artists shortlisted through the third annual Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program. The evening of Nocturne will mark the final opportunity for the public to view the exhibition and a special opportunity to see those works that have been selected for purchase through this year’s program.

The 2011 Shortlist: Valerie Salez, Scott Bertram, Juan Ortiz-Apuy, Aimée Henny Brown and Yorodeo.

the Hub 1673 Barrington St., Temporary exhibition space

The Hub is an open office, a meeting space and a place to start up or carry on your work as well as host new ideas and initiatives. The Hub cares about people, our local and global community and making the world a radically better place to live. Stop in and say hi!

Painter Jenny R. Johnson presents Bookends, a series of works which capture the radiance of the sun on the horizon, and describe the fleeting moments of both the emerging and the final natural light of the day.

Photographer Michelle Doucette explores the seemingly truthful, yet idealized story-telling nature of family photography in Family Album, a series of carefully composed and sequenced images selected from her own family history.

Big sky studio one 1678 Barrington St. Photography studio

Big Sky Studio One will be showcasing the fine art photography work of Steve Richard and Brent McCombs.

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Dawson Printshop 1895 Granville St. Print shop and letterpress studio

The Letterpress Gang at the Dawson Printshop promotes the old craft of handprinting with type. The print shop will be open for tours, printing demos, and a show & sale.

Nocturne patrons will have the opportunity to print their own keepsake on an antique hand-powered letterpress. This exhibit is in collaboration with the Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio where a second part of the design can be printed. Participation at both locations is encouraged, but not necessary in order to walk away with a beautiful hand-printed piece!

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Discovery Centre 1593 Barrington St. Temporary exhibition space

Bubbles on BarringtonThrough an assortment of lighting, luminescence and – of course – bubbles, Discovery Centre will present an installation art piece by the Discovery Center Collective that will engage young & old alike. Children’s artwork from our ‘Paint with Music’ science camps will also be on display.

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Photograph courtesy of Steve RichardImage: Drew Klassen, tangle 8, oil on canvas, 40” x 48”

Photo: © Michelle Doucette



inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress studio 1658 Market St. Commercial boutique & letterpress studio

Letterpress Printing open HouseA recent addition to the downtown shopping scene, Inkwell is a purveyor of specialty paper goods, handmade goodies, and custom letterpress stationery from around the corner and across the world.

Nocturne patrons will have the opportunity to print their own keepsake on an antique hand-powered letterpress. This exhibit is in collaboration with the Letterpress Gang at the Dawson Print Shop where a second part of the design can be printed. Participation at both locations is encouraged, but not necessary in order to walk away with a beautiful hand-printed piece! inkwellboutique.ca

saint Mary’s University Business Development Centre 1546 Barrington Street, Temporary exhibition space

something to Believe inWe all need something to believe in. By working with priority youth in HRM through personal reflection, expression, communication and goal setting, the Saint Mary’s University Business Development Centre, along with Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE SMU) have developed this unique sharing experience involving mandalas. The mandala, or ‘circle’, appears in all aspects of life – earth, sun, moon, family, friends & community. Many people consider the process of creating a mandala to be a healing experience, representing the central point of an individual’s innermost being. We hope you enjoy reflecting on the personal journey of these wonderful youth from Project U-Turn. smu.ca/smubdc

ViewPoint gallery 1272 Barrington St. Artist-run photographic co-operative

SEEKING DUENDE: Halifax FlamencoViewPoint Gallery is an artist-run photographic co-operative. Its October show, SEEKING DUENDE: Halifax Flamenco, is a year-long collaboration between the artists of ViewPoint Gallery and the Halifax Flamenco community. Guest curated by visual artist and long-time dance photographer Holly Crooks, it explores the breadth of a vibrant local flamenco scene and the scope and spirit of the flamenco art form in a dynamic suite of work by photographers Anne Bastedo, Keith Cossey, Anne Launcelott, Sandy Leim, Cathy McKelvey, Allan Neilsen, Laura Siddiqui, Joseph Szostak and Monika Wright. viewpointgallery.ca

the Khyber institute of Contemporary arts 1588 Barrington St. Non-profit artist-run centre

Left Wing TicsThis exhibition will look at a new series of work by Montreal-based artist Stacy Lundeen entitled Left Wing Tics, it will explore the notion of political and personal ideology through the invention of a secular icon – the left wing. This work will explore the idea that good works and intentions are frequently remolded as pathetic, and that failure often reflects nobility, or vice versa.

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nova scotia archives (ns Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage) at the Roy Building 1657 Barrington St. Temporary exhibition space

Barrington Street ca. 1957Barrington Street is often considered the heart of the city. In 1957, filmmaker Margaret Perry captured Halifax in her Nova Scotia Information Service film CITADEL CITY. This clip explores Barrington Street as a shopping district and meeting point for Haligonians. Shops and restaurants are featured as well as views of Grand Parade and street traffic.

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Image: Docking by Stacy Lundeen, photographImage: Monika Wright, Silhouette

the spot @Connections Halifax, Pop Up exhibition space 1221 Barrington St., Artist-run exhibition space

A series of collaborative workshops has brought artists and musicians together with local mentors to launch a vibrant space for artistic creation called The Spot. Our “pop up” gallery exhibits visual art and musical performances demonstrating the artists self expression, creativity and resilience. The Spot @ Connections Halifax will showcase the unique perspectives and passion for art-making of emerging artists and musicians.

“ Look out beyond that wide open window, The night don’t rush and it don’t look back, Grab your courage and climb out to meet it, There is beauty when the world seems black.” Wide Open Window, The Spot

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Port Curatorial anchor Project Marginal Rd., Halifax Seaport

Join Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Mary E. Black Gallery, NSCAD University’s Port Loggia Gallery, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, the Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market and the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 at Marginal Road in Halifax for an enlightened evening of curated art exhibitions and one-night-only art projects.

World of Circus at the seaport Atlantic Cirque

Experience the magic and mystique that is the World of Circus at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market outdoor stage, featuring an awe-inspiring performance series of belly-dancing, hula-hooping, fire-breathing interspersed with gravity-defying aerial ballet performed on trapeze, cerceau, fabric, rope and diamond, suspended 20 feet in the air.

In these unique, ethereal acts, the performer uses the apparatus to wrap, suspend, fall, swing, and spiral their body in an exciting display of strength, creativity and flexibility. These performances will leave you “walking on air”!

The performance will take place circa the North End of Seaport Farmers’ Market, by the Samuel Cunard statue.

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367 pages of Google search Claire Hodge

This piece is a collection of all search results obtained by entering the words “Art Is” into the Google search engine. The definitions range from absurd to predictable, from erudite to commonplace, from poetic to mundane. The scope of the responses yields intriguing insight in the many different and often-contradictory ideas people have about art and its purpose. However, this compilation re-imagines these separate speakers as a unified collective: out of many disparate voices, a chorus is created.

The piece also highlights how the Internet, by providing a level playing field for all opinions, has a role in redefining our conception of authority and knowledge. The democratic ideal of the web is both celebrated and questioned.

Tourists Lucas Steinman

Tourists is a series of life-sized mechanical pop-ups. Each year, thousands of tourists drift into the Halifax Port, and for many, this corridor is their only point of contact with the city. With cameras drawn, the culture of the city is reduced to harbourfront kiosks, tall ships and seagulls. A history is constructed through their lenses - only Halifax’s history is not in the residual artifacts, but in the individuals who leave those artifacts behind.

3 Halifax Icons Marie Koehler

Three Halifax locations are instantly recognizable to people living in Halifax – George’s Island, the Halifax Public Gardens and Citadel Hill. Global warming is a personal issue for each of us in Atlantic Canada; there is no escaping it and only a small chance of ameliorating it if we act now. A projected metre rise in sea levels means coastal communities must move and rebuild. Our economy will collapse. Where we have always had an abundance of fresh water, we will experience drought, famine and social disorder. 3 Halifax Icons is a video projection showing in the windows of the Halifax Farmers’ Market and shows the beginning of the environmental disorder.

Candy-Coated Mary-Anne Wensley

Walking in the vicinity of Marginal Road between Garrison Brewery and Pier 21, I will be wearing a coat of many gumballs and offering them up to passers-by. A gumball, chosen by the recipient, will be extracted by cutting into the membrane and squeezing it out of the coat. These gestures – offering a gumball, handing over scissors, cutting into the coat – are intimate exchanges. This performance is in keeping with the mood of the carnival: excessive consumption, absurd costuming, reveling in the street… it is playful and humorous, but the gestures associatively hint at something more sinister.

interactive sculptures in Clay: Coiling & Hand-Building NS Potters Guild

You’re invited to roll up your sleeves, add a coil or two, and decorate one of four large sculptural vessels that will emerge organically as the night evolves. Members of the Nova Scotia Potters’ Guild will demonstrate throwing and offer guidance on the use of stamps, textures and surface design options at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design (NSCCD) at 1096 Marginal Road. See our ceramic studio in action and join the creative process of sculpting in clay. Photos of the completed pieces will be shared with interested participants shortly after Nocturne concludes.

Migrant Sounds Gerard Choy

The genesis of this project lies in phrase books written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for Cantonese migrants to North America. The phrase books contained English words and sentences that were transcribed into English-sounding Cantonese words, making unfamiliar sounds familiar, the alien closer to home. The installation highlights this negotiation with English through a selection of classic movie lines and their transcriptions into Cantonese sounds. Next to a muted video loop of each scene, the phonetic transcription of the classic line into Cantonese words that approximate English sounds is projected and the audience is invited to work out these classic lines in this manner, experiencing how migrants would have wrestled with a new linguistic and sound environment.

Chalk Walk Jason Skinner

Chalk Walk is a long processional mural that unfolds throughout the night on the paved spaces that run along Marginal Road. Using a combination of glow-in-the-dark chalk and chalk pastel the mural-trail flows organically from the Garrison Brewery to the Railcar before Pier 21, directing spectators through other Nocturne events in the area. The trail progresses, as does the subject matter, drawing from the commercial, cultural, and historical significances of the space.

QRyou? Leola LeBlanc

QRyou? is a locative media, public intervention, and digital hacking event using QR codes and “data-bending”. Armed with a mobile phone, users visit locations seeking QR codes posted at various Nocturne venues or that appear on strangers wearing QR printed t-shirts. Scanning the barcodes with a camera-enabled mobile phone reveals links and data that connect to a projected computer image. When users scan and send data back to the main computer the projected image file gets corrupted. During the course of the evening the corruption progresses based on user participation, transforming the pristine image into a collaboratively created form of Glitch Art.

Are you the one, the top conspirator to bring down the image? The more you find, scan, and send QR codes the closer you get to becoming Nocturne’s Next Top Manarchy!


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Lantern Making: Retro RecyclingNova Scotia Basketry Guild

Berry-box Lanterns are a little-known Halifax craft. In the 1950’s ‘young folks’ made these 3-dimensional lanterns with discarded wooden strawberry or raspberry boxes, a few wire twist ties, and a real candle. Hung outside on the clothesline, they lit up summertime backyards. Strings of colourful surveyor tape were sometimes added to the corners as streamers! Sponsored by the NS Centre for Craft and Design, members of the Nova Scotia Basketry Guild will demonstrate and help you make your own berry-box lantern to take home at the Halifax Farmers’ Market.

Canadian Museum of immigration at Pier 211055 Marginal Road, Museum

Revolutionizing Cultural identity: Photography and the Changing face of immigrationThe Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 celebrates and shares the Canadian Immigration experience by honouring the unique stories of immigration past and present. Until October 31st, the Museum will be hosting Revolutionizing Cultural Identity: Photography and the Changing Face of Immigration. This exhibition features 11 photographers from across North America and explores the relationship between immigration and cultural identity through provocative contemporary photography. Visit www.pier21.ca for more on the exhibition, and for details on exciting activities being held this evening.

Maples gallery 1475 Lower Water St. Commercial gallery

Fireflies at Night New to Nocturne, the recently opened Maples Gallery features the work of local and Canadian artisans. Peek into the window and watch as Holly Carr paints a silk painting in the darkened Gallery at Maples. In the background, watch as Kathryn Gordon and Nancy Allen work their magic (just like fireflies) using coloured glass and torches, creating one-of-a-kind jewelry and unique glass creations such as ‘Wood Nymphs’. Their flames will make Holly’s work dance in the window! Maybe she will paint you in her painting! Just like fireflies, their work won’t last.

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Maritime Museum of the atlantic 1675 Lower Water St. Museum

Alone: Isolation on the Sea The Museum and NSCAD art students will once again be working together for this year’s Nocturne Festival. Whether it was manning a lonely lighthouse, or taking a cramped journey across the vast Atlantic Ocean, isolation has been a common theme found in our Maritime history. The work of first year arts students interpreting that theme will be displayed alongside projections of the museum’s own collection of ships portraits. The first level of the museum will remain open for viewing including Hello Sailor: Gay Life on the Ocean Wave.

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Mary e. Black gallery 140-1061 Marginal Rd., Public gallery

The Making of History and Artifacts: The Photography of John Cooper Robinson from Meiji Japan (1895-1919) Curated by Robert Bean, this collection provides an exemplary opportunity to explore the unique journey of the first Canada-sponsored Methodist missionary to enter Japan. In this ‘east meets West’ story, significant places, people, and features of Japan’s entry into the modern era are recorded which share insight into historic conditions of human existence. Robinson’s glass negatives, tinted lantern slides, albumen, and early silver gelatin prints are outstanding artifacts illustrating the evolution of this then ‘new technology’. They offer a visual and physical record of this rich experience while inviting an affective encounter with the intersubjective narratives of culture and temporality. craft-design.ns.ca

Disorder in CourtArtsExpress Law Courts Building, 1815 Upper Water St.

The Supreme Court will be open to the public and will host several spectacular Nocturne events: Performances of the comic opera Trial by Jury, a Gilbert and Sullivan and Youth on the Radar co-production, which deals with a breach of promise marriage lawsuit set in an actual courtroom. Team Possibles will be performing Electric Ballet Vignettes, while sporting ‘fascinators’ inspired by the Royal wedding. The Courthouse is also revealing a mosaic mural in the upper foyer, a reflection on the theme of Truth, by youth from Spryfield, which was guided by artists Renee Forrestall and Miro Davis.

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West of NeverfailCourtney Kelsey & Zachary Barkhouse Svitzer Canada Wharf, 5051 Salter St.

West of Neverfail is a visual exploration of the harbour situated on the waterfront tugboat dock. The film, created with footage gathered from the tugboats prior to their relocation to another port, will be projected onto the front of the Salvage Shed, which once held equipment used for recovering stricken vessels. It combines slow, patient visuals with an immersive soundscape that will be projected into the night amid the ambience of the harbour.

You are here.Ella Morton Halifax Waterfront between Sackville St. & Marginal Rd.

You Are Here is an interactive walk along the waterfront in Halifax, where participants follow a series of glow-in-the-dark arrows and phrases posted on the ground and on the sides of walls and railings. The phrases are mysterious and reflective statements intended to create an appreciation of the mutability of the city, the ocean and the immediate surroundings. They work both individually and as a whole, to make a poetic and celebratory experience of a nighttime walk in the city.

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Image: Holly Carr, Fireflies at Night, paint on silk

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novascotian Crystal 5080 George St. Commercial Gallery

Magicians and Alchemists on the Waterfront NovaScotian Crystal is dedicated to preserving the old ways of making crystal and has attracted the attention of several Old World craftsmen with the same ideals. Along with preserving comes sharing, and our Canadian craftsmen and apprentices are learning the skills needed to become future master craftsmen. As well, all of our trained craftsmen are introducing a new audience of collectors to the value and beauty of traditionally mouth-blown, hand-cut crystal. During Nocturne, we will be creating crystal for visitors to see. They can tour the glassworks, sample apple cider from crystal glasses, and shop from the splendid array of finished pieces. novascotiancrystal.com

Port Loggia gallery nsCaD University 1107 Marginal Rd. University gallery

Migrant Sounds (i) Port Loggia will be hosting Migrant Sounds (i), a media installation by Gerard Choy. The genesis of this project lies in phrase books written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for Cantonese migrants to North America. The phrase books contained English words transcribed into English-sounding Cantonese words, making unfamiliar sounds familiar, the alien closer to home. This installation highlights a negotiation with English through classic movie lines and their transcriptions into Cantonese sounds. Through phonetics, the audience is invited to work out these classic lines, experiencing how migrants would have wrestled with a new linguistic environment. nscad.ca

seeds gallery NSCAD University, 116-1099 Marginal Rd. Commercial gallery

Seeds Gallery is a year-round shop for student and alumni work. Our goal is to provide a commercial venue for students and alumni, to promote a diverse range of artistic practices, and to enhance the Halifax art community. The new 1000 square-foot street-level gallery features a clean, contemporary design aesthetic, and is located in the Annex Building, directly across the street from the Port Campus. NSCAD is the only visual arts university in Canada to offer students and recent graduates

studio 21 fine art 1223 Lower Water St. Commercial gallery

ARTStudio 21 Fine Art Gallery exhibits original contemporary art and has been providing artwork to private and corporate collectors locally and internationally for 27 years. The gallery represents over 50 established and emerging artists from eastern Canada and beyond. During Nocturne, the gallery will feature a screening of the video ART. The 4-minute video ART features a song by Tanya Davis and a video manifesto on the subject by Andrea Dorfman. Screenings will run every half hour starting at 6pm (6:30, 7:00, 7:30…). Also on display will be recent work by gallery artists: Vanessa Paschakrnis (sculptor) and Marilyn McAvoy (painter). studio21.ca

Image: Andrea Dorfman & Tanya Davis, ART, animated video, 4 minutes

great craftsmanship is a blend of talent,

skill and hard work, valued for its beauty,

longevity, and quality. every home we build

is a work of art – an investment that

stands the test of time. because true

artistry is not just something you see,

it’s something you feel.

welcome home.

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Ursa Major’s Visit Ilan Sandler Citadel Hill National Historic Site Anchor Project

Viewers entering the Halifax Citadel’s Parade Square will see the glowing outline of a large bear suspended in the east corner of the courtyard. The sculptural form is made from a combination of LEDs marking the star points of the constellation Ursa Major and light-weight polycarbonate and reflective fabric components. Both western and First Nations cultures identify this constellation as The Great Bear. In the Greek myth, Zeus protects his lover in bear form from a hunter’s arrow by placing her in the sky. Here the trials of the Great Bear are far from over; in Mi’kmaq and Iroquois stories Ursa Major must contend with a set of hunters in hot pursuit: seven in the spring when the constellation is fully visible in the night sky, and three by October when four stars have dropped below the horizon.

Many civilizations have projected stories onto the constellation and this installation imagines another. In Ursa Major’s Visit, the Great Bear peers down at the earth from the northern sky and is intrigued by the unusual star-shaped form of the Citadel. A meeting point of the earthly and the celestial, the Citadel appears to Ursa Major as an invitation to resume her terrestrial form. For this special Nocturne event, she drops one foot into the courtyard. While Ursa Major visits she may shed some light on the transcultural interpretations of her past.

BiographyIlan Sandler has shown his sculptures, installations, and videos internationally and across Canada and has completed public art commissions in Toronto, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Busan, South Korea. He also installed the public sculpture A Departure in Lethbridge in 2009 and The Vessel in Toronto in 2011. In September he completed a large public artwork called What’s Your Name? for North Toronto Collegiate Institute and is developing The School Chair for the Halifax Regional Municipality. During the summer of 2011, Beach Chair was in Aarhus, Denmark, for the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. He has received numerous awards, including grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Nova Scotia Department of Culture.

In 2011, Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th birthday as the world’s first national parks service. To recognize this occasion, Parks Canada is inviting Canadians to come celebrate at its places across the country. The Halifax Citadel NHS is pleased to participate in Nocturne as one of our centennial events. For more information about special centennial events and regular activities, please visit parkscanada.ca/halifaxcitadel or twitter.com/ParksCanada_NS.

En 2011, Parcs Canada, premier réseau de parcs nationaux au monde, célèbre son 100e anniversaire. Pour marquer l’occasion, Parcs Canada invite les Canadiens à faire la fête dans ses lieux partout au pays. La Citadelle d’Halifax est ravie d’accueillir les participants de Nocturne en honneur du centenaire de Parcs Canada. Pour en savoir davantage sur les activités spéciales du centenaire et sur les activités habituelles, veuillez consulter le site Web à l’adresse parcscanada.gc.ca/halifaxcitadel ou twitter.com/ParcsCanada_NE.

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Convergence Caley MacLennan 5410 Spring Garden Rd. (between DAL Architecture & Design building and the Courthouse)

3D filmmakers literally set the canvas in their photographed landscape by determining where their cameras will intersect. This point of intersection is referred to as the point of convergence. For his installation, Caley MacLennan explores the concept of convergence, not only in space, but in time and relationship between viewer and subject. As live actors roam through the installation, they will appear to interact with actors projected onto a screen in 3D. Viewers will be encouraged to both watch the projection through a designated viewing station and explore the space with the aid of anaglyph 3D glasses. threedeeclub.blogspot.com

Fathom Arcana IRiSs Laboratories Marine Theatre, Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer St.

As an experimental analysis of the perceptual experience of depth, Fathom Arcana tests both marine as well as psychological depth: the mysteries of the sub-marine and the secret knowledge held by the sub-conscious. IRiSs Laboratories utilize highly experimental inter-modal perceptual projection technologies to enable and operate this “depth simulator” which, while safe for all ages, may induce deeply unfamiliar sensory stimulation. Please be advised that for this IRiSs Laboratories experiment, all visitors are to be considered Test Subjects.

No prior scuba diving or psychoanalytic experience necessary.

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MedusoZOA Nicole LeBlanc & Melissa Schwegmann Classroom HB2, Dalhousie Architecture Building, 5410 Spring Garden Rd.

MadusoZOA is a kinetic installation, abstractly simulating the fluid movement of a jellyfish in water. As a jellyfish contracts and pulsates, its extending tentacles float behind as illuminated traces of its body’s movement. MadusoZOA evokes these traces through a similar hypnotic drift. Multiple strands of fiber optic tentacles slowly sway together. Illuminated from within, the glowing tentacles create the illusion of a large organism suspended in a dimly lit space. Each tentacle houses a device to trace the movement onto paper, translating the sweeping movement into a series of physical marks, and constructing a visual memory.

Sculpture In the Park Dominique Cruchet Grounds behind the Spring Garden Memorial Public Library, Brunswick St.

In an homage to legendary documentary photographer Eugène Atget, French artist Dominique Cruchet presents projected stills of Parisian neoclassical park statuary on a variety of surfaces. A project organized by the Confederation Centre Art Gallery as part of Art in the Open 2011 in Charlottetown.

The Consulate General of France in the Atlantic Provinces is happy to support this artistic event.

Le Consulat général de France dans les provinces atlantiques est heureux d’appuyer cet événement artistique.

Think Tank: Machine for Everyday Poetry Ben Gallagher & Zoe Nudell CBC Building, 1601 South Park St.

Half carnival side-show half spaceship wreckage, all intrigue. What DOES that machine do? Parked underneath the CBC alcove facing the Public Gardens, steam bursts and blinking lights keep watch over the intersection. Don’t be shy, step inside and explore the mysteries of the Think Tank. Will you leave amused, confused, revitalized, dissatisfied, full to the brim with poetry? Hopefully.

a Hidden gallery 1469 Birmingham St. Commercial photography studio & gallery

Visions of Peru by Robert Calnen and Metalworks by stephen PattersonThe upstairs gallery will feature an exhibition by photographer Robert Calnen. Child portraiture, personal versus professional styles, long-term appreciation, visual impact, mood, and artistic content will be open for discussion. The lower gallery will feature an exhibition of Peru by Robert Calnen and work by Steven Patterson exploring of the weathered details of man-made metal surfaces that have been abandoned to the elements. The theme of this exhibition is inspired by abstract art, in particular Abstract Expressionism and post-WWII ‘Action Painting’.

Cheryl Reid O’Haga, well known Nova Scotia Harpist will be playing at A Hidden Gallery. calnenphotography.com

?Hive? Ruth Marsh Victoria Park, Spring Garden Rd. & South Park St.

A viewer may initially be attracted to ?Hive? by the buzzing sound it gives off; a faint light emitting from its small entrance issues an invitation to cautiously peer inside where a small screen plays a video of the ?hive?’s former occupants, and the scent of abandoned comb still lingers in the air. ?Hive? is an attempt to put Humpty Dumpty back together again; we can see and smell the bees and touch their hive but what we are experiencing is a simulacrum. What actually happened to the bees is a mystery; what remains exists as a testimony to their absence.

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Le jardin en hiver Robert Finlay & François Gaudet Front Gate, Halifax Public Gardens, Spring Garden Rd. & South Park St.

Le jardin en hiver sets a text by Robert Finley against François Gaudet’s video rendering of rapidly sequenced still images of light-painted forms and of the Halifax Public Gardens. It depends on a disjunction between the immediacy and pace of François’ light-painting sequences (with their insistence on a vital and fleeting presence, the pulse of a city), and Robert’s meditation on the Garden and its incremental changes.

Photo: Emanuel Jannasch


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Love, Me Boutique 1539 Birmingham St. Commercial gallery

Love, Me Boutique is a carefully curated shop selling exclusively Canadian handmade goods for wearing, living, and giving. Original paintings are mixed with prints, pottery, glassware, textiles, handbags, clothing, stuffed toys, and cards. Love, Me Boutique is art & craft for the creative and the curious. Join us the night of Nocturne to celebrate the art of the handwritten letter. Check www.lovemeboutique.ca or @lovemeboutique on twitter for up-to-date details.

Museum of natural History 1747 Summer St. Museum

The Museum of Natural History will remain open until midnight during Nocturne, with all exhibits available to the public. The Museum is pleased to be home to the first Science on a Sphere in Canada. The Museum will offer a live show every half hour featuring the best of what this digital projection unit can do. See live weather, air traffic, facebook connections, and so much more as the Museum of Natural History shows you the world in a whole new light.

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nova scotia archives (ns Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage) 6016 University Ave. Public exhibition space

Now&Then: archives+artThe potential for artists’ use of archives is vast. Using material from the Nova Scotia Archives’ vaults, four artists (Aimée Henny Brown, Nick Brunt, Andrew Michael Fleming & Therese Bombardier) working with different mediums will create pieces that serve as an echo of the past. The province’s documentary heritage (maps, photos, film, documents, audio recordings, and more) will be interpreted through the artists’ vision and incorporated into new and exciting works that blur the line between now and then, new and old.

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3 faces of Realism, Hosted by nova scotia archives (nsDCCH) The Chase Room, Nova Scotia Archives, 6016 University Ave. Public exhibition space

3 Faces of RealismThree different approaches to realism, spanning two mediums (painting and sculpture), will be showcased by three highly accomplished realists. Works range from traditional landscapes and garden scenes by David Howells, through the High Realist Maritime and wildlife scenes of Al Bergin, to the unique mixed media, primarily figurative, sculptural work of Kristie Sheehy.

oUteast film festival Radio Room, CBC Radio Building, 1599 South Park St. Temporary Exhibition Space Alternating shows between 6pm-midnight3 Faces of Realism

The OUTeast peepIN featuring Krista Davis, Cari Tangedal, Kim Sheppard, and Nolan Natasha Pike. OUTeast, Halifax’s new Queer Film Festival, presents the OUTeast peepIN, a pair of alternating video installations where science, magic, religion, and politics meet in dueling matches as the peep show curtains rise. OUTeast is dedicated to presenting the very best in queer independent cinema from around the world to our community in Halifax. We are committed to showcasing work that will challenge, educate, and unite our audiences, and to celebrating artistic excellence in the medium of film.

saint Mary’s University art gallery5865 Gorsebrook Ave., University gallery

27 x DougManitoba photo-based artist Larry Glawson is known for his contemplative portraits of queer couples and families in their domestic environments. This 30-year retrospective represents Glawson’s career through portraits of Doug Melnyk, his lover of 30 years. Curator J.J. Kegan McFadden brings together photographs and video works from some of Glawson’s most famous series, including Family Album (1983), The Anonymous Gay & Lesbian Portrait Project (1992 to 2005), and home bodies (2002-ongoing), to present a ‘queer revisionist history’ of Glawson’s career thus far. 27 x Doug underscores Glawson’s ability to blend the quotidian and the sublime in evocative portraiture. SMU.ca

Zwicker’s gallery5415 Doyle St. Commercial gallery

VISIONS: Contemporary First Nations Art & its early European receptionAn exhibition of contemporary art by Aboriginal and Inuit artists, including paintings, prints, sculpture and artifacts. Films of First Nations art and artists will be shown throughout the evening. We hope to have the noted Mi’maq artist Leonard Paul present for a demonstration of his art depicting ancient Mi’maq legends. Incorporated in the show are a number of prints by 18th Century European artists illustrating the European view of the First Nation peoples, including the Noble Savage idea popularized by French Philosopher JJ. Rousseau. zwickersgallery.ca

Image: Larry Glawson Untitled (Doug & Larry wallpaper), 1983 split toned silver print

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Steven Naylor & Others in Concert, An Open Rehearsal for NocturneSaturday, 15 October, 7pm and 9pmDirections to Gallery from Bus Stop: Walk west on Gorsebrook Ave to Loyola Bldg (Follow blue path lights)

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Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery 5865 Gorsebrook Avenue, Halifax. 902-420-5445. [email protected] - 5pm Tuesday - Friday 12 - 5pm Saturday - Sunday. smuartgallery.ca


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Black BoxAnnik Gaudet & Katharine Vingoe-Cram Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen St.

Black Box draws from aviation history to create a multi-layered installation exploring traditional narratives of progress. A tetrahedral kite is suspended in the Bus Stop Theatre, glowing like a beacon in the dark space. It calls to the audience to step forward into the darkness and experience the visual and auditory effects of the installation. The space is charged with an electric feeling of enigma and history. The meaning of Black Box is two-fold: on one hand, a standard theatre, on the other, an aircraft recording device.

It Was a Dark and Stormy NightA Dark and Stormy Night Writing Collective: Stephanie Domet, Sue Goyette & Joanne Kerrigan The Company House, 2202 Gottingen St.

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night is an interactive installation featuring six stations relating to making stories. Get inspired by live mix Waxing Eloquent as you play post-it poetry, sit in to a typewriter’s blank page, seek advice at The Poet Is In, project your acknowledgements into the street, and, if you dare, read your originalwork on our open stage.

Pool Party Natalie Boterman & Matthew Carswell Centennial Pool, 1970 Gottingen St.Centennial Pool is a non-profit organization. Non-profit organizations rely

heavily on public funding and support in addition to government funding. At a time when cuts to programs and operating budgets are commonplace and underpaid and volunteer staff are forced to do more with less, it is important to celebrate the programs and facilities which have and continue to maintain themselves. This project seeks to explore the building’s architecture by activating the East and West facing windows as temporary projection screens.

The artists recognize the support of the Province of Nova Scotia through the Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage and are pleased to work in partnership with the Culture Division to develop and promote cultural resources for all Nova Scotians.

Image: Joanne Kerrigan

Strangers in the NightLisa Lipton, featuring numerous local artists & musicians Seasons by Atlantica Restaurant, Hotel Atlantica, 1980 Robie St.

Strangers in the Night is an installation & performance which investigates the effect of lounge music, a type of mood music meant to evoke in listeners the feeling of being somewhere beyond their own reality, where sentiments for ‘lovers’ and/or ‘soothing the soul’ might arise. Strangers in the Night looks to question the stereotypical nature of a ‘romantic’ lounge scenario by shifting idealized roles and creating a space for the critique of social & cultural constructions of gender, offered through the dynamics of a palatable lounge performance as they are adorned to become strangers in the night.

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afCooP – the atlantic filmmakers Cooperative101-5663 Cornwallis St., Artist-run co-op

FILM-E-OKE – Come Play a Role! With a selection of script excerpts from famous Hollywood films, an assortment of props, and stock fellow performers, members of the public will have the opportunity to choose the script they would like to perform on our virtual image and sound stage. Performances will be projected onto the street attracting viewers and new participants alike.

Shot Reverse Shot Shot reverse shot is a standard filmmaking technique for shooting dialogue between two people. Actors are filmed separately facing opposite directions and then edited together such that the viewer assumes they are looking at each other. Using dual live projection and audience participation, AFCOOP breaks down the simple illusion of shot reverse shot, allowing people to have unusual conversations with unseen partners. afcoop.ca

the ikebana shop6417 Quinpool Rd. Commercial gallery

Ikebana for Nocturne The Ikebana shop is dedicated to the promotion of ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement. Visitors will see different variations of the art and will hopefully get a better understanding of the Japanese aesthetic. Apart from custom arrangement services, ikebana lessons, and supplies, the Ikebana shop also offers a variety of authentic things Japanese. mirochi.com

Lost & found2383 Agricola St. Commercial gallery

Ikebana for Nocturne La Vierge Miracle is an exhibition of photographs by Geordie Mott examining the convergences between Catholic and Vodouisant cultures during one of Haiti’s most important religious festivals, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. While the Catholic church disapproves, most Haitians do not see a dichotomy between the church and their Vodou beliefs and practice both. Here at the spectacular twin 100 foot high waterfalls in the town of Saut-d’Eau, pilgrims of both faiths journey to bathe in the waterfalls for luck and offer gifts of rum and candles to have their prayers and pleas answered from both the Virgin Mary and her Vodou incarnation Erzuli Dantor.

Megan Leslie’s Community gallery1-2207 Gottingen St. Temporary exhibition space

nova scotian Watercolours by Maurice d’entremont Maurice d’Entremont was born and raised in Pubnico, Nova Scotia in the 1930s and he is the latest artist to be featured at Megan Leslie MP’s Community Art Gallery. Moving with his wife to Spryfield in the late ‘50s and working for the Department of National Defence for 31 years, it wasn’t until Maurice’s daughter gave him the retirement gift of a watercolour kit that he began painting as a hobby. Maurice’s paintings are realism in watercolour with a focus on Nova Scotian landscapes and wildlife, exhibiting stunning detail and beauty. meganleslie.ndp.ca

MsVU art gallery166 Bedford Hwy., University gallery

Lisette Model: a Performance in Photography & Rubbish RubbishMSVU Art Gallery highlights the achievements of contemporary Nova Scotian and Canadian artists, often in the early stages of their careers. Join us for the opening reception for two exhibitions. Curated by Stefan Hancherow, Rubbish Rubbish is a group exhibition in which cardboard boxes are the foundation for each piece. Artists include Chris Foster, Kate Walchuk, Zeke Moores, Nicole Raufeisen and Ryan Witt. Opening in the adjacent gallery is Lisette Model: A Performance in Photography, curated by George Steeves. The mid-20th century photographer is equally renowned for her shoot-and-run portraits of strangers and her mystification of her own life story. A curator’s talk for Rubbish Rubbish, and an opening reception for both exhibitions will begin at 5 pm. msvuart.ca

eyelevel gallery, the Centre for art tapes and VideospreadEyelevel Gallery, 2159 Gottingen St., Artist-run centre

3X3X3Eyelevel Gallery and the Centre for Art Tapes host Céline Jouenne, Directing Manager of Videospread, in a month-long program bringing together three curators, three artists (David Frankovich, Michel Klöfkorn and Julie Louise Bacon), and three public sites throughout the HRM. All three curators will be working with artists who explore the degradation, juxtaposition, or technical implications of the moving image set in relation to the photographic image. For Nocturne 2011, this project will highlight a large scale public projection in Granville Mall of work by Michel Klöfkorn presented by guest curator Céline Jouenne. At the same time the exhibition of the three featured works will be presented at Eyelevel Gallery animating the three off-site projections.

fReD. beauty food art2606 Agricola St. Commercial gallery

FRED. beauty food art was established in 2004 by Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling. It is an affordable luxury destination, combining a salon, café, and art gallery. Built on social consciousness, FRED. beauty food art is committed to making its brand, products, and services available to everyone. FRED. beauty food art has established many community and not-for-profit partnerships with an emphasis on creating opportunities for inner city youth, the arts, and an environment where small business can thrive. For this year’s Nocturne festival, FRED. art presents a photographic exhibit by Hannah Thomson. Hannah grew up in Halifax and moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1999 where she currently lives and works as a photographer. Fredsalon.ca

Hydrostone gallery5519 Young St. Commercial gallery

JOURNEYIn celebration of its 60th anniversary, the Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia is mounting an exhibition with the theme of JOURNEY at the Hydrostone Gallery during the month of October. In keeping with the theme, Guild members will illustrate the journey from raw materials to pieces of jewelry by demonstrating a variety of techniques for manipulating metal. Demonstrations will run continuously in the Hydrostone Pocket Park across the street from the Gallery.

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Image: Geordie Mott, La Vierge Miracle (Cleanse), Digital C-Print, 20” x 30”

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secord gallery 6301 Quinpool Rd. Commercial gallery

Secord Gallery primarily represents well-known Nova Scotian artists who work in a broad variety of media. For Nocturne 2011, we will be presenting an exhibition of new paintings by Lorena Ziraldo with the theme of viewing art in galleries. Lorena Ziraldo was born in Italy and raised in Canada. She completed her BFA in painting at NSCAD University in 2000, and is now highly regarded for her narrative figure paintings, which are always filled with insightfully chosen colour, beautiful brushwork, and a sense of compelling mood. A selection of new works by other gallery artists will also be on display.

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turnstile Pottery Cooperative Ltd. 2733 Agricola St. Artist-run co-op

Turnstile is a cooperative group, providing access to a shared ceramic studio and gallery shop to its members and the community since 2001. Join us to view new work by the current members, including Lily Meadows, Rosanne Tanner, Bethany Riordan-Butterworth, Dorota Forfa, Jenny Morton, Elizabeth Woodyard, Christine Waugh and Jyelle Vogel. While visiting the studio, participate in making a festive clay craft and take away a keepsake ceramic pendant.

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Image: At the Gallery by Lorena Ziraldo 22 X 28 Oil on canvas


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Redemption of the Dark side alderney Landing anchor Project

Curated and produced by Kim Farmer Alderney Landing

Look at HerOn the Market level

Artists Krista Comeau, Jenna Marsh, Dana Eileen, Meghan Whitton, Mal Ryan, Cherakee Stoddard, Kylee Nunn, Angela Gzowski and Christina Arsenault explore the theme of the photographic self portrait in the 21st century. This exhibit will be curated by Kim Farmer and Christina Arsenault.

analog stereograms from synthetic space!In the Alderney Theatre

Robert Drisdelle and Heather Rappard, by means of plugging things in the wrong way, have created a complex, interactive audio/visual installation and performance space. Put on a pair of 3D glasses (provided) and come see and hear the sound affect the picture and the picture affect the sound in a psychedelic projection at Alderney Theatre.

Wheelies ReInvented: Redemption of the Dark SideAs the giant disco ball spins, the GORIFIED recreation of the north Dartmouth roller skating rink Wheelies comes to life. Members of the

Halifax Roller Derby Association are contributing to this public skate, inviting roller skating enthusiasts to have a spin around the indoor Alderney rink while grooving to music from the 70’s and 80’s. Nothing is as it seems because these skaters are returning to Wheelies with a macabre twist...inviting guests to re-live a true Dartmouth experience...the “Snowball” will never be the same again. Over 200 pairs of the original Wheelies skates will be available to rent free of charge!

Performers include: Belladonna Lily, Sarah Chaotica, Lass Vicious and members of the Halifax Roller Derby Association, Colleen MacIsaac and members of Vile Passéist Theatre & DJ Rewind.

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east Coast tango societyIn the Alderney Rotunda

Performing high quality Argentine tango, Todd Thompson and members of the East Coast Tango Society will be dancing and offering ½ hour dance classes for the public. Live music will be provided by Rhapsody Quintet.

Canal street Potters15 Canal St.Commercial gallery

Clay Bursting Out for NocturneCanal Street Potters at 15 Canal Street, Dartmouth, next to the Dartmouth curling rink, is a micro sample gallery bursting out for Nocturne with an extensive exhibition of pottery (Functional, Sculptural and Decorative, Stoneware, Porcelain and Raku), and featuring the work of 6 Potters Passionate about Clay: France Arruda, Judy Gordon, Kathy Kepkay, Iris Patterson, Carol Smeraldo, Cyndi Yeatman. Watch and try throwing on the potter’s wheel. Imprint your hand on one of our pottery tumblers to make it your own and choose a glaze.

Craig gallery at alderney Landing2 Ochterloney St. Non-profit gallery

CourageThe 13th annual Mosaic for Mental Health Art Exhibit and Sale Courage will be featured at the Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing. This exhibition will consist of 6” x 6” individual works of art responding to the theme of Courage. Tiles are priced at $25 unframed/$55 unframed. All proceeds go to the Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax Dartmouth Branch. The Craig Gallery strives to develop awareness and support of visual arts in our community.

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Craig gallery Parking Lot2 Ochterloney St. Temporary exhibition space

RoadWorksAs a collection of images, Hannoh Minzloff’s RoadWorks is a social investigation of municipal labour, urban infrastructure and social class. The work the crews do is practical rather than ephemeral. The photographs represent the everyday moments when the ordinary person and the work they do become extraordinary.

alderneylanding.com & hannahminzloff.ca

Analog Stereograms from Synthetic Space!Robert Drisdelle and Heather RappardAlderney Theatre, Alderney Landing

Haligonian artists/multitaskers Heather Rappard and Robert Drisdelle, by means of plugging things in the wrong way, have created a complex, interactive audio/visual installation and performance space. Put on a pair of 3D glasses (provided) and come see and hear the sound affect the picture and the picture affect the sound in a psychedelic projection at Alderney Theatre. There will be musical and visual surprises and intrigue throughout the night, and no computers/smart phones/PDAs etc.

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RoadWorks by Hannah MinzloffOutdoors

An installation of nine 3’x6’ backlit photographs of summer road works crews will greet visitors to the circular parking lot outside the Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing. As a collection of images, RoadWorks is a social investigation of municipal labour, urban infrastructure and social class. The work the crews do is practical rather than ephemeral. The photographs represent the everyday moments when the ordinary person and the work they do become extraordinary.

other projects at alderneyOutdoors

• Illumination of the Haunted Sculpture in the Events Plaza• The Bluenose Ghosts Festival including the Fear the Darkness Haunted

House, entries from the Horror Movie Trailer Competition for Youth (screened outside on the side of the Haunted House)

• The Geary Street Cemetery Interactive Media Tour

Image: Carol Smeraldo Ancestor Boat 1 Raku and Earthenware Clay, 36cmx31cm

Image: Barbara Carter, Courage to Dream, 2011, mixed media, 6” x 6”

Image: Hannah Minzloff, Untitled, vinyl, 3’x6’


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Canis Latrans ThamnosZachary Gough Procession will move through the Nocturne Zones throughout the evening.

In April 2010, the Nova Scotia Natural Department of Resources introduced a $20 pelt incentive as part of a program to control the spread of the Eastern Coyote in Nova Scotia. Today, October 15th is the first day of the Coyote trapping season. By reanimating pelts acquired through this incentive, artist Zachary Gough will create a Coyote memorial procession. Keep your eyes open for this slow moving protest.

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Maintenance, Anthony Koutras Beginning at Pier 21, the night shift will move north through Zone 2, south through Zone 1, and then west along Spring Garden Road, performing maintenance along the route.

Maintenance is performed and installed during Nocturne by artist Anthony Koutras. Under the guise of a city maintenance worker, Koutras performs and installs custom photographic patch repairs intended to mend blemishes and flaws that are in need of repair within the cityscape. The photographic installations/performances are located in various sites throughout the Nocturne Zones.

Maintenance aims to engage the public through an evening of performance-based photographic installations. Additionally, the work explores subtle physical augmentations to the public environment, and employs the medium of photographic installation to create an ephemeral maintenance solution.

Mummering Samba-StyleSamba Nova Performing throughout the Nocturne Zones

Samba Nova, Halifax’s premiere Batucada Samba percussion band, presents a uniquely Atlantic Canadian spin on traditional Brazilian Samba rhythms by including the Newfoundland Ugly Stick, the fiddle, and other instrumentation. Join Samba Nova community band in roaming the streets of Halifax, singing and dancing to our own beat.

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Remote CornersCatharine Brown & Jeffrey Fish Corner of Prince St. & Granville St. at Province House; Corner of Marginal Rd. & Lower Water St.; Corner of Sackville St. & South Park St. at Public Gardens; Hydrostone Market, Corner of Young St. & Gottingen St.; Corner of Alderney Dr. & Queen Street, at Alderney Gate Ferry Terminal

The Remote Corners project aims to build sensory bridges between Halifax and five cities around the world. We record the sounds of the street there and transmit them, live, back here - superimposing the ‘vibe’ of busy life from five international city corners onto five corners in Halifax: thousands of kilometers away, yet only a short stroll from each other.

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Six White CubesNoah Derek Logan Travelling within the Nocturne Zones

What defines a space? What defines a gallery? Using the constructs of the white gallery space Noah Derek Logan has invited twelve artists to create projects for cargo vans. Each artist has been paired with another artist with a very different practice, and these six duos have been asked to create a unique, one-time piece utilizing the van as a container. The artists will utilize these spaces for display, performance and projection. These artist vans will be traveling through the city during the entire night, and it will only be by chance that you catch one of these unique projects.

Spartan Fall RunKaren Hawes, in collaboration with Spartans Running Team Various routes throughout Halifax; starting/finish line at Victoria Park, Spring Garden Rd. & South Park St.

Tonight, after dedicated running and cheer training, the Spartan Team compete in the Spartan Fall Run. October 15, 2011 is the culmination of several months in pursuit of a personal best time. While each team member starts and finishes on the same line, runners’ routes are individually determined. Based on ability, ambition, and self-effacing understanding of limitations, each of the Spartans run alone, cheering as they cross paths with one another. As we are challenged in our everyday lives to go it alone or stick together, Spartans are challenged by the obligations of being supportive team members versus the temptation to compete. Cheer them on; SOLITARY SOLIDARITY!

Megan LeslieMP for Halifax 1-2207 Gotti ngen St.Halifax, NS B3K 3B5

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