GUIDE Inside SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

GUIDE inside SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

VANISH

OPENING NIGHT THURS OCT 12, THE LOCAL MAIN EVENT SAT OCT 14, ALL OVER HALIFAX & DARTMOUTH 100+ PROJECTS, 6PM - MIDNIGHT, FREE, NOCTURNEHALIFAX.CA #NOCHFX

NOCTURNE’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THIS YEAR’S THEME: VANISH

hat a difference 10 years makes, amiright!? s a curatorial premise, the term VANISH On behalf of the Nocturne: art at night Board of Di- alludes to both the ephemeral nature of Wrectors, and all the organizing committees, we are Athe Nocturne experience and the shifting excited to welcome you to the 10th edition of Nocturne! focus that occurs as new or forgotten memo- I would like to begin by thanking our 2017 curators, ries are transposed over prevalent narratives Anna Sprague and Emily Lawrence, who offered up and pasts. VANISH is not erasure or removal, the provocative theme of VANISH for Nocturne’s but an act of distancing or blurring. VANISH 10th year and who masterminded the Halifax Public is slow magic — a camera lens slowly adjust- Gardens anchor site. I hope you will spend some time ing its focus. there, but also experience all the other amazing proj- In 2017, as we usher in a year punctuated ects that are hosted on both sides of our harbour! with celebrations of significant moments in An overwhelming ‘thank you’ to all the artists, com- Canadian history, it is important to take time munity groups, and galleries who have put long hours of to reflect on the complex nature of cultural planning and dedication into their projects. You should all feel remembrance. As a means to creatively dis- very proud! rupt the dominant narratives that have come I would also like to thank our hard working night-of volunteers who LINDSAY ANN CORY to define the city’s complex history, VANISH will be on the streets to help guide your way. A wholehearted ‘thank Executive Director seeks to re-envision familiar public spaces you’ also goes to our board members who work year-round to make @lindsayanncory throughout Halifax and Dartmouth as phan- this event a success. Thank you to our partners, sponsors, and tasmagoric alternative realities. funders, whose support is of undeniable value to the festival. Our poster, designed again by Pierre Tab- Nocturne 2017 has existed in our imaginations for the past 364 biner, is indicative of that foggy feeling one days and now it is yours to experience and take in. This year’s theme gets as a lens turns, and the subject comes aims at nudging you a bit forward into the realm of disbelief, was it to focus. As the night vanishes, Nocturne there? Or was it a dream? does too.

Anna Sprague Emily Lawrence Curator Curator Anna sprague is a performance artist, creative facilitator, and faculty Emily is an artist, facilitator, and community organizer. She has cu- member at NSCAD University. In tandem with a provocative use of rated and coordinated several projects on behalf of arts organizations, sculptural materials, bizarre props, and outlandish costumes, her art including Eyelevel Gallery and the PEI Crafts Council. She is currently practice explores collaborative performance, public intervention, and a member of Eyelevel Gallery’s Engagement Committee, and was a se- site-specific installation as a means of critically engaging with site and lected artist for the 2017/2018 NSCAD Community Studio Residency history. anna holds degrees in English Literature (Mount Allison Uni- at the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning in Dartmouth, NS. Her versity, Sackville, NB) and Fine Arts (Concordia University, Montreal, experiential approach to creating immersive environments, sculpture, QC) and has a love for lowercase letters and underwhelming coinci- and production design hinges on humour, food, and the senses as dences. conduits to the underlying feminist and cultural curiosities that fuels her work.

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MESSAGES

Board of Directors

Chairperson & Corporate Secretary Dary Jessome

Director (Treasurer) Diana Walsh

Director (Human Resources) Stephen Pamenter

Director (Programming) Kelly Markovich

Director (Communications) Lucie Taussig

NOCTURNE 2016 Director (Communications) Brianne Bezanson

Director (Marketing) Wynne Van Thielen

Director (Volunteers) Yeha Ahn

Director (At Large) Gabriel Soligo

STAFF

Executive Director Lindsay Ann Cory A message from the Premier A message from the Mayor Graphic Designer On behalf of the Province of Nova I’m delighted to welcome art en- Pierre Tabbiner Scotia, I am pleased to welcome thusiasts of all ages, interests, and you to the 2017 Nocturne: Art at experiences to Nocturne: Art at 2017 Official Photographers Night, one of Nova Scotia’s pre- Night 10th anniversary VANISH. Topher and Rae Studios mier events. Stoo Metz An evening of art and wonder, the Kylee Nunn Arts and culture are integral to festival brings art and energy to life in Nova Scotia: For centuries our streets offering an incredible Programming Committee they have inspired us, moved us, opportunity to experience Halifax entertained us, and linked us as com- and Dartmouth in a whole new light. Chris Shapones munities. Nocturne: Art at Night has Morgan Salter become a highlight of the art calendar in this We have a rich and vibrant arts and culture Katherine Nakaska province, introducing thousands of residents and visitors community here in our region and I encourage you to Adrian Fish to the beautiful, the innovative and the awe-inspiring. share in this celebration of our extraordinary art scene by Andrew Coll Our Province is proud to once again support Nocturne. taking the time to visit the many diverse galleries, artists, Grace Laemmler The festival brings art to public spaces and to a new and and organizations that make this event truly memorable. Ozana Gherman wider audience, helping to develop interest, awareness and understanding. I want to acknowledge, with gratitude, the artists for shar- ing their incredible works and commend event organizers, Congratulations to the organizers on your hard work to volunteers, and sponsors for making this highly antici- make 2017 another successful year. To Nocturne visitors, pated evening the great success it is! FOLLOW US ON I wish you great enjoyment of this unique celebration of art. SOCIAL MEDIA @NocturneHalifax HONOURABLE STEPHEN MCNEIL, M.L.A MIKE SAVAGE Premier Mayor @StephenMcNeil @MikeSavageHFX

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Opening Night!

Come one come all and celebrate Noc- turne’s 10th anniversary at our Open- ing Night Kick Off Party! Hosted by The Coasts Arts Editor, the great Tara Thorne and held at The Local (2037 Gottingen Street) there will be art, DJs, performances, and more! Sip on the exclusive Nocturne beer brewed by Pro- peller and get dibs on your Nocturne Guide, designed and published by The Coast, so you can start planning your Saturday night. We can’t wait to celebrate with you as Nocturne turns 10!

ALL ABOARD!

All aboard! Your favourite Ferry-oke hits the seas QUANTUM PANTOMIME 2016 this October 14th. Live out your dreams of rock’n’roll it all starts at the hub stardom! Join CBC’s Weekend Mornings Located at the Natural History Museum host Bill Roach on board as you belt out you favourite tune, shake a tambourine, and sway to the music – or the waves –while journeying across the Halifax harbour to experience all that Nocturne has to offer. Just $2.50 for the tunes and the tides! Follow us @HFXFerryoke on Twitter and Instagram! GET YOUR OFFICIAL NOCTURNE TEE GET Back and better than ever, we have part- RIDE THE FREE BUS YOUR SHIRT nered with Fresh Prints to bring our 2017 AT FRESH PRINTS & Nocturne branding to life in the form of a tee THE HUB shirt. Just $10! Nocturne will have two free, Support Nocturne and look cool at the same chartered Halifax Transit buses time. Sales are cash-only at The Hub or available to the public that will cash, credit, and debit are accepted at Fresh follow a route mapped out spe- Prints (2411 Agricola St). cially to stop close to Nocturne Once again we bring you The Hub: a place projects in Halifax. Grab a to start your Nocturne experience or to drop INFO group of friends and plot a spe- in on along your journey through Nocturne. Got a question about Nocturne? The Hub cial Nocturne route; no need to worry about Located in the Natural History Museum is not only a place to pass through, but it is A BOLD NEW BREW parking! Buses are wheelchair accessible parking lot (1747 Summer St), stop by to also a place to get in the know! We will have Make sure you get your hands on the brand and run approximately every 20 minutes with grab a bite to eat, see more art, buy an of- dedicated volunteers on site to answer your new Nocturne Black IPA brewed by Propel- the first bus leaving from Pier 21 at 6:00pm. ficial Nocturne tee, grab a guide, or get more questions about the festival and guide you in ler Brewing Co. This new interpretation of There will be Nocturne volunteers on the bus information. The Hub is a perfect stop to the direction of nearby projects. We will have the beloved Nocturne beer is sure to please! ready to answer any of your questions. You include on your path: there will be a ton Nocturne programs on site for you to pick up 100% of the profits from this beer go to- can even check out Alex Pearson’s Nocturne (and we mean it) of Nocturne projects at the and volunteers to help you guide your way! wards Nocturne so, if you are of age, make Project: D/A A/D while on board! Natural History Museum this year! sure you try one at your local bar or brewery! Turn to the back page in this guide to see the entire bus route!

project categories ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBLE ANCHOR PROJECTS GALLERIES Venue that has at least one wheelchair ac- Anchor projects are selected by our curator and relate themati- Galleries are an organization or business whose primary op- cessible entrance. The exhibition cally to this year’s curatorial direction. These projects are large- erations are the exhibition and/or promotion of visual arts and itself is wheelchair accessible. scale and, this year, they can all be experienced at the Halifax artists. This includes public and commercial galleries, artist-run Public Gardens. centres, artist cooperatives, university galleries, and museums. SEMI ACCESSIBLE During Nocturne, some galleries will offer additional programs Venue has one wheelchair accessible en- NOCTURNE SPOTLIGHT and activities, all free to the public. trance, limited access to exhibition (lim- Nocturne spotlight project! New this year, Nocturne organizers ited by stairs, gravel, etc.), and no wanted to plan a special project with a local artist: this year, that COMMUNITY GROUPS wheelchair accessible bathroom. project is “Trophy.” A pop-up city of stories, “Trophy” will light up Community groups are non-for-profits, cultural organizations, Projects can also be viewed or the Dartmouth waterfront with a constellation of tents holding businesses, and educational/historical institutions. They will co- experienced without entering a local stories of change. ordinate their own arts event or activity with the participation of building and are wheelchair accessible from artists or members of the community. its viewing point (e.g. a sidewalk). BEACON PROJECTS Beacon projects are artist-led works that are situated in public OPEN ARTISTS NOT ACCESSIBLE or publicly-accessible spaces throughout the urban centres of Open Artists is a new category this year that allows artists to re- Venue or installations are inacces- Halifax and Dartmouth. Beacon projects are facilitated through spond to an open call for projects. These projects are not juried sible to wheelchairs (due to stairs, the Nocturne organization and programming committee and se- by the organizers, but are inspiring works created by people from narrow entrances etc.) lected through a juried process. the community in response to the theme and to Nocturne.

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105. PUSHBACK HABIBA EL-SAYED Halifax Public Gardens - Front Gate 103. NIGHT, NIGH LIGHTBULB Pushing hundreds of pounds of clay through the 100. AURABOROS ANDREW MAIZE front gates of the Halifax Public Gardens, the artist KELLY ZWICKER Halifax Public Gardens - Bandstand invites the audience to assist in the labour required Halifax Public Gardens - Family Picnic Area night, nigh lightbulb is an experimental text-based for change and offers an opportunity for dialogue sur- Reflecting the ancient symbol of the ouroboros, collaboration that uses light, sound, algorithms, rounding race and Islamophobia. “Auraboros” is an installation in which both its shape improvisation, the alphabet, twitter, and the exquisite PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTERACTION and the sounds it produces are infinite. corpse to probe the nocturnal spectacle in the Halifax FAMILY FRIENDLY AUDIO • SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY Public Gardens. MOVING IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY • SCREEN ART 108. TOQOLU’KWETIJIK URSULA JOHNSON Halifax Public Gardens - Griffin’s Pond “Toqolu’kwetijik” is a Mi’kmaw term used to denote that a group of people (exclusive of the speaker of the term and the ones spoken to) are all engaging in a synchronized task within the context of work/ labour. Starting at 9pm, dancers wearing headlamps 106. RGB and carrying illuminated bow rakes will perform Ursula KHAN LEE Johnson’s sonic score — a performance piece that 101. BIPOC BUS: OUR MOVEMENT Halifax Public Gardens - Green space East of picnic uses the disorienting effects of darkness and disem- CAMILA SALCEDO area, South of Petite Allee bodied light to celebrate the hidden labour that has Halifax Public Gardens - Around the gardens in a bus Red, Green and Blue is a sculptural installation that shaped and maintained these longstanding Colonialist The “BIPOC Bus: Our Movement,” is a party bus filled uses filtered light to animate nature. Drawing on broad Gardens. with QTBIPOC and POC performers that will circle references of horizon lines and landscape art, Lee en- PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY around the Public Gardens honoring and celebrating ables passers-by to visualize the wind. unrepresented historical figures in our past. Peek and SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT UP Salcedo will be joined by the performers in exploring ideas of persona, re-enactment, celebration, reincar- nation, re-politicization, active decolonization and intersectionality through a collective voice and vision. PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY

107. SKY BLUE PINK URSULA HANDELEIGH Halifax Public Gardens - East Gate off South Park St ‘Sky blue pink’ is the term that the artist’s grandfather 102. IT’S NOT GOODBYE, IT’S I’LL SEE YOU LATER 104. OVERVIEW: EXPERIMENT 3 used to describe the pink hues that fill the blue sky of BRANDON HOLLOHAN ROBYN MOODY the setting sun. Paralleling the temporal and fleeting Halifax Public Gardens - Four locations on pathways Halifax Public Gardens - Green space off Grand Allee, nature of this hue, Artist Ursula Handleigh has used 109. WIND AND WATER WHISPERS “It’s Not Goodbye, It’s I’ll See You Later” is a sculp- West of Griffin’s Pond family archival footage to create a composite video STEPHANIE YEE tural installation comprised of beds made from soil. As live cameras feeding a 3D projection move togeth- installation “Sky Blue Pink” that is projected onto Halifax Public Gardens - Four locations throughout Over the duration of the evening, as the soft soil falls er and apart, up and down, the viewer’s perception of a thick blanket of fog that slowly drifts and seeps You’re in the Public Gardens. It’s dark. You can’t trust away, a bed becomes a mound, a blanket becomes their surrounding grows, shrinks, and distorts. through the gates on the North East side of the Public your sight or judgement. What invisible forces guide a shroud. MOVING IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY • SCREEN Gardens. you? SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY ART STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT UP AUDIO • FAMILY FRIENDLY

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122 110. 150 NUMBERS CARRIE ALLISON-GOODFELLOW 122. DRAMATIC CHANGES Park Lane Mall, 5657 Spring Garden Rd COMMUNITY GROUP 150 Numbers is an installation of 150 beaded brace- 117. WAIT OUTSIDE WITH Roaming Project - Learn more at The Nocturne Hub, lets that foreground First Nations histories since 114. LES CENT VISAGES ALL YOUR NECKLACES ON 1747 Summer St confederation. (THE HUNDRED FACES) MARTHA COOLEY accessible gendered public washrooms SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY SCENOCOSME: GREGORY LASSERRE & ANAIS Around the Halifax Public Gardens, 5665 Spring Dramatic Changes Anti Oppressive Improv Troupe will MET DEN ANCXT Garden Rd create spontaneous improvised performances at various Natural History Museum, 1747 Summer St “Wait Outside With All Your Necklaces On” is a mobile locations around Halifax. This interactive morphing artwork is composed of projection of a short film about a robbery at knifepoint PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY several faces from people. The visitors are invited to in which the projector and the screen are worn by two touch and reveal them. performers who follow each other slowly through the STILL IMAGES • MOVING IMAGES • PERFORMANCE city. AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • PERFORMANCE SCREEN ART • LIT UP SCREEN ART

118. AFTERMATH. ALTERED LIVES, ALTERED BOOKS COMMUNITY GROUP 111. D/A A/D UNITED WAY HALIFAX, AMANDA COLEMAN ALEX PEARSON Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Rd Nocturne Shuttle Bus, Learn more at the Hub accessible gendered public washrooms A continuous soundscape using an analog modular United Way connects with artist Amanda Coleman’s synth, while incorporating the ambient ‘noise’ aboard story of trauma and resilience. Together, we seek to the shuttle. engage, elevate, and explore story through exhibit and AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTER- creation. ACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY

119. BROKEN BUT NOT SHATTERED: LIFE AFTER THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION GALLERY Nova Scotia Archives Akins Room, 6016 University 123 Ave no washrooms 123. DRIFT - CIRCUS Visit Halifax neighborhoods in December 1917 SURVIVORS through previously unseen photos and personal ac- COMMUNITY GROUP counts experience life after the Halifax Explosion STUDIO IN ESSENCE LTD, CHRISTY SANFORD, 112. DEPTHS OF SORROW STILL IMAGES CANDICE J PRIOR , ELSPETH BULOCK, KARA MOTION ACTIVATED, LUKAS PEARSE, RICHARDSON, ANDREA CASEY, MICHELLE BARTELL, SUSAN TOOKE, VERONIQUE MACKENZIE JOY CONRAD 5th Floor, Halifax Central Library (view from outside), Studio In Essence, 1535 Dresden Row - Atrium on main 5440 Spring Garden Rd floor + Suite 203 No washrooms 115. ONE TO MANY : MANY no washrooms The tragic and haunting story of the Titanic’s maiden TO ONE The plane-crashed survivors watch the vessel drift away voyage is told through this large scale projection JULIA TUFTS in a hazy disbelief. Where are they now? Will they be mapping on the downtown core. Animation based on Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Ln found? Will they embrace the distance that separates historical photographs, dramatic video, and infrared An interactive virtual world projects into reality, ac- their past and present lives or will their stories just van- capture enable live dance performance to blend with cumulating layers of individual experiences. ish? Come and witness an aerial circus theatre set to the the abstract narrative, retelling a story of courage and MOVING IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION sounds of the rise and fall of the tides under the watchful the ensuing darkness of that fateful night. The immer- FAMILY FRIENDLY • SCREEN ART • LIT UP eye of the sun and stars. sive sound score draws the audience into the emotion 120 PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY of that dreadful night while underwater imagery pulls us down to the final resting place and into the “Depths 124. EPHEMERAL NIGHT SHIFT of Sorrow.” 120. CURLING VIRTUOSO EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY GROUP COMMUNITY GROUP SCREEN ART • LIT UP GEM (GRAPHICS AND EXPERIENTIAL MEDIA) LAB, Natural History Museum, 1747 Summer St DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, DEREK REILLY, JOSEPH accessible gendered public washrooms MALLOC, Eight artists(perhaps more), presenting work including Natural History Museum Parking Lot, 1747 Summer St street performance, original audio, ceramic, paintings accessible gendered public washrooms and photography. Come show off your curling broom chops, and make STILL IMAGES • MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • PER- beautiful music while you’re at it. FORMANCE • SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY 125. A FEW FEET OF EARTH 121. DETACHED OBJECTS COMMUNITY GROUP OPEN KARIN COPE 113. DIMENSION 116. ON FENCES KATE WARD Several GPS located single feet of earth or pavement DISRUPTING META PORTAL ANDREW PATTERSON Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Rd across HRM - visit The Nocturne Hub for more informa- AIRHORN & RUTH MARSH & JULIE HOLLENBACH Natural History Museum, Courtyard, 1747 Summer accessible gendered public washrooms tion, 1747 Summer St Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library St “Detached Objects” is a light art project that explores no washrooms Behold! AIRHORN, Michael Fong, and Mocean Dance “On Fences” is a performative poem that explores the the relationships between stone and human-lithic “A few feet of earth” explores the political ecology and are creating a Dimension Disrupting Meta Portal in the (de)valuing and (in)activation of public space through memory. hidden histories of several small squares of space in Central Library’s Paul O’Regan Hall. a phenomenological lense. Here words are. The body MOVING IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION HRM. MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • PERFORMANCE intones. An opening. SCREEN ART • LIT UP PERFORMANCE • ARCHITECTURE/URBAN PLAN- AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTERACTION NING SCREEN ART • LIT UP • TAKE AWAY ARCHITECTURE/URBAN PLANNING

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130. MAKING WAY FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY GROUP YMCA OF GREATER HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH The old South Park YMCA, Corner of South Park and Sackville St no washrooms The old South Park YMCA has vanished, but it’s making way for the new. Join us at the construction site for an interactive art project. STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY • ARCHITEC- TURE/URBAN PLANNING

132. ONE FIFTY / ONE THIRTY ONE GALLERY Zwicker’s Gallery, 5415 Doyle St no washrooms Zwicker’s Gallery is showing artworks that celebrate Canada’s 150th year, which is also Zwicker’s Galleries’ 126 131st year in business and in the art community. STILL IMAGES 131 126. A HARBOUR LOST IN TIME OPEN KATHRIN WINKLER Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer St accessible gendered public washrooms 135. RELATE, REPORT, REPEAT An activity based on large black and white phantasy ink - A GROUP EXHIBITION 138. VISUAL IMPACT USING A paintings reflecting the lost and found in the harbour and GALLERY LENS OF A CAMERA ocean waters. BRANDT EISNER, ANGIE ARSENAULT, ANTHONY GALLERY STILL IMAGES CLEMENTI, TREVOR VAN DEN EIJNDEN, IAN GILSON, BARRY BURGESS, STEPHEN PATTERSON, ROBERT LAURA KENNEY, CHRISTINE LAVOIE, DIANE RED- CALNEN 127. IGNIGHT DEN, STEVEN RHUDE, LYNETTE RICHARDS, KATHY A Hidden Gallery, 1469 Birmingham St COMMUNITY GROUP SEABOYER, ALAN SYLIBOY, EMILY WAREHAM no washrooms DAS Nova Scotia Archives, 6016 University Ave Photography with a passion Victoria Park, Spring Garden Rd and South Park St no washrooms STILL IMAGES no washrooms This group show is based on the theme of remembering, An audio-visual installation simulating the experience of memorializing, and learning from our history. 139. WALKING THE DEBRIS a wilderness campfire in an urban environment featuring STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY FIELD: PUBLIC GEOGRAPHIES interactive performances. OF THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT 136. REVISIONIST LAND- GALLERY UP SCAPES: LUMINARY REFOREST- Dalhousie Art Gallery, 6101 University Ave ATION accessible gendered public washrooms 128. LIVE PAINTING COMMUNITY GROUP The Dalhousie Art Gallery presents a suite of historic and GALLERY YOUNG NATURALISTS CLUB contemporary exhibitions that examine the effects of the MAHNAZ SOBHANI Natural History Museum , 1747 Summer St Halifax Explosion on local communities. HumaniT Cafe and Gallery, 1451 South Park St accessible gendered public washrooms STILL IMAGES non-accessible non-gendered public washrooms Reforesting the indigenous landscape of Halifax for one Come and meet and greet the artists. They will be doing night through a participatory approach making leaf paper live painting throughout the night. bag lanterns using real tree leaves for printmaking. STILL IMAGES 127 STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY 129. MADE IN ACADIE 133. PAINTING PEACE 137. SUNDER COMMUNITY GROUP COMMUNITY GROUP COMMUNITY GROUP ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE HALIFAX, CARBON ARC YMCA OF GREATER HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH, DALHOUSIE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS CINEMA, SHORTS BY FICFA Multipurpose room, 5670 Spring Garden Rd Ralph M. Medjuck Building, 5410 Spring Garden Rd Natural History Museum, 1747 Summer St no washrooms non-accessible gendered public washrooms accessible gendered public washrooms Immigrant and refugee youth have created paintings on An interactive exhibit that lets you experience a loss of Series of short movies made in Acadie and all selected by the theme of PEACE (Participation, Empathy, Advocacy, autonomy as you navigate through an unfamiliar space Festival FICFA. Presented with English subtitles. Community, and Empowerment). that disorients your senses. MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • FAMILY FRIENDLY STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY SCREEN ART FRIENDLY • LIT UP 136

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206. ARTS OF TEA, INTRODU- 212. NOCTURNE AT CING CHINESE TEA CEREMONY GOVERNMENT HOUSE COMMUNITY GROUP COMMUNITY GROUP SAWADEE TEA HOUSE, ANN LAUNCELOTT, MARIA NOVA VOCE DOERING, JOEY POIR, XING YEIER Government House, 1451 Barrington St Sawadee Tea House, 1871 Granville St No washrooms No washrooms Nova Voce, Nova Scotia’s Provincial Men’s Choir, per- This project demonstrates traditional means of tea prep- forms a variety of choral pieces from the standard reper- aration. toire to familiar Nova Scotia folk songs. AUDIENCE INTERACTION PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY 207. ENVIRONMENTAL ART AND 209 FASHION COMMUNITY GROUP 203. STRIVING FOR A LIGHT-BASED LIFE SALONSPA CONNECTION Life SalonSpa, 100-1592 Barrington St MARK HINES No washrooms NSCAD Academy Building and Citadel Hill, 1649 We will have a display of dresses created using recycled Brunswick St material, as well as art projects completed using bottle No washrooms. caps collected from the salon. 201. MONUMENT TO This work seeks narrative and creation from an audi- SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY EPHEMERALITY ence. The stark light shines from the top floor of DAVID BOURQUE, AVONDALE CONSTRUCTION NSCAD’s Academy Campus, a historic building on 208. HALIFAX CIRCUS The Dennis Building Parking Lot, 1740 Granville St, Brunswick street, to Citadel Hill, a historic gay cruis- COMMUNITY GROUP No washrooms ing spot and a dominant military installation. Halifax Circus, 1479 Barrington St “Monument To Ephemerality” is an ephemeral monu- STILL IMAGES • LIT UP No washrooms ment of Halifax in 2017. It is a monument to what Halifax Circus presents their annual celebration of circus was and what will be. It is built from the debris of the with the amazing fire show outside, astounding aerials in past (steel rebar), stands in the present (Nocturne), 204. THE ANNUAL GROUP SHOW the sanctuary, and intriguing student demos in the gym. and, ultimately, will vanish and be recycled into the GALLERY Don’t miss this amazing show that is seen by over 10,000 structures of multiple city construction projects. Teichert Gallery, 1723 Hollis St people annually. SCULPTURE/3D • ARCHITECTURE/URBAN PLAN- No washrooms PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY NING A salon-style juried exhibition showcasing a diverse se- FRIENDLY lection of fine art from emerging and established artists in our community. 209. I WANT TO BELIEVE STILL IMAGES COMMUNITY GROUP CURRENT STUDIOS, ELENA KUREVIJA, DYLAN 205. ARGYLE FINE ART PEMBERTON, JON EISENER, MATT LAMBERT GALLERY Current Studios, 1741 Brunswick St, 6th Floor CHRIS LITTLE, MIYOSHI KONDO, DAMIEN WEBB, No washrooms. MICHELLE SAINT-ONGE “I Want to Believe” is a fragmented digital media piece Argyle Fine Art, 1559 Barrington St asking viewers to examine their willingness to accept ab- No washrooms surdity at each encounter. 213. NOCTURNE AT THE IN THE WINDOWS: Bug Step presented by LoHiFi Pro- MOVING IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • NET- DAWSON PRINTSHOP ductions, WORK COMMUNITY GROUP IN THE MAIN GALLERY: Insecticide: Miyoshi Kondo, LETTERPRESS GANG, ALEX MACASKILL IN THE LOWER GALLERY: The Entomologist:Damien 210. NOCTURNE AT AGNS The Dawson Printshop, 2046 Brunswick St Webb and Michelle St-Onge GALLERY No washrooms STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis St Participants are invited to print a unique linocut created Accessible gendered public washrooms by Alex MacAskill of Fish Bone Prints. 202. NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER Variety On View – From contemporary to folk art, histor- STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY RYAN JOSEY ical to ceramics and interactive sculpture plus hands on FRIENDLY • TAKE AWAY Khyber Centre for the Arts + multiple flag poles activities in the studios. around the city, 1880 Hollis St STILL IMAGES 214. OJALA & NEW WORKS Accessible non-gendered public washrooms. The main GALLERY entrance is not wheelchair accessible, but wheelchair 211. NOCTURNE AT ART 1274 JOHN PERKINS, RON SHUEBROOK, JORDAN access will be available through the Granville Mall HOLLIS BROADWORTH entrance the night of the event. One wheelchair GALLERY Studio 21 Fine Art, 1273 Hollis St accessible washroom is available. ART 1274 HOLLIS, 1274 Hollis St No washrooms Third in a trilogy of Nocturne installations, “November, No washrooms Images that explore the sky as a metaphor for mind November” raises a new flag, in love and in protest. View for free or participate in hands-on ceramic tile glaz- are the subject matter of John Perkins’ exhibition. Also SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY ing and silhouette making for a small donation to the showing, new works by Ron Shuebrook and Jordan 205 SPCA while enjoying hot spiced apple cider to warm up a Broadworth. body on a cold night. STILL IMAGES STILL IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D

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215. SCAVENGER 222. VANISHING COMICS 223. WITNESSES TO A OPEN COMMUNITY GROUP NEW NATION AMY BRANDON HAL-CON COMMUNITY GROUP Fort Massey Church , 5303 Tobin St Boston Pizza Granville, 1858 Granville St HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Accessible gendered public washrooms No washrooms Government House, 1451 Barrington St Solo classical guitar and electroacoustic music by Amy Participate in a community comic drawing session. No washrooms Brandon, interspersed with an interactive sound installa- STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY A photo exhibit of 150 buildings in Nova Scotia predating tion where sketches become sound. FRIENDLY Confederation. AUDIO • PERFORMANCE STILL IMAGES

216. SHOWCASE 224. AD LIB GALLERY COMMUNITY GROUP 12 GALLERY MEMBERS NOSTOS DANCE COLLECTIVE ViewPoint Gallery, 1272 Barrington St The Old Apothecary, 1549 Barrington St No washrooms Accessible non-gendered public washrooms, “SHOWCASE” is a exhibition of contemporary photog- Nostos Collectives is a non-for-profit dance company raphy, presenting selections of the best work by View- based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This project brings togeth- Point Gallery’s exhibiting members. er local emerging artists and provids them with a creation STILL IMAGES opportunity to improvise and interact with other artists to create movement in the spur of the moment. 217. SPINNING SPUN PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY GROUP MORRIS EAST DOWNTOWN, AVIV DROR 225. M’MICHELE - ENTRE LES Morris East, 5212 Morris St DOIGTS No washrooms COMMUNITY GROUP A live stream projection of our daily work lives. The mo- FRANCOFEST, M’MICHÈLE tion and change of round forms as they are transformed, Grand Parade revealing the simple beauty of each. no washrooms MOVING IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY • SCREEN ART She is M’Michèle. She is a harpist working with a DJ. Glimpses of classical music vanish into beats: what’s crystal clear becomes blurry and the result is mesmer- 215 izing. AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY 219. TACHYON- RESTORING THE FUTURE COMMUNITY GROUP SPIRIT SPA, NSCAD Corner of Salter and Hollis, 5150 Salter Street #200 No washrooms The tachyon detector is built on a site steeped in history, the barrier between the present and past will be 221 breeched. Join our team as we peel back the veil of space-time. PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY

220. THIS CITY IS OUR CANVAS OPEN MELISSA SMALLRIDGE Barrington Consulting, 1326 Barrington St No washrooms This series of photos looks to bring attention to the un- conventional canvas in a conventional setting. 213 STILL IMAGES 221. TRACE IMPRESSIONS 218. STEPS COMMUNITY GROUP COMMUNITY GROUP INKWELL BOUTIQUE THE YOUNG COMPANY OF HALIFAX DANCE Inkwell Boutique, 2011 Brunswick St Main steps to the Maritime Centre , 1505 Barrington St No washrooms No washrooms Make your own #fossil impression on paper using an An outdoor choreographic movement installation on the antique #letterpress. #TraceImpressions front steps of the Maritime Centre. STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIENDLY • TAKE AWAY

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300. COMPLETING PHOTOGRAPHY ANDREW JOHN MILNE Historic Properties, Centre Court, 1869 Upper Water St No washrooms 306 The Museum of New Ideas presents “Completing Photography” a traveling exhibition that explores the 306. EXPERIENCE ENAMEL curious world of Integral Photography through a series YOURSELF, WE FIRE IT ON! + of larger-than-life anachronistic optical machines. JEWELLERY EXHIBITION MOVING IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE COMMUNITY GROUP INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY NSCAD JEWELLERY STUDENTS, MENGNAN QU, YU 304. OPERA FROM SCRAP YO CRAFT SUPPLY + TEA HOUSE JANICE ISABEL JACKSON, ARIANNE POLLET- Yu Yo Craft Supply + Tea House, 1498 Lower Water St , BRANNEN No washrooms RBC Waterside Centre, 1871 Upper Water St During the firing, enamel powder vanishes and becomes No washrooms a solid glass surface, glossy or matte. Each visitor can “Opera From Scrap” is an interactive opera by Janice apply their own creative enamel colour arrangement to a Isabel Jackson, transformed into a phantasmagorical copper plate. It will be fired during the evening, collected, 302. INTER-HARBOUR creature in real time by Arianne Pollet-Brannen. and made into a collage work. No registration needed. COMMUNICATION CO. AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • SCULPTURE/3D NSCAD jewellery exhibition is located on the other side SARAH MOSHER, BEN MOSHER AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY of the space. Halifax Marriott Harbourfront, 1919 Upper Water St, SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY Accessible gendered public washrooms FRIENDLY Reimagining and rediscovering early inter-harbour communications through a playful and interactive experience. AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTER- ACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT UP

303. LONG AND WHITE, THE ROAD TWISTS LIKE A SNAKE TOWARD THE FAR-OFF BLUE PLACES SARAH BURWASH Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Main Boat Shop, north building Bay, 1675 Lower Water St Accessible gendered public washrooms Sarah Burwash’s “Long and white, ‘The road twists 301. TO AIR IS HUMAN like a snake toward the far-off blue places’” presents 307 EVA ROMITA an animation projection in the Maritime Museum of 305. RED SKY AT NIGHT Pedestrian Boardwalk on the Halifax Waterfront, the Atlantic that takes us on a journey down a road ANNIK GAUDET 307. FUNCTIONAL ART Halifax Waterfront that blurs the lines of past and present local histor- CSS Acadia, Halifax Waterfront GALLERY No washrooms ies through repetitive and circuital imagery that Accessible gendered public washrooms THE CRAFTSPEOPLE OF NOVASCOTIAN CRYSTAL Eva Romita confronts the secret history of arrivals and transforms the space into a surreal and immersive “Red sky at night sailors’ delight. Red sky in the mor- NovaScotian Crystal, 5080 George St departures linked to the Halifax Harbour in the instal- atmosphere. ning, sailors take warning.” No washrooms lation “To Air is Human.” MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • SCREEN ART • LIT UP STILL IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY Guided tours though the Glassworks of Canada’s only SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIENDLY • LIT UP maker of mouth-blown, hand-cut crystal. SCULPTURE/3D

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Come down to Pier 21 before Nocturne vanishes! Con- 314. SCULPTURES tribute to a vanishing quilt and peer into our colonist train COMMUNITY GROUP for passengers past and more. SOCIETY OF DALHOUSIE MUSIC STUDENTS, STILL IMAGES • MOVING IMAGES • PERFORMANCE • STEPHEN FEWER, PATRICK WU, RIANNA ROBIN- SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY SON, ROLAND SMITH, PERFORMERS FROM THE FRIENDLY DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY FOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water St , Accessible gendered public washrooms Students combine spoken word, musical composition, performance, and interactive lights to tell a story of loss, heritage, and perseverance. MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY

315 313 315. WATCH US VANISH 313. OH! CANADA COMMUNITY GROUP GALLERY NOVA SCOTIA POTTERS GUILD, ANDREA PUSZKAR, Mary E. Black Gallery, 1061 Marginal Rd MARLA BENTON No washrooms Centre for Craft and Design, 1096 Marginal Rd The Mary E. Black Gallery is hosting 30 works by 25 fine No washrooms craft artisans. Throughout the evening various artists will “Watch Us Vanish” invites Nocturne attendees to create 312 be ‘popping up’ in the gallery to chat with gallery visitors 500 clay Right whales - paying tribute to the whales that - follow the Mary E. Black Gallery on Twitter and check have been dying in North Atlantic waters. 308. HOW MANY TIMES MUST 310. NIGHT OFFICE their tweets for artist announcements. STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY THE CANNONBALLS FLY? COMMUNITY GROUP STILL IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIENDLY • TAKE AWAY COMMUNITY GROUP SCHOLA CANTORUM PEACE LEADERSHIP ACTIVISM AND ACTION FOR Historic Properties, 1869 Upper Water St YOUTH, CANDACE TATTRIE, KAYLA BERNARD No washrooms Historic Properties, 1869 Upper Water St Historically, ‘nocturne’ is a term applied to the Night No washrooms Offices and, since the Middle Ages, to divisions in the The cannons at Historic Properties will be shrouded in canonical hour of Matins. a veil of white poppies, transformed to remember all AUDIO • PERFORMANCE casualties of war. PERFORMANCE • SCULPTURE/3D 311. NOCTURNE AT CRAFT NOVA SCOTIA 309. LIVE MURAL PAINTING AT GALLERY THE HALIFAX HARBOURFRONT CRAFT Nova Scotia, 1061 Marginal Rd MARRIOTT Hand print a Canada 150 postcard! COMMUNITY GROUP STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • TAKE Halifax Marriott Harbourfront, 1919 Upper Water St AWAY Accessible gendered public washrooms Come and watch a live mural painting as the Halifax Mar- 312. NOCTURNE AT THE riott Harbourfront updates their public art canvas. MUSEUM STILL IMAGES • PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTER- GALLERY ACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY ANDREA TSANG JACKSON, JASON SKINNER Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1099 chemin Marginal Rd Accessible gendered public washrooms

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402. 360VR ART SLAM 408. MANIPULATION ON LIGHT lations spanning generations with a welcoming commun- GALLERY OPEN ity vibe. Nearby Planet, 2093 Gottingen St CITADEL HIGH STUDENTS, CATHERINE BRENAN, STILL IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTER- No washrooms NIK BRASK ACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY •AUDIO • PERFORMANCE Nearby Planet is engaging two local artists to create a Citadel High School, 1855 Trollope St work of art in Virtual Reality. No washrooms 411. PRISM MOVING IMAGES This project will involve a series of lanterns lined up in OPEN a grid-like formation creating pathways for the public to TRANSITUS walk through. Northwood, 2615 Northwood Terrace STILL IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTER- Accessible gendered public washrooms ACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT UP Step back in time to 1920s Halifax and choose your own adventure inside the “Prism” fun house. 409. NEW MURAL AT MOVING IMAGES • PERFORMANCE • FAMILY FRIENDLY MACKAY-LYONS SWEETAPPLE 400. FOLDED RIVER ARCHITECTS ALEX BALKAM, PASSAGE STUDIOS: THOMAS COMMUNITY GROUP EVANS & JONATHAN MANDEVILLE MACKAY-LYONS SWEETAPPLE ARCHITECTS LTD., Common Roots Farm, Corner of Bell Rd and Robie TREVOR WHEATLEY, COSMO DEAN St, No washrooms 403 MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, 2188 Got- “Folded River” is an expanded cinema installation tingen St, No washrooms presenting the perspective of an empty canoe float- 403. ARRANGEMENTS Come help paint a new mural on the MacKay-Lyons ing down a river. A landscape turns inward: time and GALLERY Sweetapple Architects Ltd. office with two Canadian art- place are enfolded. Two images converge producing a DEAN BROUSSEAU, SUSAN COOLEN, RENATE ists, Trevor Wheatley and Cosmo Dean. The mural will be third, unseen image; a vanishing memory. DEPPEE completed before Nocturne, while a small gathering in MOVING IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY Secord Gallery, 6301 Quinpool Rd the courtyard allows attendees enjoy music, hot cider/ FRIENDLY • SCREEN ART • LIT UP No washrooms hot chocolate, and provide an opportunity for people to “Arrangements” is a three person photographic exhib- meet the artists. ition. STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY 412 STILL IMAGES FRIENDLY • ARCHITECTURE/URBAN PLANNING 412. URBANOUROBOROS 404. COMMUNITY WOODSHOP 410. NOCTURNE AT NORTHWOOD OPEN SHOWCASE COMMUNITY GROUP FRANK FORRESTALL COMMUNITY GROUP ALEXIS MILLIGAN, RUTH-ELLEN JACKSON, JOY Plan B Merchant Co-op, 2181 Gottingen St HANDS ON HALIFAX PENNICK Non-accessible non-gendered public washrooms Hands-On Halifax, 6070 Almon St Northwood, 2615 Nothwood Terrace Stop-motion animated mayhem as a city is born, grows, No washrooms Accessible gendered public washrooms dies, and repeats the cycle ad-infinatum. Woodworking art and a chance to create your own candle This venue will host an array of performances and instal- MOVING IMAGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY votive. AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY

405. HOUSE OF SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GROUP SERPENTINE STUDIOS, LAURA SELENZI, MONIQUE RYAN, VANESSA FURLONG, ATLANTIC CIRQUE Serpentine Studios , 5527 Cogswell St No washrooms Serpentine Studios and Atlantic Cirque have combined forces to create a magical funhouse experience featuring circus arts and bellydance. PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY

406. I WON’T VANISH 401. ...LIKE A CRUMBLING WALL, COMMUNITY GROUP AIR CAME TUMBLING DOWN SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY OF NOVA SCOTIA, ANGELA HENDERSON ROBYN BADGER Empty Lightbox at Gottingen and Rainnie, Corner Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia, 5571 Cunard of Gottingen Street and Rainnie Drive St Unit 101, No washrooms No washrooms Filmmaker Robyn Badger will curate and facilitate editing ...like a crumbling wall, air came tumbling down is an a video comprised of 5 video artist with lived experience. installation that activates a defunct signage fixture. The video will be projected at SSNS. STILL IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • ARCHITEC- MOVING IMAGES TURE/URBAN PLANNING 405

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507. THE NATURE OF PORTLAND STREET COMMUNITY GROUP PORTLAND STREET BUSINESSES, DOWNTOWN HALIFAX BUSINESS COMMISSION Portland Street, Portland Street No washrooms Downtown Dartmouth’s Portland Street is transformed from urban village to urban wilderness. STILL IMAGES • MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY • SCREEN ART • LIT UP

508. NOCTURNE AT THE TRAIN- YARD GENERAL STORE COMMUNITY GROUP THE ASSEMBLY OF INK (VISH PURGASS), THE LUNENBURG MAKERY (RITA VAN TASSEL) Trainyard General Store, 53 Portland St 503. SECRET SELFIES No washrooms XOST (SECRET THEATRE) A collection of makers will be demonstrating and inter- Alderney Gate Library, 60 Alderney Dr acting with Nocturne Participants. Halifax Henna will also Accessible gendered public washrooms be doing henna designs along with the Lunenburg Mak- 500. TROPHY Dartmouth is hiding some stories that want to be ery doing an interactive needle-felting activity. SARAH CONN, ALLISON O’CONNOR, XOSECRET (SECRET THEATRE, HALIFAX), STO UNION heard. STILL IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • AUDIENCE INTER- Ferry Terminal Park, 88 Alderney Dr PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTERACTION ACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY • TAKE AWAY Accessible gendered public washrooms, Semi-accessible (rough terrain), The park has pathways throughout FAMILY FRIENDLY but some of the tents will be on hills and might be difficult to access by wheelchair. Volunteers will be onsite to assist. Fifteen light-filled tents, overlooking the Dartmouth waterfront and glowing with true stories of change.Trans- 504. AUTOMATOWN formed by you and featuring everyone we know. COMMUNITY GROUP AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • SCULPTURE/3DAUDIENCE • INTERACTION • FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT UP • TAKE LOHIFI PRODUCTIONS, THEO PITSIAVAS, CHRIS AWAY LITTLE LoHiFi Productions (Back Entrance), 16 Wentworth St No washrooms Welcome to Automatown, where fantastical worlds come to life through LoHiFi’s offbeat style of high and low tech automation. MOVING IMAGES • SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY 509 FRIENDLY 509. ‘THE MAGIC IN THE PATH 505. A GARDEN GATHERING I’VE CHOSEN’ IN PARIS GALLERY COMMUNITY GROUP WENDY BISSETT BEAVER KOKOMOD, PORTLAND STREET CREPERIE Dart Gallery, 127 Portland St Portland Street Creperie, 55 Portland St No washrooms No washrooms The Dart Gallery is showcasing new work from local KoKoMod Floral Design and Portland Street Creperie join favourite Wendy Bissett Beaver and invites all Nocturne forces to provide a magical and transformative experi- attendees to participate in the creation of a mural to be ence. painted on the side of the Dart Gallery. SCULPTURE/3D • FAMILY FRIENDLY 510. MOSAIC FOR MENTAL 501. INTER-HARBOUR 502. LUMIERE EXCHANGE: 506. MEMORIAL HEALTH - SEASONS OF COMMUNICATION CO. IT IS WHAT IT IS COMMUNITY GROUP CHANGE SARAH MOSHER, BEN MOSHER MELISSA KEARNEY, NELSON MACDONALD WASKO GALLERY Dartmouth Waterfront near Alderney Landing MacPhee Centre For Creative Learning, 50 Queen St, Grace United Church, 70 King St CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION Accessible gendered public washrooms Accessible non-gendered public washrooms Accessible gendered public washrooms Craig Gallery, 2 Ochterloney St Reimagining and rediscovering early inter-harbour A series of polaroids depicting the current state of See, hear, and feel the impact of the Halifax explosion Accessible, gendered public washrooms communications through a playful and interactive post-industrial Cape Breton, inspired by the much on Dartmouth through an immersive audio-visual display The Annual Mosaic for Mental Health is a powerful ex- experience. used idiom, “it is what it is.” and historical exhibitors. pression by our community’s artists of their own experi- PERFORMANCE • AUDIENCE INTERACTION STILL IMAGES • AUDIENCE INTERACTION MOVING IMAGES • AUDIO • PERFORMANCE • FAMILY ences with mental health in their lives and lives of their FAMILY FRIENDLY • LIT UP FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIENDLY • LIT UP loved ones.

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