Author Archive | ddjoyce

Lisa Lipton

High on a Hill, Lisa Lipton 2008

An article by Stacey Ho for ThingsofDesire.ca Sometimes love is just not meant to be. Trapped on two separate snowy mountains, a pair of alpine lovers in green attire yodel to one another above a howling wind. As their calls intensify, the storm subsides and the snow melts away. Heidi and her goatherd lover fade […]

Khyber Legends Cup, Michael Coolidge 2008

Khyber Legends Cup 2008 Exhibition: September 12 – 27, 2008 Opening Reception: September 12, 2008 at 7pm Tournament Registration: September 12 2008 Tournament: September 20 – 27 2008 Intent on exploring the structures and aesthetics of leisure-play in relation to art and public spaces, Calgary-based artist Michael Coolidge is organizing a knockout-style prize tournament in […]

FemFEST: Deep Lez Film Craft 2007

As part of this year’s FemFEST (Nov. 23 – 25) Deep Lez Film Craft: The Stuffed and Sticky Films of Freeshow Seymour will be screened at the CBC Radio Room. Freeshow Seymour is the tag-team alias for the collaborative works of Toronto filmmakers Christina Zeidler and Allyson Mitchell, who have been sharing their love for […]

Robert Hengeveld, Staging the Gap, September 8-October 20, 2007

In Staging the Gap artist Robert Hengeveld recreates an outdoor concert stage at a miniature scale, animating it with light and smoke. The effects are programmed by electrical circuits and triggered by an inaudible CD containing the Queen track Bohemian Rhapsody – a song chosen for its ranging style and its prevalence in Karaoke culture, […]

Candice Baldwin, Africville Reverberations, July 23-28, 2007

An exhibition of photographs that speaks to Halifax’s displacement of the former Africville community. Descendants of Africville were photographed standing in the location where their homes used to be. This image was then layered on an image of their current residence. The result was a dignified subject floating somewhere between past and present, between old […]

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