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Exhibitions
NOCTURNE Stacy Lundeen, Left Wing Tics NOCTURNE
Stacy Lundeen, Left Wing Tics Opens October 15th during †NOCTURNE† (Halifax’s art-at-night thing) Runs: October 24 – November 25th This 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 [...]
Jason de Haan & Miruna Dragan, The Wood and Wave Each Other Know
Daniel Bosch is a wildfire lookout in Northern Alberta, Canada. Every day, from April to October, he looks out upon the treetops from the eight by eight foot cabin of the tallest tower in the province. Dan is also a self-taught musician. While living in the woods, he crafted a cello from a solid block [...]
Lies That Tell The Truth, Curated by Suzanne Caines and Claire Hodges. Presented by CFAT
The Centre for Art Tapes and the Khyber Present Lies that Tell the truth: Local Curatorial Residency Inaugural Exhibition In 2010, the Centre for Art Tapes piloted its first Local Curatorial Residency for local emerging curators specializing in media arts. In this program the Centre supports curators as they uncover the intricacies of building a [...]
Eric Desmarais – “The Word Reflects the Noise of Past Contingencies” & Palimpsest ISSUE/03 Launch!: “THE WORKERS INSTALLING A WORK” Opens June 9 7pm. Runs through July 7, 2011
Eric Desmarais – Le mot traduit le bruit des contingences passées [“The Word Reflects the Noise of Past Contingencies”] The installation Le mot traduit le bruit des contingences passées [“The Word Reflects the Noise of Past Contingencies”] is based mostly on sonic concerns. Although its form and the elements used in it all point toward [...]
Hunter & Cook Issue No. 8 Launch and Group Exhibition – 03/11/2011
HUNTER & COOK ISSUE NO. 8 LAUNCH / EXHIBITION – MARCH 11TH / 2011 (7pm) Issue 08 features: Jeff Wall interview by Brad Phillips Robert Bateman interview by Aaron Carpenter Tyler Brett interview by Tony Romano Ron Giii by Rosemary Heather David Cordero by Emily Jones Projects by: Mark DeLong Rebecca Belmore Emily Vey Duke [...]
Great Job, You Did a Great Job – 02/14/2011 – 02/25/2011
Great Job, You Did a Great Job – 02/14/2011 – 02/25/2011 A grouping of solo exhibitions featuring: Maggie Boyd, William Vandermeulen, Allyce Holden, Annalise Prodor, Rian Davidson, Luke Norrad, Daniel Higham and Danika Vandersteen.
Come C.(Loser) Group Exhibition – 01/24/11 – 01/29/11
Come C.(Loser) Group Exhibition – 01/24/11 – 01/29/11 Hairbrushing, Cirlces - (Vida Beyer / Lisa Folkerson – Performance, multiple performers, variable duration, 2011) + Exhibition curated by Natalie Boterman Artists include: Vida Beyer Social Remorse Vol 1: Rejection Years (Printed book work, edition 60, 2010) A bookwork exploring the artist’s romantic life between the ages of [...]
Thank You!
We would just like to take this opportunity at the start of the year to thank everyone so much for coming out and supporting The Holiday Toast Fundraiser in December and for your patronage all year round. We enjoyed all of your company and look forward to another exciting year of art and community!
Data Cave/Gobble Gobble Membership drive Oct 9th!
This Saturday your old buddies in Data Cave will be stopping in Halifax fresh off their Pop Montreal experience on an East Coast tour with TORSO and the insanely violent-sounding AHNA from Vancouver: “Their sound ranges from being completely hypnotic to forcefully chaotic and unstable,” the band writes. First, the pair will be playing an [...]
Susy Oliveira: Your face, like a lone nocturnal garden in Worlds where Suns spin round!, October 16 – Nov 11, 2010
Your face, like a lone nocturnal garden in Worlds where Suns spin round! (Translated from French) It is from the prose of Jean Genet that the simulated gardens of Susy Oliveira find their source. In this cabinet of curiosities; a fantastic and monstrous Eden, we find; in the metaphor of ecstatic love that the title [...]
Patrick Howlett & Gary Spearin, Sept 10 – Sept 30, 2010
The Khyber Presents “Review” and “Toronto Riots” by Patrick Howlett and Gary Spearin Patrick Howlett and Garry Spearin’s recent projects, Review (2007) and Toronto Riots (2010), are both process-based series’ using abstract painting as a medium for expressing concepts that focus’ on the manipulation of subject matter, as the subject itself. “Review” was inspired by [...]
Thurs Nov 25th @ the Carbon Arc Independent Cinema
Les Amours Imaginaires (Heartbeats) In French with English subtitles The follow-up to Xavier Dolan’s acclaimed debut J’ai Tué ma Mère. Thursday, Nov 25th. 8pm – $6 info. siloend@gmail.com
Laura Peek, July 17
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Tomstartbandit, Run DMT July 12 8pm
Tonstartssbandht // Run DMT // Secret Colours at The KhyberBy | View on Facebook When: Jul 12 8:00pm – Jul 13 12:00amWhere: The Khyber ICA» View mapWhat’s the name of your band? What do you call your music? What’s your favourite band? What is the name of your band? What’s your favourite? Who are they? [...]
Christy Georg: Nautical Body. June 17 – July 8, 2010
Opening Reception: June 17th, 7:30pm. Exhibition: June 18 – July 8th. Christy Georg: Nautical Body. “I exhaustively researched maritime history and culture to actualize a modern relationship to stories, lore, and tricks and trades of explorers, pirates, fishermen, ‘old salts,’ and sea-steading sailors. It forced me to live the life of my subject -living and [...]
OBEY: Convention IV
For more details check out: http://www.divorcerecords.ca/mainpages/obey.html
Nicole Raufeisen and Ryan Witt; April Showers. March 31 – April 30, 2010
April Showers For this work artist duo Nicole Raufeisen and Ryan Witt proposed an institutional delay in the submissions deadline for the Khyber ICA over the month of April. The artists deferred the March 31st deadline by one day every day until the end of the month, at which point the deadline reverted back to [...]
Khyber Kids Summer Art Camp
Beginning in July, The Khyber is offering Khyber Kids: summer art classes for children ages 6-12. Full week sessions will be offered in painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, craft and mixed media art! For more information, rates, and registration, please contact the Khyber by phone at (902)422-9668, or by e-mail at khyberkids.art@gmail.com
GET FIT 2: BEACH BODY EDITION
GET FIT 2: BEACH BODY EDITION! KHYBER / $5 / 10PM 19+ SWEATY HOT AEROBICS! INTENSE SLIPPERY DANCING! SPANDEX! SHORT SHORTS! TIGHT TANK TOPS! SUMMER IS COMING! WE’VE HAD A TASTE! GET YOUR BEACH BODIES READY! WILD WORKOUT MADNESS! ZOE SOLOMON (AKA FRESH FLESH) SUPPLIES A LIVE INTERACTIVE WORKOUT STATION! AWESOME PHOTO BOOTH! SWEATY SHOTS [...]
Scott Rogers, WIREFRAME. April 29 @ 8pm
Opening Reception: Friday April 29th at 8pm Exhibition runs till May 21st Wireframe is a site-specific installation that uses photo-luminescent tape to trace the unique Victorian architecture of the Ballroom Gallery at Khyber ICA. Inspired by early ’80s science-fiction film sets, video games, and AutoCAD, Wireframe creates tension between real and virtual space, converting the [...]
No Money Down: 15 Years at the Khyber! Archive Exhibition, March 12-April 1, 2010
No Money Down: 15 Years at the Khyber Opening Reception: March 12th, 7:30pm Runs: March 13th to April 1st 2010 The Khyber Art Society is proud to present a retrospective of its activities over the past 15 years with an exhibition of materials curated from its archives. This is the first time in the Khyber’s [...]
Fiona Macdonald: Remake II: What Happens in Halifax Returns to Halifax; Jan 21 – Feb 12
The Khyber ICA presents Fiona Macdonald’s “The Remake II: What Happens in Halifax Returns to Halifax”. Opening reception on Thursday the 21st, along with >>> DCLXVI, book launch by Andrew McLaren, and mural launch by Nicholas Robins!!!!! About “The Remake II”: In 1971 while in Halifax, Vito Acconci produced a performance in which he and [...]
Holiday Toast
The Hosts with the mosts, One of whom is waiting to be diagnosed, Yet is hardly an artworld ghost. The other, in contrast, was the first, but certainly not the last. Have come together at long last and have, surpassed and recast a magic blast from the past. Come one come all to help us [...]
