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Exhibitions
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 [...]
AGM Dec 3 8pm
Thursday Dec 3 at 8pm is our Annual General Meeting. We are going to meet at the Khyber to welcome a new year of programming art and music. I hope to see you at the meeting and that you will stick around afterward to schmooze. And a great time to become a member! The agenda [...]
Public Invited to Review Draft Report on Future Use of Khyber Building
Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting the public to review a draft report on the potential operating scenarios for 1588 Barrington Street (also commonly known as the “Khyber Building”), as a potential artist-run centre. The report was prepared by the consultants’ firm of TCI Management, to analyse the costs and benefits of five potential operating scenarios. [...]
Kelly Jazvac: Hi Limit Slots; Nov. 20 – Dec. 19, 2009
November 19 – Dec 11th 2009 The Khyber Arts Society presents Hi Limit Slots, an exhibition by Kelly Jazvac. Currently residing in London, Ontario, Jazvac’s work deals with notions of uncertainty, social contribution and material value through the use of textiles, video and adhesive vinyl. The group of works Throws, is composed of textile pieces, [...]
The Gideons – Oxford Street – Double LP release Show
Releasing vinyl only double album “Oxford Street”, limited to 150 copies. This is also our second last show. Helping us celebrate are: Bloodhouse Gamma Gamma Rays. Pick out your wardrobe now and put it in a small wooden box under your bed. Expect the Khyber to look like your worst acid flashback. Suprises in store [...]
Local Motion – Funk Edition
Saturday November 14, 2009 Come get sweaty. The Khyber presents yet another world famous Local Motion Featuring Club Vinyl, a loose ever shifting constorium of awesome DJs.
Membership Drive Party!! October 10
An evening of mystique and mayhem to delight our membership and entice the uninitiated to the dark [art] side. Featuring Pastoralia and Club Vinyl $5 bones cover FREE STUDENT MEMBERSHIP WITH ADMISSION Keep your membership updated always!!
Nocturne!! Elinor Whidden, Espace Virtuel, and Will Robinson. October 17
The Khyber ICA is pleased to be hosting a performance and installation by Elinor Whidden, titled “Mountain Man”. The exhibition combines sculptural assemblages and large scale photographs from Whidden’s “Mountain Man” performance done last fall in the Rocky Mountains. “This fall, Mountain Man has been invited to the Khyber. Trail blazing through various epic landscapes, [...]
“The Room” by Tommy Wiseau
Join us at the Khyber for Halifax’s first official viewing of Tommy Wiseau’s infamous “The Room”. It will be a real treat and is not to be missed. Thursday August 27th, 8:30pm, $2 admission. From Wikipedia: The Room began as a play and a novel by Tommy Wiseau, which he wanted to turn into a [...]
Ryan Sluggett: Reclining Landscapes; Sept. 10 – Oct. 9, 2009
A Gumby Wilderness The land reclines when it’s old. The older it gets the more it lies down. Incrementally or in the sweep of a great disaster, all the boulders and sediments settle to their lowest possible place. But when a landscape reclines, it strikes a pose. To be clear, a landscape is a view [...]
The World Famous Local Motion
Saturday August 21st 10pm – 2am Admission $5-
Special Noise, Luyas, & Money!!
August 4th, 10pm Special Noise, Luyas, & Money!! At the Khyber, in the Ballroooom! $7
Zero Dimensions: J. MacLellan & D. Hutchinson
Opening Reception Friday 7 August 7:00 PM Exhibition continues to 14 August 2009 About the Artists Jamie MacLellan has earned an honours degree in Contemporary Studies from the University of King’s College (2000) and a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (2005). He makes paintings in Halifax [...]
Ghost Bees, Fall Horsie and Cousins
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:00pm let us sway in the summertime/ healthy hands will mourn you.
Notions of Progress, Chris Foster 2009
Opening Thursday July 2nd at 7pm Closes July 24th Khyber Ballroom A solo exhibition by Chris Foster. An exhibition of drawings and sculptures that explore the relationships between systems of commerce and human dwelling.
Sunday Brunch – Charted and Explored
Artist Aimee Brown presents her winter residency in Vermont. A gourmet continental breakfast will be served featuring homemade half-sandwiches, sliced ricotta with honey, and fresh squeezed juice.
Totally Wicked Fest
Totally Wicked Music Festival II – Ten Year Anniversary is on Saturday June 13, 10 PM at the Khyber Ballroom. Backline provided.
CALL FOR ARTISTS TO REGISTER FOR NOCTURNE
Artists wishing to participate in Nocturne must first apply to be put on HRM’s Temporary Public Art Registry. Members of the registry will then exclusively receive the Nocturne application in June. The Nocturne panel of judges will then select the artists based on their proposals. Additionally, the registry will also receive future calls for temporary [...]
Veni-Vidi-O #4
VENI VIDI O 4 HALIFAX EDITION Saturday March 28th 2009 8:00 PM / FREE! Curated By Stewart Innes and Alison Kobayashi Veni Vidi O is a dynamic one night event that exhibits fresh young video work by upcoming Canadian video artists and filmmakers. Video’s are displayed in a variety of formats; there is a looped [...]
Set For Life, Steph McNair 2009
Steph McNair moves into the Khyber. Art of living in the Khyber ICA Part performance and part sculptural installation, artist Stephanie McNair transformed the Khyber ICA into her home. by Sean Flinn for The Coast After seeing off a friend, Stephanie McNair walks across the freshly mopped, grey wooden floor to greet a new guest. [...]
The Castle, Annie MacDonel 2008
An old man stumbles down a dark staircase towards the camera. He weaves downward in in a skewed and graceless trajectory. His three-piece suit is stretched taut across his bulging stomach and a horsehair moustache sits on his thin lip at an unnatural angle. Once he completes his weaving descent, the film flips into reverse, [...]
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 [...]
