The Khyber Arts Society and the Halifax Regional Municipality commissioned Halifax artist Garry Neill Kennedy to make an artwork of the 27 plywood inserts that temporarily replaced the windows while undergoing restorative replacement. For this artwork, And Still Counting, Kennedy had simply counted the number of windows and then numbered the panels sequentially in brightly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 the Khyber. 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 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 […]
