Timeline Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and Events

Film

Cronenberg Cocktail

27 September – 22 November, 2006

One of the most influential and internationally successful Canadian filmmakers, David Cronenberg has helped to revitalize several cinematic genres, examining the queasy contours of violence, sex and technological obsessions in modern (and future) societies. Whether working in horror (Rabid, Shivers), Science Fiction (The Fly, Videodrome) or in literary adaptations (Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly), the Toronto-based director has created films that continue to provoke, disturb and entertain audiences all over the world.

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Film

Five O'Clock Docs

15 – 22 September, 2006

Documentaries are hot! This series, curated by AFF Senior Programmer and DAG Film Curator Ron Foley Macdonald, presents some of the best documentaries of the last decade. Screenings are at 5:00 pm. every day during the Festival.

Friday 15 September, 5 pm:  One Day In September

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Exhibition

Lisette Model

19 August – 8 October, 2006

Opening Reception Friday 18 August at 5:30 pm

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Palimpset Painting 3, 2004
Exhibition

Bryan Maycock: (de)composed

19 August – 8 October, 2006

Opening Reception Friday 18 August at 5:30 pm

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Exhibition

Back/Flash

12 May – 2 July, 2006

Back/Flash is an examination of aboriginal media art ranging from early video production to ground-breaking video installation, virtual reality, net art, and digital works.

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Event

Art at Home and All That Jazz

9 April, 2006

Our popular annual fund-raiser returns on Sunday, 9 April, from 1:30 pm to 6 pm. Enjoy fine art, architecture and craft in four notable private houses in Halifax, followed by a live jazz performance in the Gallery, accompanied by delicious refreshments. Only 200 tickets are sold for this event. Mark the date in your calendar now!

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Mitchell Wiebe, Digital Dragon Meets Analogue Unicorn, 2002
Exhibition

Fabulous

10 March – 30 April, 2006

Opening Reception Thursday, 9 March at 8pm

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Cover of exhibition pamphlet
Exhibition

I am a music video

10 March – 30 April, 2006

Opening Reception Thursday, 9 March at 8pm

Curator Becka Barker explores the ways in which three contemporary artists, Skawennati Tricia Fragnito, Meesoo Lee and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, subvert the music video genre. Self-consciously exploiting the trappings and stylistic patterns of music videos, these artists address ideas of authorship, identity, artistic collaboration across disciplines, and consumer culture. Organized by the Centre for Art Tapes in collaboration with Dalhousie Art Gallery and funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Film

Out of Africa

7 – 21 February, 2006

7 February  Xala (Impotence)

Ousmane Sembene, Senegal, 1974, 123 minutes. In this trenchant social comedy, Sembene follows the story of a corrupt businessman who marries for a third time expressly to improve his standing in the community. After a disastrous wedding night, he undergoes a series of embarrassing folk-remedies for impotence which continuously decreases his social position. Barely concealed by the film’s humour are the political and social drawbacks of neo-colonialism symbolized by the character’s condition.

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Film

Northern Lights

18 January – 12 April, 2006

These unusual feature films and documentaries have been selected by Ron Foley Macdonald to compliment the exhibition The Idea of North. Nordic, Japanese and Canadian filmmakers present exciting, bizarre and, occasionally, transcendent views of the North — an ever-present backdrop to the often all-too-human action of the narratives.

18 January  Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

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