I am a music video

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.

Northern Lights

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)

The Idea of North

Opening Reception Thursday, 12 January at 8pm

The Active Line: A Brief History of Film Animation

Motion picture animation has a long and distinguished history, sadly overshadowed by second-rate, mass-produced children’s cartoon entertainment. This 8-week survey of feature films and selected shorts attempts to place animation in its proper context in the history of the cinema. In additon, there will be three special presentations: an illustrated lecture on animation, a screening of local animators’ works and an introduction to the commercial animation industry in the Maritimes.