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Fri 18th Dec, 2015
presented by the fifty fifty arts collective and the Copper Owl. WILLIE THRASHER and LINDA SADDLEBACK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Thrasher http://lightintheattic.net/releases/2004-spirit-child Willie's back and in a big way! Last years compilation release by Light in the Attic Records entitled Native North America Vol.1 featured 3 of his tracks from the recently reissued LP Spirit C... read more...
Fri 18th Dec, 2015
presented by the fifty fifty arts collective and the Copper Owl. WILLIE THRASHER and LINDA SADDLEBACK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Thrasher http://lightintheattic.net/releases/2004-spirit-child Willie's back and in a big way! Last years compilation release by Light in the Attic Records entitled Native North America Vol.1 featured 3 of his tracks from the recently reissued LP Spirit C... read more...
Thu 10th Dec, 2015 - Sun 3rd Jan, 2016
Resemblance: Paintings by Fiona Gregg
'Resemblance' is the culmination of Gregg's desires to bridge the gap between artist and audience; using mirrors not only as subjects but as objects within the exhibition space seemed a pertinent solution, situating the viewer inside the show and implicating them within it: a work of art themself. In this way each visitor will experience a different exhibition-- one which does not shy away fro... read more...
Fri 27th Nov, 2015
a TRiButE to DEad MoON
The Copper Owl presents a TRiButE to DEad MoON For $8 you get a Screening of the DEad MoON doc 'Unknown Passage' sponsored by the fifty fifty arts collective on the big screen pumped through our PA system. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396913/ screening starts at 8:30 PM sharp! 2 live bands cover classic Fred and Toody projects such as DEad MoON, PeiRced ArRowS, ZiPpeR and tHe LoLLiPo... read more...
Thu 19th Nov, 2015 - Sun 6th Dec, 2015
Project H.E.A.R.T.
The fifty fifty arts collective is honored to host Project H.E.A.R.T. in our gallery space from November 19th (opening night) to December 6th. "Project H.E.A.R.T., which supports both emerging and established artists, was initiated by the organization Surrounded By Cedar, which works with Indigenous youth-in-care. Out of conversations that evolved within Surrounded By Cedar’s cultural departmen... read more...Thu 29th Oct, 2015
The Driven by Ilja Herb
Ilja Herb is a visual artist based in Victoria BC. His work uses digital and traditional analogue image making technologies, layers, and elements of collage to explore cross-cultural perceptions and assumed contexts of time, resource use, and ethnography. The Driven is a photo series of vintage outboard motors -- isolated and dreamlike in an elevated post-pop fashion, each motor bends time. Th... read more...
Wed 14th Oct, 2015
The fifty fifty is proud to present Jerusalem in My Heart on October 14th, 2015. Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH) has been a live audio-visual happening since 2005, with Montréal-based producer and musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at its core. Moumneh is a Lebanese national who has spent a large part of his adult life in Canada and has been a fixture of the Montréal independent music community from ... read more...
Thu 8th Oct, 2015 - Sun 25th Oct, 2015
Processing Rockbay an installation by:
Rachel Ziriada is an emerging visual and sound artist from Calgary currently working in Victoria. She graduated from UVIC’s visual arts department in 2015. She has shown her work in group shows in Calgary, Montreal and Victoria. Mikhail Miller is a visual artist, also from Calgary and currently working in Victoria. After graduating from ACAD in 2006, he has participated in many eclectic proj... read more...
Thu 17th Sep, 2015 - Sun 4th Oct, 2015
What You See Is what You Get : Printmaking By
The exhibition includes images from editions of etching, drypoint and silkscreen, but there are also one-off chine-colle collages of drawing, spray painting, and previously printed material. The recurring motifs and fixations might allude to the vigour of life and to mortality. Opening Reception Sept. 17th from 7-10PM read more...
Sat 29th Aug, 2015 - Sun 13th Sep, 2015
Overtones : a retrospective by Claire le Noble
Overtones is an exploration sound as a creative medium, speaking to traditions in both visual arts and music. The show will feature a survey of Claire le Nobel's work, from her early magnetic tape pieces to her more recent electroacoustic sound art. Scores will be available for visitors to take. Overtones is an experiential exhibition: the people affect the art while the art affects the people, an... read more...
Sat 29th Aug, 2015
Integrate Arts Festival Official After Party
the fifty fifty arts collective is proud to host the official Integrate Art Society (Integrate Arts Festival) after party at the Copper Owl This year features premium musical performances by Melodramatic Electro Art Pop group Sur Une Plage feat. members of Black Mountain and Lightning Dust https://suruneplage.bandcamp.com/ malcolm biddle from psych folk ensemble Dada Plan performs a speci... read more...
Sat 15th Aug, 2015
the fifty fifty arts collective's 12th annual ROCK LOTTERY!!! (sign up before Aug. 8th!!)
This years Rock Lottery will be taking place August 15th at Logan's Pub. The fifty fifty is proud to bring back this super popular event. This is our 12th year hosting it!! What is Rock Lottery you might ask, well... musicians meet the morning of August 15th. Names are drawn from a hat and bands are randomly assembled. The newly created projects then go off and develop a 30 minute set that ... read more...
Thu 13th Aug, 2015
THE OFFICIAL EVENTIDE WEIRD CANADA AFTER PARTY FEATURING
the fifty fifty arts collective, Weird Canada and CFUV 101.9FM present the Eventide Music Series Weird Canada after party featuring: Island Eyes https://islandeyes.bandcamp.com/ http://weirdcanada.com/2015/06/new-canadiana-island-eyes-island-eyes/ Ace Martens (vancouver) https://acemartens.bandcamp.com/album/silent-days https://www.facebook.com/acemartensmusic http://weirdcanada.com/tag... read more...
Thu 6th Aug, 2015 - Fri 21st Aug, 2015
the whole story: works by emily de la cruz
Opening Reception August 6th from 7-10PM Show runs until August 23 at 6PM I was born deaf. My mother would recall how I would press my hands against the living room speakers to feel the vibration of music. These electroacoustic objects, constructed to make speech and music audible, created wonder and innumerable emotions in my tiny mind and body despite my profound lack of sound perception. Wh... read more...
Wed 22nd Jul, 2015
Playing With Fire Victoria special Screening!!
Tonight we screen this movie that everyone is talking about! Jordan an crew follow Arcade Fire all the way down to Mexico and then back to Squamish Music Festival only to find that it may have all been a ruse or.... maybe they all just became better friends or..... maybe they never went on tour at all!!!!!!! You'll have to see the doc to find out what really happened to this wandering colon... read more...
Thu 16th Jul, 2015 - Sun 2nd Aug, 2015
Hollow: New Works by Jaedan Chayce Leimert
Through sculpture, painting, and photography, Hollow contemplates themes of materiality, naturalism and the presence of absence. The works are restricted to specific materials to collectively unify the objects, allowing room for internal conversation. Arrangement is of equal importance to the individual pieces. The exhibition is reductive, reflective and delineates a raw poeticism. Jaedan C... read more...
Sun 12th Jul, 2015
the fifty fifty arts collective presents:
the fifty fifty arts collective is proud to present the WHITE POPPY LP RELEASE https://whitepoppy.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/WhiT3p0pPy with super rad guests BROKEN WATER (Olympia, WA) https://www.facebook.com/brokenagua https://brokenwatermusic.bandcamp.com/ and hometown heroes HUSH PUP https://hushpup.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/idahushpup as well as... read more...
Sat 27th Jun, 2015 - Sun 12th Jul, 2015
fresh space + fine photos
You have a studio, a bedroom, a closet, a trunk full of work that needs some documenting. Maybe they are paintings, maybe installations, a series of prints—maybe you didn't capture what you needed to the last time you documented your work. Here's the deal: June 27 - July 12 We have high ceilings, big windows, freshly painted, smooth white walls and a uniform floor, plus natural and trac... read more...
Thu 4th Jun, 2015
Levitation Vancouver and the fifty fifty arts collective present
LEVITATION VANCOUVER and the fifty fifty arts collective present: DEAD MEADOW http://www.deadmeadow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DeadMeadowOfficial?fref=ts Dead Meadow’s unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitar-fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon’s high-pitched melodic croon have won over psychedelic pop/rock and stoner rock fans alike. Although the band’s members m... read more...
Thu 4th Jun, 2015 - Sun 21st Jun, 2015
Ólafsfjörður Drawn
This spring, Leya hitchhiked across Iceland with an awkwardly large roll of paper. Eventually she found her way to the Listhús Artist Residency in the small fishing village of Ólafsfjörður. Tucked away in a snowy fjord she bathed in the luxurious privilege of an abundance of time, frozen foods and geothermal heat. Following a methodical routine, she filled the 24ft roll of paper with an intric... read more...
Tue 19th May, 2015
the fifty fifty arts collective and CFUV are pleased to announce Peter Brotzmann live in a special solo concert on May 19th 2015 at the Copper Owl. Doors 9:00 pm Show 9:30 pm Tickets $15 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/peter-brotzman-live-at-the-copper-owl-tickets-16114830893 Peter Brotzmann, one of the most important and uncompromising figures in free jazz since the 1960's and a stellar or... read more...
Thu 14th May, 2015 - Sun 31st May, 2015
Una Superficie Tangible (A Tangible Surface) by Rojas Chaves
Sergio Rojas Chaves is a Costa Rican artist currently based in Victoria, B.C. With a background in architecture and community development, Sergio explores themes of materiality, object-hood, geographical identity and spatial awareness. He works predominantly in three dimensional mediums (sculpture+installation) yet he also sustains a video and photography practice. In “A Tangible S... read more...
Thu 23rd Apr, 2015 - Sun 10th May, 2015
Glossed and Tucked by
Glossed and Tucked is a visual exploration of metaphor, eroticism and fétichisation. The work focuses on a desire driven construction of self, through commodities and the alternative narratives to be discovered in everyday objects. Frances Adair Mckenzie is a Montreal based New Media artist originating from 100 Mile House BC. Her work is an exploration of technology and mediums, melding perfor... read more...
Fri 17th Apr, 2015
the fifty fifty arts collective presents FROG EYES http://deadoceans.com/artist.php?name=frogeyes http://paperbagrecords.com/artists/frog-eyes/ https://www.facebook.com/FrogEyesOfficial/timeline Enigmatic front man Carey Mercer brings his highly idiosyncratic songs and intense vocal stylings to his hometown Victoria. Frog Eyes 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a long listed nominee fo... read more...
Thu 16th Apr, 2015
The Copper Owl and the fifty fifty arts collective present: KATHRYN CALDER http://www.kathryncalder.com/ SCARS AND SCARVES https://scarsandscarves.bandcamp.com/ LEISURE SUIT https://leisuresuit.bandcamp.com/ $12 advance $15 at the door doors 9:00 show 9:30 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kathryn-calder-with-scars-and-scarves-and-leisure-suit-tickets-16113934211 read more... >
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