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Fri 31st Dec, 2021 - Sun 30th Jan, 2022
Work of Body
Work of Body is a collaboration between two very different artistic expressions: small, intimate watercolour paintings, and a range of undulating, folding foam wall hangings. While they may at first seem to speak a different language, both of these series work towards bringing about an intimacy, an empathy, with the idea of the marginalized body. ---- Chantel Clausen (She/They) is a fat artist, ... read more...
Thu 2nd Dec, 2021 - Fri 24th Dec, 2021
Bushed
Bushed, is a collection of solarized analogue photo-sculptures presenting a romantic, if not dazed glimpse into the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and it’s intersectional, alternative, queer, d.i.y., off-grid, transient population. Consisting primarily of portraiture, landscapes and northern stills; the work explores a drift between dystopic delirium and idealized rural liv... read more...
Fri 26th Nov, 2021
The fifty fifty arts collective, City of Victoria, CFUV 101.9 FM, CRD Feed the Arts and Eventide Music Series proudly present a series of solo performances by BLOKE and Psychic Pollution. Streaming live August 26th @ twitch.tv/eventidemusicseries BLOKE https://chrislongshanks.com/ Chris Longshanks is BLOKE. Reinterpreting dance music through experimentation, BLOKE attributes the main inspirati... read more...
Sat 13th Nov, 2021
_____LEISURE THIEF______ Bent electricity, musique concrète, pillow beats, sci-fi FX, fluid situations and surprise >> beauty : Lee Hutzulak plays synths, samplers, guitar pedals and sometimes sings. Some of his other projects include: Zen Escalator, Moth Mouth, Dixie's Death Pool, Hot Towers https://leisurethief.bandcamp.com/ _____NIGHT TIDE_____ Night Tide is a solo noise project by Soma Mo... read more...
Sat 6th Nov, 2021
The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective & VEC Present: Mark Sultan (BBQ) and Scars & Scarves Saturday, November 6th | Doors: 8PM | Show: 9PM All-Ages | ID Required for Alcohol Service Purchase tickets at: https://www.victoriaeventcentre.ca • “The best one-man band alive. If you don’t believe me, watch him perform. It is absolutely otherworldly and WILL blow your mind. And that voice...” - Lon... read more...
Thu 4th Nov, 2021 - Fri 26th Nov, 2021
To Eat The Flower From The Root
To Eat the Flower from the Root is a collection of vibrant oil paintings and objects meant to situate the viewer in a space of confusion, absurdity, and self-reflection. Using comical subject matter to depict surreal concepts that are rooted in real-life, real-time experiences, these works are an active reminder of everything we’ve been through; how we process loss, and how we grow from it. ... read more...Wed 20th Oct, 2021
Eamon McGrath visits Victoria on his cross Canada tour celebrating the release of their latest LP Bells Of Hope. He'll be playing a solo show at @Herald St. Brew Works Oct 20th at 7PM. The show is FREE! Please bring your vaccination ID and respect COVID distancing while enjoying the show. Learn more about Eamon's music here https://eamonmcgrath.ca/ read more...
Sat 9th Oct, 2021
_____GORD GRDINA______ Juno award winning Oud/Guitarist with a unique sound combining mainstream jazz, free/improv and Arabic music. Haram, Peregrine Falls, The Gordon Grdina Quartet with Oscar Noriega, Russ Lossing, and Satoshi Takeishi, Nomad Trio w/ Matt Mitchell and Jim Black, Square Peg w/ Christian Lillinger, Mat Maneri and Shazad Ismaily The Marrow Mark Helias, Hank Roberts, Hamin Honari. ... read more...
Thu 7th Oct, 2021 - Fri 29th Oct, 2021
girl fat
October 7th - 29th 2021 Opening night October 7th, 7-10pm For full hours see thefiftyfifty.net - Displayed together under the name “girl fat”, this ever-growing collection of sculptures combines stuffed, reconfigured nylon forms with ready made objects. The work is never ending and always in progress, a continuing and necessary inquiry into the lived experiences of deviant bodies, specific... read more...
Thu 7th Oct, 2021
girl fat
October 7th - 29th 2021 Opening night October 7th, 7-10pm For full hours see thefiftyfifty.net - Displayed together under the name “girl fat”, this ever-growing collection of sculptures combines stuffed, reconfigured nylon forms with ready made objects. The work is never ending and always in progress, a continuing and necessary inquiry into the lived experiences of deviant bodies, specific... read more...
Sat 2nd Oct, 2021
A night of alternative dream-pop fantasy gaze. Let harmony be your master. _____HUSH PUP______ Hailing from nanaimo BC, Hush Pup makes experimental pop music that sounds a lot like driving at night through the board game Candy Land, soft cotton candy trees brush up against the windows of your glass car as you ride toward a friend's cabin nearby the molasses swamp. Forming for a show in 2012, the... read more...
Fri 3rd Sep, 2021 - Fri 1st Oct, 2021
As Above So Below
We knew of no other circumstances in which to exist. It was simply a way of being – a reliable invasion of harmony and a co-existence that could never be otherwise. So, when the clouds accumulated on the horizon and the storm passed through, we united our bodies and emerged as one ever-expanding, tentacular form. Together, we multiplied again and again, in a symbiotic reforming of the grounds fo... read more...
Sat 7th Aug, 2021
Internal Mapping, Drawing workshop
Internal Mapping, Drawing workshop led by Sylvie Ringer **Registration is required** Please register for this free event at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/164367835621 - “Internal Mapping, drawing” is a 60-minute guided drawing journey exploring different techniques, the sensations of mark making, and the idea of inner landscaping. The session will include a Q&A with the artist. This free wor... read more...
Fri 6th Aug, 2021
Soundwalk - ON GROWING, ROCKS
As part of ON GROWING, ROCKS at the fifty fifty arts collective, sound artist Jenni Schine will lead a sound walk starting at the fifty fifty arts collective (2516 Douglas St). ** This is a free event but registration is required** Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/164368455475 What is a soundwalk?? A soundwalk is a silent walk along a planned route to experience the location�... read more...
Fri 6th Aug, 2021 - Fri 27th Aug, 2021
On Growing, Rocks
EXHIBITION STATEMENT Sylvie Ringer and Jenni Schine are a collective of two artists (visual and sound) who create works drawing on connections between place, memory, information and social relations. Both share a practice of closely observing and listening to their immediate surroundings, which then find expressions in Jenni’s sound compositions and Sylvie’s works on paper and immersive inst... read more...
Thu 29th Jul, 2021
Why Do I Love the Water finissage
the fifty fifty arts collective invites you to the finissage (closing reception) of Elena Hoh's Why Do I Love the Water? - This event is free but registration is required and is limited to 20 people for Covid-19 safety. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/elena-hoh-why-do-i-love-the-water-finissage-event-tickets-164362419421 Drinks will be available for purchase (cash only sugges... read more...
Thu 1st Jul, 2021 - Fri 30th Jul, 2021
Why Do I Love The Water?
Elena Hoh is a multi-disciplinary artist from Victoria B.C. Her work cycles through themes of family, identity, mental health, and landscape. She does work in fibres, print, drawing, tattooing and ceramics. For Elena, art is a way of practicing being open. Practicing self-reflection. Practicing practice. Personal instagram: @olittlemy Tattoo instagram: @elenaimaritattoo - Covid - 19... read more...
Thu 3rd Jun, 2021 - Sat 26th Jun, 2021
Personal Space
Personal space refers to a landscape in the mind. A place of wandering and of thoughts. Ideas unfolding themselves within marks and colours. This collection consists of works on paper, canvas and panel that blend drawing and painting practices. The washes and pours colours and language of the marks map out moments, memories, problems yet unsolved, and suddenly a world exists on the canvas. - Kas... read more...
Thu 6th May, 2021 - Fri 28th May, 2021
Brand New Hymn
An altar to the dysphoric and dissociated, Brand New Hymn suggests a ‘new’ folklore for the unnavigable present that desperately sanctifies the individual. - Jasper van Alderwegen is an artist born and currently based on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ nations and pursuing an honours BFA in visual arts at The University of Victoria. Their practice primarily f... read more...
Thu 8th Apr, 2021 - Sat 1st May, 2021
threes
Taking inspiration from the abundance of triads in Renaissance and Mannerist painting, Threes considers how memories and their surroundings weave through grief, devotion, and play, becoming a dead-letter reply to covert messages. - Eryn Lougheed is an artist raised as a guest on unceded Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. She earned a Bachelor of Design from OCAD University and was the rec... read more...
Tue 23rd Mar, 2021 - Fri 23rd Apr, 2021
CALL: the fifty fifty arts collective is accepting proposals for visual and media art exhibitions, performances, installations, and curatorial projects relevant to the field of contemporary art practices for the 2021/22 programming year. For details on the submission requirements, please visit: http://thefiftyfifty.net/exhibition_guidelines DEADLINE: The deadline is Friday, April 23 at 11:59... read more...
Fri 19th Feb, 2021 - Fri 2nd Apr, 2021
Static Flux
Static Flux is a collection of paintings from an ongoing body of work in which, using minimal three-dimensional compositions, I explore the tensions between foreground vs. background, flat vs. three‐dimensional and inside vs. outside the frame. In these paintings, I aim to activate an interplay between the dimensionally painted image, the flat wooden substrate and the inherent frame enclosing th... read more...
Thu 7th Jan, 2021 - Fri 5th Feb, 2021
The Saskatchewan Maritime Museum Presents, La Ligue Gourmand
“The Saskatchewan Maritime Museum Presents, La Ligue Gourmand” consists of fake artifacts, museological props, and didactics outlining (my invented) histories referencing lore of innovation. At the fifty fifty gallery, I present an unusual meal in the “museum” with the pretense of promoting flamboyance, humour, and absurdity as important stratagies to elaborate on histories true and invent... read more... >
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