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OBEY CONVENTION IV
MAY 27-30 | HALIFAX
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Full lineup, schedule, links, and lots more info below.
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:::::SCHEDULE:::::
Thursday, May 27th
(((((Hidden Windows Opening)))))
Art by Stacey Ho and Lindsey Nolan,
Eleanor King, Vanessa Rieger and Kevin Hainey, Robbie Shedden
Sounds by Torso & Dark Cross, D/A A/D
Khyber | 6:00pm-7:30pm
FREE
SUDDENLYlisten presents:
Pierre Bastien (France)
Buddha Box 2.0 - Guitar Orchestra
Tim Crofts
Khyber | 7:30-10:00pm
$8 advance | $10 door
Sewercide Records Presents:
Bad Vibrations (7" release)
The Robins (Moncton)
Fuck Montreal
L/P
Gus' | 10:30-1:00am
$6 door only
Friday, May 28th
Beau Labute Art Opening
Les Beyond (Montreal)
Chanteuse
Lost & Found | 6:00-7:30pm
FREE
Weird Canada Presents:
Paul Metzger (Minnesota)
Amen Dunes (New York/Beijing)
Gown & Ryan Kirk
Chris d'Eon
Chik White & Even Cardwell
Screening of Broken Deer Video by Alice Cohen
Bus Stop Theatre | 7:30-10:30pm
$7 advance | $8 door
Sled Island Presents:
Slim Twig (Toronto)
Dirty Beaches (Montreal)
Duzheknew
Catbag
Light by Jacqueline Lachance
Czech Tapes found by Craig Leonard
Khyber | 10:45-1:30am
$8 advance | $9 door
Saturday, May 29th
Anchor Archive Presents:
Crowd Control Sound & Art Fair
records + zines + art +
CKDU DJs
Radiator Collective Showcase
Bus Stop Theatre | 11:30-4:30pm
FREE
Pigeon Row Presents:
Dog Day
Holy Cobras (Ottawa)
Cold Warps
Cop Shades (Moncton)
Bus Stop Theatre | 7:00-10pm
$10 advance | $10 door
U.S. Girls (Philadelphia)
Homostupids (Cleveland)
Ultrathin (Montreal)
Mess Folk (Cape Breton)
Meat Curtains
dj please!
Khyber | 10:30-1:30am
$8 advance | $10 door
Sunday, May 30th
Origins : Public Free Music Experiment
Random Location TBA | 2pm
FREE
Campaign for Infinity Showcase + Weird Canada BBQ
Lost & Found | 3:30-5:30pm
FREE
Noyes Records Presents:
Play Guitar
Omon Ra II
Long Long Long
Charles Blazevic
Bus Stop Theatre | 7:30-10:00pm
$7 advance | $8 door
:::::ARTIST LINKS:::::
U.S. Girls (Philadelphia - Siltbreeze) www.myspace.com/usgirlsss
Slim Twig (Toronto - Paper Bag) www.myspace.com/slimtwig
Paul Metzger (Minnesota - Locust) www.myspace.com/paulmetzger
Pierre Bastien (France) http://www.pierrebastien.com/
Amen Dunes (Beijing/New York - Locust) www.myspace.com/amendunes
Homostupids (Cleveland - Load) www.myspace.com/homostupids
Holy Cobras (Ottawa) www.myspace.com/holycobras
Dirty Beaches (Vanvouver) www.myspace.com/dirtybeaches
Dog Day www.myspace.com/dogdaytheband
Ultrathin (Montreal) www.myspace.com/ultrathinmtl
Play Guitar (Montreal) www.myspace.com/playguitarplayguitar
Les Beyond (Montreal) www.myspace.com/lesbeyond
Mess Folk (Cape Breton) www.myspace.com/messfolk
Gown & Ryan Kirk www.myspace.com/divorcerecords
Bad Vibrations www.myspace.com/bdvbes
Omon Ra II (Montreal) www.myspace.com/theyproject
Cop Shades (Moncton) www.myspace.com/copshades
The Robins (Moncton) http://www.myspace.com/therobinspunk
Cold Warps www.myspace.com/coldwarps
Torso & Dark Cross http://www.myspace.com/torsodeath
Fuck Montreal http://www.myspace.com/fuckmontreal
Long Long Long http://www.myspace.com/longlonglonggg
Catbag www.myspace.com/catbagsurfpunk
Duzheknew www.myspace.com/duzheknew
D/A A/D www.myspace.com/analogdoom
Meat Curtains www.myspace.com/meatcurtainsband
L/P www.myspace.com/bitemylp
Charles Blazevic www.myspace.com/accentblue
Chanteuse www.myspace.com/moresift
Tim Crofts www.myspace.com/timcroftsmusic
Chik White & Evan Cardwell www.jewsharpguild.org/
Buddha Box 2.0 (Guitar Orchestra)
:::::ART & OTHER RANDOMNESS:::::
Beau Labute Opening
Struggles and strange loops in collaboration with the future and the past -- a slow growth of mutant permutations through complicated minimalism. Layered drawings and paintings are cut and collaged, reinterpreted, and recombined to combat a never-ending flow of small mistakes -- obscuring and revealing plans within plans within no plans, circles and lines in that endless swamp of passing time.
**Friday, May 28th, 6-7:30pm at Lost & Found with sounds by Les Beyond & Chanteuse. FREE AA
Campaign for Infinity Showcase
This year Obey fest falls on our 2 year birthday, and we've decided to throw a party! Coupled with the Weird Canada BBQ, There will be
special anniversary releases, deals, and live performances from PIG, FRIENDLY DIMENSION, and THE ETHER.
**Sunday, May 30th, 3:30-5pm at Lost & Found. FREE AA
Crowd Control Sound & Art Fair
The Obey Convention and Anchor Archive will once again present a special celebration of DIY culture. We have invited local and traveling record labels, zine makers, screen printers, and other talented folks to show off their wares for the day at the Bus Stop Theatre. Besides lots of tablers, the event will also include DJs from CKDU and Radiator Collective Showcase.
**May 29th, 11:30am-4:30pm at the Bus Stop Theatre. FREE AA
Czech Tapes
Craig Leonard discovered the Czech Tapes in 1997 at a flea market in Prague. He needed blank DATs for some home recordings, but later discovered that the tapes were loaded with original material by anonymous Czech musicians. The music is frenzied eclecticism, Bonde do Role coupled with Insane Clown Posse. Like Havel says, history demands to be heard!
**May 28th, 10:30pm- at the Khyber with Slim Twig, Dirty Beaches, Duzheknew, Catbag. $8 advance | $9 door 19+
Hidden Windows
Over the course of the festival, the Khyber Centre for the Arts will feature 'Hidden Windows', an exhibition of works by Kevin Hainey and Vanessa Rieger, Stacey Ho and Lindsey Nolan, Eleanor King, and Robbie Shedden.
‘Hidden Windows' takes its name from a video piece by Rieger and Hainey, a composition of lost moments taken from open webcams. Taking off from this title, the remaining works in the show also offer different views into thinking and seeing. Minimal drawings on found record sleeves are presented by Eleanor King. Rob Shedden exhibits his 'sightless' Polaroid portraits. Accompanied by Lindsey Nolan's drawings, Stacey Ho shows two audio pieces about each of her grandmothers.
**Opening Thursday, May 27th, 6-7:30pm at the Khyber with sounds by Torso + Dark Cross, and D/A A/D. FREE AA
Jacqueline Lachance
Evoking the spirit of 1960's-style projection light shows, Jacqueline Lachance uses analogue projectors in combination with digital media to perform light installations overtop live musical acts. Timed video sequences are looped while the projectionist generates visuals using an overhead projector to amplify space and sound.
**May 28th, 10:30pm- at the Khyber with Slim Twig, Dirty Beaches, Duzheknew, Catbag. $8 advance | $9 door 19+
Lisa Czech – Poster Artist for OBEY Covention IV!!!
Lisa Czech is a Montreal-born and based illustrator and designer. Her style could be described as the bastard child of Lisa Frank and Raymond Pettibon, with a heavy dose of Love and Rockets sentimentality and a fascination with BDSM. She plays guitar in the punk band Dead Wife.
Origins
All music grows from improvisation, so improvisation is the earliest musical expression. Improvisation communicates culture and the sharing of ideas, so improvisation is the embryo for revolution and creation. Come and participate in an open musical experiment. Build, create, and destroy community through improvisation. All ideas and instruments welcomed, from rocks to iPhones.
**May 30th, 2pm at a location TBA on our blog. FREE AA
Radiator Collective Showcase
The Radiator Family are a group of friends who build sounds. Many bands and artists make up the strange collective of artistic miscreants. Their showcase will range from fragile melodies to sonic grunge noise. Catch them at the Bus Stop Theatre during the crowd control sound and art fair.
**May 29th, 3:30-5pm at the Bus Stop Theatre. FREE AA
Screening of Broken Deer Video by Alice Cohen
“White Woman" is a song Lindsay Dobbin (aka Broken Deer) created in response to her early mystic experiences in the Yukon during a long, cold, dark winter. Brooklyn-based artist and musician, Alice Cohen, has created an animated video for the song by recycling imagery found in old books and magazines. The outcome: a surreal, otherworldly dreamscape.
**May 28th, 7:30pm- at the Bus Stop Theatre with Paul Metzger, Amen Dunes, Gown & Ryan Kirk+++
:::::HELP!:::::
We need billets, cooks, door people, security++++ Will trade tickets and passes for a hand! Get in touch at the address below.
:::::GOOD PEOPLE:::::
Darcy Spidle - Head Organizer / Director
Tobias Rochman - Organizer / Ideas
Evan Cardwell - Head A/V Tech / Organizer
Stacey Ho - Art Director - Hidden Windows
Zachary Fairbrother - Organizer / Origins
Matt Charlton (Pigeon Row) - Publicity / Marketing
Frank Streicher (Concrete Orange) - Website
Shaun Anderson Immigration/Customs
Sheryl Haws - Tactical Support
KC Spidle - Brotherly Love
Natalie Slater - Funding
Nancy Urich - Funding
Sarah Evans - Crowd Control Fair
Lisa Czech - Festival Art
Meg Yoshida - Graphic Layout for Guide
Cameron Star - A/V
Heidi Noseworthy - A/V Intern
Kate Hartigan - Limo Driver
Aaron Levin - BBQ
Neil Stewart - TBA
Amanda Marie Griffin - TBA
Brendan Neima - TBA
Jay Melanson/Anya Nordeen - L&F Ticket Sales
Daniel Joyce - Khyber
Clare Waque - Bus Stop
:::::CONTACT:::::
General info - chikwhite@gmail.com
Ticket info - obeytickets@gmail.com
Crowd Control Sound & Art Fair Sign-up - crowdcontrolsoundandart@gmail.com
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The OBEY Convention recognizes the support of the Province of Nova Scotia through
the Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage. We are pleased to work in
partnership with the Culture Division to develop and promote our cultural resources
for all Nova Scotians.