CFAT is an inclusive artist-run centre that supports artists who use video, audio, and electronic media to express ideas and stories that are under-represented in mainstream culture.

Residencies

From exhibitions to workshops, CFAT aims to program events and exhibitions that support artists from creation to presentation.


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CFAT’s Artist-In-Residence Program runs once a year, providing a media artist an opportunity to develop a new work, conduct research and connect with the CFAT community. Residencies are usually thematic, but always are based in a medium which CFAT can fully support. The successful applicant receives over $1000 of in-kind support in the form of Production and Editing memberships, access to facilities and equipment, a $1700 artist fee, a $300 speaker fee for conducting a talk or workshop for the community about their project, and access to technical assistance during the residency. Previous thematic residencies have included Video as a Physical Medium, Electronics Residency, and Local Curator in Residence. Past Artist-In-Residence include: Lisa Lipton, Krista Davis, Will Robinson, Khanhthuan Tran, Melanie Colosimo, Eryn Foster, Michael McCormack and Merle Harley.

Local residencies take place at the Centre for Art Tapes, 2238 Maitland Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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CFAT 2019/2020 Artist in Residence

Jessica Lynn Wiebe

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On September 10th 2019, Jessica Lynn Wiebe will be beginning here residency with us. She is a Halifax based interdisciplinary artist. A former artillery soldier in the Canadian military, her artwork investigates the mechanisms of war, including the complex politics around gender, economy, architecture of war, and the human condition. Through the use of various media she makes work that creates dialogue by engaging and challenging deeply held beliefs and emotions about the military and war. Currently she is a participant of the Canadian Forces Artist Program (CFAP) 2018-2019 through the Canadian War Museum (CWM) in Ottawa.

About the Residency

As part of the Canadian Forces Artist Program (CFAP), Jessica was embedded with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in Ukraine for eight days at the beginning of December. During this time, she documented the training of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Operation UNIFIER. Following this program, she travelled independently of the military to gather additional source material as part of her vision for a larger body of work. Jessica visited significant historical and cultural sites and conducted 21 interviews with military members, politicians, diplomats, journalists, historians, and directors of non-government organizations.

For the purpose of this residency, Jessica will create a series of short videos and sound collages from the audio/visual explorations and research she conducted on-site in Ukraine. This material documents the history of war and how it continues to impact the current political and economic climate in Ukraine and push the war in the east. Jessica will utilize CFAT equipment to edit this media and further experiment with projection mapping, sound, installation, and performance.

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