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Chris Myhr is captivated by the destructive power of water. In this Visual Arts News podcast, Veronica Simmonds chats with the Ontario-based artist about his exploration of the Halifax Harbour and the ships wrecked beneath its surface.

In this podcast for Visual Arts News, Veronica Simmonds chats with Halifax-based artist Michael McCormack about his explorations into shortwave radio. McCormack discusses revisiting the medium in his upcoming show at New Brunswick’s Galerie Sans Nom (February 28-April 4), Station, and his use of short-wave artifacts collected by his grandfather, a communications expert and avid collector. Podcast developed with PRX: https://beta.prx.org/stories/121141 Image: Double exposure of archival images from DEW Line station on Hershel Island, 1953. Courtesy of Michael McCormack.

Artist Annie Macmillan is seeking out every lake in the Halifax Regional Municipality with the name "Little Lake" and swimming its perimeter. In this interview for Visual Arts News, Veronica Simmonds catches up with her to talk about her underwater adventures, her artistic process and her exploration of a city’s edges.

In this Visual Arts News podcast, Veronica Simmonds chats with artist Lisa Lipton about her travels across North America, her exploration of drumming culture and work on a new, feature film, THE IMPOSSIBLE BLUE ROSE. The film’s fifth scene, “PARADISE CITY,” will screen during the Outlier Film Festival on Novermber 23rd, 3:30pm at The Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax.

Veronica Simmonds catches up with Will Robinson during his recent residency in Dalhousie University's Killam Memorial Library. Robinson discusses his latest project—translating the surface of a building into song. Image: Installation view of “Young Prayer,” Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto. September, 2012. Photo: Jeff Bierk

Eleanor King is truly an interdisciplinary artist—her work spans from audio installations to drawings and, of course, to her fascination with sculptural stacking. Veronica Simmonds interviews King about her artistic practice, which addresses issues of excess, technological obsolescence and environmental degradation.