Nocturn – 2024 — What Floats Your Boat? A Harbour for Peace or a Harbour for War?

An older woman wearing a flower-covered hat, teal jacket, and peace-symbol apron stands on a harbour gangway at night, holding a small green bucket.

Children and adults gather around an outdoor activity table on the Halifax waterfront, holding colourful paper boats and folding materials.

A young girl in a green tracksuit places a red origami boat into a shallow tray of water while a boy watches beside her.

Children and young people gather inside a shipping container, where a participant signs a large Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty poster.

Peace education posters compare a harbour for peace with a harbour for war, beside colourful origami boats floating in a tray of water.

Volunteers help visitors fold colourful paper boats at a waterfront peace activity station beneath a “What Floats Your Boat?” banner.

Children and adults make colourful origami boats together at an outdoor peace event, with volunteers offering guidance and supplies.

Three women stand together inside a waterfront peace exhibit, reading from an open binder beneath a “What Floats Your Boat?” banner.

Visitors and volunteers fold paper boats at a table covered with colourful paper beneath a large peace-themed banner inside a shipping container.

Five aluminium trays overflowing with colourful handmade origami boats sit beneath signs reading “A Harbour for Peace” and “A Harbour for War.”

A close-up of dozens of brightly coloured origami paper boats floating in two shallow aluminium trays as visitors reach toward them.