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Art Galleries + Museums BY S ILV I A P I KA L PLAY HARD, FIGHT HARD: SPORTS AND THE CANADIAN MILITARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2017 An exhibit created in partnership between The Military Museums of Calgary and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame explores the relationship between sports and military service dating back to the First World War. The exhibit features personal stories about Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame honoured members who served in all branches of the Canadian military. “There’s such a wealth of stories in this exhibit that give you an incredible picture of the men and women who have shaped our sport landscape,” says Helena Deng, manager of exhibits and collections at Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Jason de Haan, A house that tells you where you came from, 2017 (production still). ESKER EXHIBITS THROUGH AUGUST 27 The Esker Foundation is presenting the work of Calgary-based artist Jason de Haan, who focuses on the process of things transforming slowly over time. This process of change is shown through unique artwork such as his “Salt Beard” pieces, which are classical busts with mineral growths that resemble beards. In the new exhibit, some of his artwork includes a new, full-sized salt beard figure, a live tree, and a slideshow produced in collaboration with the Royal Tyrrell Museum about Shelly, a soft-shell turtle who’s been living at the Drumheller museum for more than 20 years. “I think there’s going to be a lot of surprises in the gallery that people will discover,” says curator Shauna Thompson. Also showing is The Communist Revolution Was Caused By The Sun. The film by Russian-American artist Anton Vidokle explores the work of Soviet biophysicist Alexander Chizhevsky, who believed all the great upheavals in human history, such as revol