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SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE
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| 2012-09-29 - 2012-09-29 |
7:00 PM |
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Various Locations in Toronto
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More Information:
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is an annual all-night art festival in Toronto. It is a celebration of contemporary art, which is produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto's arts community. Each year, the event features commissioned works by local, national and international artists, as well as independent projects by Toronto museums, galleries and institutions.
Curators for the exhibitions are Janine Marchessault, Michael Prokopow, Christina Ritchie, Helena Reckitt and Shauna McCabe.
Nuit Blanche separates the city into three zones, Downtown North (Zone A), Downtown Central/East (Zone B) and Downtown South/West (Zone C). Maps of each zone will be available on the website, and full city maps will be available for download or can be picked up at the information centres during the night.
ZONE A (59 Projects)
Curated by Shauna McCabe, Zone A's exhibition aims to transform architecture and landscape to illuminate the memories, histories and imagination used in everyday experiences. Zone A's sponsored project is a Fun House interactive art installation inspired by classic carnivals.
ZONE B (62 Projects)
Zone B's curated exhibition, courtesy of Christina Ritchie, is focused on the city's formation through buildings and people, and how our passing through the city shapes its construction. The sponsored project is a pair of inflatable sculptures located inside the Toronto Eaton Centre.
ZONE C (29 Projects)
Curated by Helena Reckitt, Zone C's exhibition is Once More With Feeling, exploring the human desire to repeat or remake. The sponsored project is a kinetic sculpture, a lens-shaped cloud, that hangs above the audience and is affected by their wind currents.
City Hall's exhibition is Museum For The End Of The World, curated by Janine Marchessault and Michael Prokopow. Around Nathan Phillips Square and City Hall, the installation shows the link between creativity and the end of the world, from Noah's shipbuilding, ancient texts prophesying, the idea of Doomsday and more.
There are also three free themed talks about the art scene running through the evening, with topics ranging from new technologies and media, using art as a platform to raise awareness and the most important things about contemporary art.
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