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Born in Paris France in 2003 these all night exhibitions, installations, performances and discoveries were such a success that the idea was exported to cities across the world from Rome, Brussels and Madrid to Toronto. These free exhibitions by local artists will keep Toronto buzzing all night long. This event takes place on October 4 starting at 6:52 p.m and runs until sunrise on Sunday.
Zone A
Nuit Blanche events takes place in three different zones. The following events take place in Zone A, whose information booth is located at Yonge-Dundas Square on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East. Take the subway to Dundas Station on the Yonge line. There is a 250-car parking garage located underground at Yonge-Dundas Square. Click here for a complete list of Zone A's exhibitions and map of the area.
Stereoscope
Toronto City Hall
The Berlin-Based group, Project Blinkenlights, uses interactive display screens to shine its mixed-media art project, Stereoscope, on the 960 windows of Toronto City Hall.
Into the Blue
Toronto Eaton Centre
Fujiwara Takahiro’s installation consisting of inflatable donut-shaped soft acrylic tubes will be showcased in middle of the Toronto Eaton Centre.
Conversation #2
MacDonald Block Building
Tom Bendsten's Conversation #2 is a sculpture made from more than 12,000 books with their spines facing outwards and creating an image of the night sky. The exhibit is on display at 900 Bay Street.
Stock Extravaganza
65 Dundas
Stock Extravaganza is a multimedia installation by Robert Hengeveld bringing together ordinary street furniture with bizarre music and sounds of the concert space. Exhibit is on display at 65 Dundas Street, at Bay Street.
15 Seconds
Yonge-Dundas Square
Daniel Olson transforms ordinary citizens into instant celebrities by shining a spotlight on them from a small guard tower at Yonge-Dundas Square in Zone A.
Waterfall
Ontario Power Generation
Katharine Harvey presents Waterfall, a quilt comprised of recycled plastic bottles hung on the side of the Ontario Power Generation building and illuminated to appear as falling water from afar.
Meeky, the World's Strangest Little Boy
Whitney Block, Queen's Park
Roy Kohn's multi-media exhibit, Meeky, the World's Strangest Boy, recreates a carnival sideshow and includes memorabilia from Meeky, a Hungarian-born performer who disappeared in the 1950s. The exhibit takes place on the northeast corner of University Avenue and Grosvenor Street.
Time-Piece
MacDonald Block, Hepburn Block
Adam David Brown compresses the 27 phases of the moon in a short video called Time-Piece at MacDonald Block, 80 Grosvnor.
Four Sisters
Bay and Elm Streets Parking Lot
John Armstrong and Paul Collins present Four Sisters -- a 30-minute sequence shot of rush hour on the Gardiner Expressway with text of 11 short narratives running below the video. The exhibition plays in the parking lot at Bay and Elm Streets.
Without Persons
Maple Leaf Gardens
Luis Jacob's multi-media installation at Maple Leaf Gardens, Without Persons, uses two robotic-sounding voices and corresponding video images to illustrate the innate human need to communicate.
House of Leaves
Ryerson University
Walk through the pages of thousands of classic novels at House of Leaves, a sculpture by Katherine L. Hannin on display at Ryerson University's Student Campus Centre on 55 Gould Street.
Dream Home
Metro Central YMCA
Lyla Rye's video installation, Dream Home, plays on society's fears and anxieties about shelter through images of a dollhouse. Playing at Metro Central YMCA.
Domaine de l'Angle #2
Massey Hall
The artistic trio from Quebec City, BGL, transform a dismal alley on O'Keefe Lane, behind Massey Hall, into a modern office.
Zombies in Condoland
College Park
Jillian McDonald brings zombies to College Park for a series of film shoots at Zombies in Condoland, and encourages Torontonians to dress up and participate.
Sound Forest
Queen's Park
Tova Kardonne and Christine Duncan present Sound Forest, a 40-person choir wandering through Queen's Park and singing individually before joining together at the end of their two hour show for a final climax.
Zone B
Nuit Blanche events takes place in three different zones. The following events take place in Zone B, whose information booth is at Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West. The closest subway stop is at Union Station and the closest parking is a Green P lot at the corner of York and Front Streets. Click here for a complete list of Zone B's exhibitions and a map of the area.
Turbulence Sound Matrix: Signe
Ontario Heritage Centre
Using the wave patterns of the wind, Steve Heimbecker, presents Turbulence Sound Matrix: Signe, an audio exhibit amplifying nature's music in combination with piano notes in the Gallery at the Ontario Heritage Trust.
Alternator
St. Lawrence Garage
Performance artist Rita McKeough sets up miniature oil rigs on every oil stain in the St. Lawrence Parking Garage at Yonge Street and the Esplanade.
Corvidae Ibidem
Berczy Park
Standing alone in black clothing, barefoot and blindfolded, performance artist Larry McDowell stands silently for 12 hours in Berzcy Park creating a creepy surrealist nightmare called Corvidae Ibidem.
The Greatest Falls
Corner of Church and Colborne
Performance artist Thierry Marceau presents Superman's final showdown in front of a waterfall at the corner of Church and Colborne, for his exhibition, The Greatest Falls.
Business Class
Parking Lot at Temperance and Sheppard
Artists from Magnetic Laboratorium and Marisela La Grave create Business Class, an inter-media installation and performance piece about a group of futuristic philosophical thinkers in the heart of the Financial District. The show takes place in the parking lot at Temperance and Sheppard Streets.
Commerce Court
Commerce Court
Winnipeg's Noam Gonick presents Commerce Court, a comedic peek into the closed doors on Bay Street, projected outdoors in Toronto's financial district, 25 King Street West.
Earth and Sky
Pedestrian Walkway/Teamway York Street
Contemporary artists, Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden, create a banner, Earth and Sky, which blurs the boundary between each sphere. The banner hangs along the pedestrian walkway on York Street, south of Front Street.
the common and the tense (a sound ecology)
Friends Cafe
Byron Kent Wong mixes the sounds of the city with manipulations of manufactured pianos, electronics and amps in his exhibit, the common and the tense (a sound ecology) at Dundee Place Courtyard, 1 Adelaide Street East.
r u part of the art?
Scotia Plaza
Nuit Blanche viewers are invited to create art in r u part of the art? by signing up to receive text message instructions throughout the night. Conceptual intervention artists Farah Yusuf and Alex Stephan present this exhibit at Zone B's information desk.
STILLNESSENCE
Rainbow Cinemas Market Square
John Oswald's video installation, STILLNESSENCE, depicts hundreds of life-size, ghostly images of Torontonians on a slowly evolving, seemingly still movie screen. The film plays at Rainbow Cinema Market Square.
15 Minutes of Fame
330 Bay Street Ltd
15 Minutes of Fame is an exhibit consisting of a prison bed, prison blanket, sheet and pillow, and a standard brown suitcase with random personal items. Performance artist Amanda Scott invites viewers to rearrange the exhibit at 330 Bay Street.
Don Coyote
Anglican Parish Churches In Toronto (St James' Cathedral)
Calgary-Based performance artists Matt Masters and Terrance Houle showcase Don Coyote, an adventure story and musical number about Don Coyote, a Calgary resident in search of the Cowboy Code. Playing at Cathedral Church of St. James.
Benefit of the Doubt
Terroni Restaurant
The sculpture and light installation, Benefit of the Doubt by Barr Gilmore, is inspired by Honest Ed's signage and is fittingly on display at The Court Square behind the York County Courthouse (now Terroni Restaurant), the site of the last public hanging.
Toronto/Calgary Nocturnes I
Brookfield Place
Toronto/Calgary Nocturnes I captures the true essence of the city at night, when it is empty and without human interference. Spanish photographer Ricardo Okaranza displays his exhibition at Brookfield Place.
Horroridor
Union Station (Ttc & Go)
Toronto artist Kelly Mark showcases Horroridor, a terrifying 20-foot-long video corridor featuring clips from horror films. The film is being screened at the Lower West entrance of Union Station.
Zone C
Nuit Blanche events take place in three different zones. The following events take place in Zone C, whose information booth is at Lamport Stadium, located at 1151 King Street West. The closest subway stop is at St. Andrew Station. A Green P parking lot is located beside the stadium at the corner of King Street and Jefferson Avenue. Click here for a complete list of Zone C exhibitions and a map of the area.
Smash! Dropping Stuff
Studio City
The custodians of destruction drop random pieces of old junk from a crane in a multimedia art event in the Studio City parking lot.
Xibalba
Toronto Carpet Factory
Xibalba is an interactive sculpture installation hooked up to a motion sensor, which lights up when viewers enter the piece. Designers are Ulysses Castellaos and Faisal Anwar. Xibalba is on display in the Carpet Factory parking lot on Fraser Avenue.
Original Soundtrack
80 Lynn Williams Street
Original Soundtrack is a sound installation using 20 TVs and DVD players. Brian Joseph Davis layers sounds on top of one another creating a unique blend.
I, the world, things, life
Studio City
Dartboards are mounted side by side and are moved throughout the night to create new installations in a highly participatory exhibit by Jacob Dahlgren called I, the world, things, life on display at Studio City.
I promise it will always be this way
Lamport Stadium
Dozens of costumed mascots energize the crowd at Lamport Stadium before breaking the illusion and taking a nap. I promise it will always be this way is an exhibit by Jon Sasaki.
Imagine Peace
Liberty Street and Jefferson Avenue
Yoko Ono continues the crusade she started with her late husband John Lennon in the 60s and asks viewers to imagine the possibility of peace with her installation, Imagine Peace. On display at the corner of Liberty Street and Jefferson Avenue.
Purified by Fire
Liberty Market Building
Matthew Suib creates the illusion of a building on fire by using footage from Stanley Kubrick's film on the Vietnam War in his film installation Purified by Fire. Playing at Liberty Market Building.
Overflow
Former prison chapel at King Liberty Village
Canadian chaotic art creator Michael de Broin makes a waterfall flow from a third story window, at the former prison chapel on East Liberty Street.
Buffalos in Combat
Public Storage
Artist Hamra Abbas of Pakistan presents Buffalos in Combat, a life-size sculpture of a pair of fighting buffalo. On display in the Public Storage Courtyard on Jefferson Avenue.
Reserved
Traffic Services
Reserved, by Bani Abidi, is a political video critiquing a militaristic society who is held hostage to the spectacle of government. Playing at the Toronto Police Transportation Station.
Euphemisms for the Intimate Enemy
Mowat Avenue at Liberty Street
Australian artist Ruark Lewis explores the meaning of puzzling statements and euphemisms creating a relationship between nonsense and poetry with, Euphemisms for the Intimate Enemy, 550 55-gallon drums on display on Mowat Avenue at Liberty Street.
Future Perfect
Parking Lot at Mowat and Fraser
Brendan Fernandes' Future Perfect critiques government attempts at bringing all people, regardless of gender, race or class together in one urban neighbourhood. On display in the parking lot between Mowat and Fraser.
Untitled
Dominelli Service Station Ltd
Untitled, by Shilpa Gupta, is a critique of society's tendency to encourage fear and conformity. The project uses interactive video to display how fear leads to violence.
Sniff, Lick, Pinch, Nibble, Swallow
First Capital Realty Inc
Sniff, Lick, Pinch, Nibble, Swallow is a delicious exhibition on the Hanna Avenue walkway, featuring an installation made from coconut designed by Noni Kaur.
Urban Voice Oscillator
Maro
The Urban Voice Oscillator uses voices, a piece of string and a green laser to visually enlarge voices to an urban scale. Maham Javadi and Bruno Billio have designed the show, playing at the corner of Liberty St. and Pardee Ave.
