« Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is Toronto’s annual all-night celebration of contemporary art, produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto’s arts community. The eighth edition of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will take place Saturday, October 5 from 6:51 p.m. until sunrise. This year’s lineup includes 112 art projects created by more than 500 local, national and international artists who will transform the streets of Toronto for a single night.
‘Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is a collaboration of the City of Toronto, the art communities, corporate sponsors and hundreds of volunteers who believe in the success of the event year after year,’ said Councillor Gary Crawford (Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest). ‘By making contemporary art available to a mass audience, the city comes alive and we all benefit.’
‘We believe embracing the arts pushes us to develop new perspectives and inspires us to pursue our passions. That’s why we’re proud that Scotiabank Nuit Blanche gives people the chance to discover art in their community,’ said Jacqueline Ryan, Scotiabank’s Vice President of Sponsorship and Partnership Programs. ‘We’re also thrilled to present 1nspired Night, a new installation that allows the public to connect more deeply with Scotiabank Nuit Blanche this year.' »
ArtBridges would like to highlight the following Nuit Blanche exhibits & events:
Nuit Talks
« A series of free themed talks are scheduled to run October 3, 4 and 5. The talks allow for frank discussion, and a behind-the-scenes look at the artists and their work.
Nuit Talks themes include: a celebration of the ready-made, the use of science, technology, the role of history and past experience in contemporary art. The event curators will share the artistic narratives of their exhibitions and this year a special presentation will take place in partnership with the AGO’s First Thursdays. A full list of events, speakers, locations, ticket information and times will be available here.
Community-produced Independent Projects
« The community-produced portion of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2013 will feature 67 projects created by cultural and educational institutions, neighbourhoods and individual artists. The projects expand the boundaries of the event and showcase the diversity of Toronto’s art community. » for example:
Dreaming the Luminous Numinous (ArtHeart, Regent Park School of Music, Regent Park Film Festival, Native Earth Performing Arts, Collective of Black Artists, Centre for Social Innovation)
« The tenant organizations of Daniels Spectrum, a cultural hub in Regent Park, present a mash-up of interactive art and music-making opportunities. Come make music and be delighted by performances and events all night long at our cultural hub in Regent Park. Something for everyone! »
Give and Take (Independent Youth Project, University of Toronto Schools)
UTS Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Project
« How can art impact notions of public space and community boundaries?
A school is a confluence of students from many geographic and cultural communities. What tensions, juxtapositions and opportunities result? How is the school a microcosm of the surrounding community?
A collective of students artists, aged 12 to 18, are working collaboratively to transform the facade of their school into an interactive event. »
Agit P.O.V. (Le Laboratoire d’art – Le Labo inc.)
« Agit P.O.V. (Petit Objet de Vélo) is a microhack for bicycles relying on the Persistence of Vision (POV) effect, the propaganda tactics of the russian avant-garde (AGIT Prop) and the SpokePOV Project by Limor Fried (LadyAda). »
For more details on Nuit Blanche, visit: http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.
-from Scotiabank Nuit Blanche press release (August 21, 2013)
photo (above): Libre, 2012. Credit: Mariángela Aponte Núñez and Alexandre Castonguay
part of « Agit P.O.V., 201 » Nuit Blanche exhibit 2013, Le Laboratoire d’art inc.
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