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| Abstract | July 21, 2010 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2010 program announced The City of Toronto today announced the entire artistic program for the fifth edition of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, featuring 40... |
| Article | July 21, 2010 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2010 program announced The City of Toronto today announced the entire artistic program for the fifth edition of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, featuring 40 City-produced exhibition projects and 93 community-produced independent projects taking place on October 2. This year's event will also present a series of special events celebrating the fifth anniversary and extending Scotiabank Nuit Blanche beyond one night. “This five-year milestone offers a great opportunity to not only look back and celebrate the successes of the first four years, but also look forward to the growth and expansion of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche as one of Canada’s marquee art events,” said Rita Davies, Executive Director Culture, City of Toronto. “Once again, our diverse and dynamic artistic community has developed a robust program that will delight and challenge audiences and transform Toronto’s streets into a nocturnal playground of contemporary art.” City-produced exhibition highlights The City-produced exhibition projects will be positioned directly on the Yonge-University TTC subway line. Yonge Street will be entirely closed to car traffic between Bloor Street and Front Street, giving pedestrians safe and easy access to the exhibitions. Curator Gerald McMaster’s exhibition entitled “The Good Night” features 10 projects in and around Yorkville, from Yonge Street to St. George. Highlights include the Lower Bay Station, which will become an interactive landscape of light in Daan Roosegaarde’s installation "Interactive Landscape Dune", while the Village of Yorkville Park will feature a billion-year-old chunk of the Canadian Shield transformed into the pulsing heart of Mother Earth by Kent Monkman’s alter-ego Miss Chief Eagle Testikle in "Iskootāo". Anthony Kiendl will curate seven projects along the west side of Yonge Street from Dundas Street to Queen Street West in “Sound and Vision.” Nathan Phillips Square will be transformed into a sensory oasis as Daniel Lanois prepares, produces and performs the soundtrack to a multi-channel, multi-screen media experience in "Later That Night at the Drive-In". Atop the new Podium Green Roof at City Hall, Dan Graham’s "Performance Café with Perforated Sides" will feature one of the artist’s world-renowned reflective pavilions, beckoning as a space for human interaction on a grand or intimate scale. Sarah Robayo Sheridan’s exhibition entitled “The Night of Future Past” will be located on the east side of Yonge from Carlton Street south to Queen Street. She will curate eight projects, including Ryan Gander’s "Just Because You Can Feel It, Doesn’t Mean It’s There", which will set Yonge-Dundas Square ablaze in a social sculpture of ambiguous designation but of unmistakable scale and presence. In "Reunion" on the Ryerson Theatre Stage, the historic artistic convergence of the same name that occurred in 1968 will be celebrated and remounted by local and international performers influenced by the twin legacies of Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Christof Migone will curate 15 projects in the Financial District, straddling Yonge Street from Queen Street to Front Street. “Should I Stay or Should I Go” will feature Max Streicher’s "Endgame (Coulrophobia)", which will either delight or frighten audiences who discover the giant inflatable clown heads wedged between two buildings in a back alley. At Commerce Court, Davide Balula’s performance entitled "The Endless Pace" will feature 60 dancers mimicking the passage of time in a clock formed from human movement. Kim Adams’ "Auto Lamp" will become a beacon of light for night owls; a sculptural lighthouse on land at the corner of Yonge and Queen. At Brookfield Place, Martin Arnold and Micah Lexier have collaborated to present "Erik Satie’s Vexations" - two pianos playing a score simultaneously 840 times over 12 hours - the first time this difficult score has been played in such a way and in such short a time. Community-produced independent exhibition highlights The community-produced portion of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will feature new or existing installations created by cultural and educational institutions, neighbourhoods and individual artists that extend the boundaries of the event city-wide and showcase the diversity of Toronto’s arts community. Casa Loma, CN Tower, the Bata Shoe Museum, Ryerson University, TIFF and many more organizations are hosting important projects in their unique venues. Entire neighbourhoods like Parkdale, Liberty Village, Queen West, the Distillery District and the area in and around Trinity Bellwoods Park will feature multiple installations by local artists. Fifth anniversary program Starting September 20 until October 3, a retrospective exhibition titled "Some Enchanted Evenings" celebrating the first four years of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will be showcased at Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W. Selected artworks by past artists, as well as photos and video will be featured in an exhibition curated by Fern Bayer, one of the original curators from 2006. To further commemorate the fifth anniversary, "Nuit Talks" will offer an engaging series of talks covering five topics in five venues over five days. The discussions will explore the boundaries of contemporary art in public space within the context of the event - and will include an intimate conversation with Jian Gomeshi and Daniel Lanois, as well as other diverse examinations of the event’s influence on the commercial contemporary art market, the curatorial process and more. A full list of events, speakers, locations and times can be found online. Full programming details are available at http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca. The public can sign up for the e-newsletter on the website, follow @sbnuitblancheTO on Twitter, or visit www.facebook.com/sbnuitblancheTO for behind the scenes information and updates as the event draws near. 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. It has been honoured with the prestigious Urban Leadership Award and the Globe and Mail Business for the Arts Award and was voted by Now Magazine as Toronto’s "Best Art Event" in 2008 and 2009. Scotiabank is committed to supporting the communities in which we live and work, both in Canada and abroad. Recognized as a leader internationally and among Canadian corporations for its charitable donations and philanthropic activities, in 2009 the bank provided about $39 million in sponsorships and donations to a variety of projects and initiatives, primarily in the areas of healthcare, education, social services and arts and culture. Visit www.scotiabank.com. |
