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Nuit Blanche 2014 Guide: The Exhibitions
Submitted by Kira Bruce on Mon, 2014-09-29 23:00
Walk among Worlds, Máximo González, 2014 | Photo: Ivan Buenader
Toronto’s annual all-night celebration of contemporary art is just around the corner; next Saturday will mark the 9th edition of Nuit BlancheToronto since its inauguration in 2006. This year’s event will feature four curated exhibitions with art projects commissioned by the City ofToronto and over 80 independent projects from Toronto's diverse art community. Four women make up the 2014 curatorial team, each of whomhas planned an exhibition specific to a location in the city: The Possibility of Everything, The Night Circus, Before Daybreak, and PerformanceAnxiety. With such an abundance of exciting options spread over different neighborhoods, it can be difficult to choose where to go and what tosee. Here are ADONE’s top picks from the four exhibitions:
THE POSSIBILITY OF EVERYTHING
Location: Chinatown/Queen West
Curator: Dominique Fontaine, independent curator and Founding Director of aposteriori, a non-profit curatorial platform.
CULTURE ART DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY
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AMAZE (artist rendering) Marcos Zotes, 2014
AMAZE, 2014Location: 302 Queen Street West
Icelandic artist and architect Marcos Zotes’ urban labyrinth promises to immerse viewers within a multisensory experience of light and sound.The walls and pathways of the labyrinth are transformed into an all-encompassing audiovisual spectacle, though participants are repeatedlyreminded of the surrounding city. AMAZE reinvents the experience of urban space.
La main du rêve, 2013
Location: Jackman Hall at the AGO
Montreal artist Pascal Grandmaison’s video installation invites viewers into a dreamlike encounter with nature; the reversed and slowed-downfootage depicts natural environments in reaction to unnatural interruptions and deconstructions.
Walk among Worlds, 2013
Location: 33 Phoebe Street - Ogden Junior Public School
Step into Mexican artist Maximo Gonzalez’ immersive installation of 7,000 inflatable globes, which represent the 7,000 million inhabitants of theplanet. The globes come in three sizes, referencing the outmoded concept of ‘first’ and ‘third’ world. Walking amidst the profusion of Gozalez’disparate worlds asks us to consider the divisions, political and economical, within our own.
THE NIGHT CIRCUS
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Location: Roundhouse Park/Bremner Blvd
Curator: Denise Markonish, curator at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.
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Big Top Grand Stand, SuttonBeresCuller (SBC), 2014
HOLOSCENES, 2014
Location: Roundhouse Park - 255 Bremner Boulevard
A performance installation from Lars Jan and the Early Morning Opera, HOLOSCENES explores the relations between humans and water.Performers act out mundane tasks within an aquarium that will rapidly fill with water at any given moment, demanding the performer to adaptto an aquatic environment. The performance reminds us that everyday human behavior is susceptible to changes to the world’s waters, such asrising sea levels, floods and droughts.
Big Top Grand Stand, 2014
Location: Spadina Avenue & Clarence Square
Seattle based trio of artists SuttonBeresCuller bring a towering migratory sculpture to the streets of Toronto. Inspired by the colorful andtransitory structures of circuses and fairs, the trio created a spectacular monument atop a flatbed trailer. A playful and humorous take on theconcept of public art, Big Top Grand Stand will undoubtedly capture the attention of Nuit Blanche crowds.
Un/natural History: Drowning Captiva, 2014
Location: 320 Front Street West
Irish artist George Bolster’s video installation explores the island of Captiva. The island was home to artist Robert Rauschenberg, who worked topreserve the island’s landscape through conservation efforts. The video is a call to action, emphasizing the importance of environmentalactivism and preservation.
BEFORE DAYBREAK
Location: Fort York
Curator: Magda Gonzalez-Mora, Independent Curator and advisor from Toronto and curator for the Sherritt Collection of Contemporary CubanArt of the AGO.
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Conga Irreversible, Lost Carpinteros, 2012
Conga Irreversible, 2012
Location: 100 Garrison Road
In a video installation from the renowned Havana-based collective Los Carpinteros (The Carpenters), 100 professional Cuban dancers wearingflamboyant black costumes do the conga in reverse. The dancers move to a score composed for the piece by Cuban jazz artist Yosvany Terry,which is played in reverse, doubling the subversion of the dance. This new backwards ‘comparsa’ (a traditional conga typically performed duringCarnival) is a direct critique to Cuba's socio-political reality.
Chic Point, 2005
Location: 100 Garrison Road
Sharif Waker, a Nazareth born artist, imagines “fashion for Israeli checkpoints” in this video installation. A reflection on encounters betweenforces of power and the everyday, the video is especially relevant in considering contemporary conflict across the globe.
Melting Point, 2014
Location: 100 Garrison Road
LeuWebb Projects transforms the Fort York historical site through converting the cannons into fountains of light and sound. The piece mergeshistorical monuments with ephemeral aesthetics, which reflects the combination of cultural narratives and historic events that have shaped FortYork itself.
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PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
Location: Toronto City Hall/Nathan Phillips Square
Curator: Heather Pesanti, Senior Curator at The Contemporary Austin, Texas
HALFLIFE, Shasti O'Leary Soudant, 2014 | Photo: Jethro Soudant
Dress Rehearsal, 2014
Location: Nathan Philips Square – Loading Dock
Solitary performers occupy three free-standing shadow boxes in Tor Lukasik-Foss’ performance piece. Throughout the evening the performerswill act out various stages of preparation, from dressing to rehearsing. The piece captures the quiet intimacy of the typically unseen performanceof preparation.
Nuit Blanche 2014 will take place October 4th, from 6:53 pm to sunrise. For further details visit http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca .
All images courtesy City of Toronto, Special Events Office Media Room
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