Nuit Blanche 2010 To Feature Over 130 Art Projects
Posted September 29, 2010 4:18 pm.
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Walking the streets of Toronto, you see a giant helium-filled bunny, toilets in a pond and light projections at city hall. You must be out for Nuit Blanche!
Scotiabank’s annual outdoor arts festival is on Saturday, Oct 2. The all-night event will start at exactly 6:57 p.m., and will run until sunrise.
Last year, an estimated one million people were on the streets of Toronto exploring the designated zones filled with contemporary art. Featuring both independent projects and exhibitions, Nuit Blanche 2010 is going to be big.
This year will feature more than 130 free art projects within three zones. The zones cover all of downtown Toronto.
This sounds like quite a large area (and don’t be fooled; it is), but with the help of Nuit Balnche’s navigation tools, getting around to see the projects will be easy.
My Night is an online itinerary builder that helps organize your route for the night. You can also plan your route on your Blackberry or iPhone with the Night Navigator App.
The TTC will have a special event Nuit Blanche day pass for sale at a set price of $10.
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To help you decide where to go and when, here is some information about each zone.
There will be 31 projects to see within Zone A, including Pillars of Fire and Interactive landscape Dune.
The theme of Zone A is The Good Night, and it is curated by Gerald McMaster.
Zone B – Downtown Central/East
Zone B offers 40 projects, including Later That Night At The Drive-In (Daniel Lanois’s installment, see video below) and Allegory For A Rock Opera (held in Citytv’s production studios).
Zone B’s exhibits are on Sound and Vision (curated by Anthony Kiendl) and The Night of Future Past (curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan).
With a total of 62 projects, Zone C is the biggest of this year’s Nuit Blanche, housing such exhibits as Paradise Disko, Auto Lamp and Big O.
Curated by Christof Migone, Zone C’s theme is Should I Stay or Should I Go.
To kick-off Nuit Blanche and to thank the participating artists, CityNews’s own Roger Petersen will be hosting the pre-Nuit reception on Sept 30 at 6:30 p.m.at Scotia Plaza on King Street West.
Drivers this weekend should be aware of road closures related to Nuit Blanche.
The following routes will be shut down starting at 7 p.m. on Oct 2, and will reopen at 7 a.m. on Oct 3.
- Yonge Street, between Front Street and Bloor Street West
- Bloor Street West, between Yonge Street and Bedford Road
- Bay Street, between Dundas Street West and Richmond Street West
- Queen Street East, between Victoria Street and University Avenue
For More information on Nuit Blanche, visit www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.
