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The streets of downtown Toronto were buzzing with energy over the weekend. From 7PM on Saturday til sunrise Sunday morning, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche brought over 150 innovative art installations to the core of our city. The annual art crawl featured work by over 500 artists including acclaimed author/artist Douglas Coupland. We stopped by various installations throughout the night and have compiled the following set of photos.
Crowds overwhelm Yonge Street as Scotiabank Nuit Blanche begins.
"AURA" This Ryerson group exhibition lit up an underutilized alley off of Gould Street.
"Outsiders" - displayed in the Eaton Centre by art collective "seeingred"
Nathan Phillips Square, and the cavernous parking garage below, were transformed for the night into a "Museum for the End of the World"
"Once Upon a Time" - a video installation by Tania Mouraud projected onto the east tower of City Hall
"World Without Sun" by Christine Davis, was projected onto several circular screens from across the courtyard of Nathan Phillips Square
"Museum of the Rapture" by Douglas Coupland filled the sprawling parking lot beneath City Hall with disturbing living tableaux displays featuring creepily lethargic movements by actors, surreal settings and occasional piles of raw meat.
"Quasar 2.0: Star Incubator" by Jean Michel Crettaz and Mark-David Hosale
Illuminated exit from City Hall parking garage
"The Way Things Are" by Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg
"Flat Space" by Peter Bowyer displayed on Bay Street between Old City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square
"Liquid Cohesion" by Michael Alstad - a video installation projected onto the reflecting pool in the courtyard of Commerce Court
"Beacon" by Allison Norlen - an illuminated metal sculpture on display at the Allen Lambert Galleria in Brookfield Place
"Green Invaders" by Yves Caizergues - A nostalgic homage to the dawn of video games - on display in front of the Sun Life Financial Centre
"Lifecycles" by Matthew Moore - A plant growth-cycle timelapse video installation on display at David Pecaut Square
"SKYLUM" by Andrew Kearney - Hanging from the atrium of the CBC building, this zeppelin-like object looms above while its dancing internal lighting reacts to movement below
"Planes" by Trisha Brown Dance Company includes unique gravity defying dancers hanging from an illuminated wall.
"Planes" by Trisha Brown Dance Company includes unique gravity defying dancers hanging from an illuminated wall.
No doubt many of you have many images from Nuit Blanche too. Disqus commenting system (below) allows you to add your own images to this set; we'd love to see many more!
