VoCA's recommended route through Nuit Blanche Toronto 2007

Here are VoCA's recommended must-sees of the night, listed as a walkable or bikable route that takes you from Zone A in Yorkville, through Zone B to Zone C along Queen Street West. You can always end up at the Drake or the Gladstone!

Have a wonderful Nuit Blanche!


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IF YOU’RE STARTING AT ZONE A (YORKVILLE):

1. DSM5 by Charles Kriel at the ROM
100 Queen’s Park, corner of Bloor Street

2. Nightschool at Hart House, U of T
Just south of Harbord, just west of University Ave. Through the archway and make a left.

3. Adriana Kuiper, Metropolis, 2007
Charles St. and St.Thomas Streets
Also Annesley Hall at Victoria College, 95 Queen’s Park

4. Sara Graham, Canard Development Group, 2007
Courtyard at McKinsey & Co
110 Charles Street West

5. Newmindspace, String of Diamonds, 2007
Trinity College Field
15 Devonshire Place, U of T

6. Jennifer Marman/Daniel Borins, Event Horizon, 2007
Front Campus, U of T
15 King’s Colllege Circle

7. Willie Dogherty, Non-Specific Threat, 2004
The Burano Development Site
832 Bay St. at Grenville

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8. Dyan Marie (and others), Bloor Nightlight
Throughout the Bloor Lansdowne neighbourhood



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ZONE B (UNIVERSITY/SPADINA):

9. Swintak, ThunderEgg Alley: A Dumpster Diver’s Paradise, 2007
Alley behind College and Spadina

10. Hannah Claus, Where There are Trees Standing in the Water, 2007
George Brown House
186 Beverly Street

11. Joseph Beuys, Filz-TV at the Consulate General of Italy
136 Beverly Street at Dundas, in the garden

12. Theatre of Ephemeral Music at the Music Gallery
Inside St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church, just north of the intersection of John and Stephanie Streets, In Grange Park next to OCAD

13. Melissa Shiff, Iconoclash, Night of Awe Dance Party, 2007
Grange Park (OCAD)

14. Testbed at OCAD
100 McCaul Street

15. Vessna Perunovich , Midnight Mirage, 2007
Anne Tanenbaum Gallery School Parking Lot
60 McCaul Street

16. Adad Hannah, Traces, 2007
The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar
194 Queen Street West

17. Laura Madera, Private Moments in Public Spaces
Spoke Club, 600 King Street West, corner of Portland



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ZONE C (QUEEN WEST):

18. Carsten Nicolai & Olaf Bender, white line light, 2002
Old Police Station, 35/45 Strachan Ave.

19. Chiho Aoshima, City Glow, 2005
Massey Harris Park
945 King Street West

20. Science and Sons, Play by Hear, 2007
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen Street West at Shaw

21. Light up the Night by Ryerson at Camera Bar
1028 Queen Street West

22. Craig Walsh, Incursion, 2007
The Great Hall
1087 Queen Street West

23. Misha Glouberman, Terrible Noises for Beautiful People
Mercer Union, 37 Lisgar Street, more or less just south of the Drake Hotel off Queen West

24. Insomnosonic, Live Music
1116 King Street West

25. Made in Toronto, 2007
Mobile project throughout Zone C

Nuit Blanche Toronto - Independent projects Part Two

VoCA recommends…Top independent projects Part Two


1-BLOOR NIGHTLIGHT AT BLOOR & LANSDOWNE
Throughout the Bloor Lansdowne neighbourhood

Artist Dyan Marie has transformed into impresario for this event which involves over 50 artists united in their desire to motivate social change within the troubled community of Bloor and Lansdowne. How will they do this? Through light!

Expect many creative uses of light throughout the night, including Joe Fleming’s Ice House, Clouds of Doubt by JP King and Stephen Marie-Rhodes, a bicycle parade, numerous performances and Marie’s own urban intervention project, Vine People.

For more info and full lineup, click HERE.


2- LIGHT UP THE NIGHT BY RYERSON AT CAMERA BAR
1028 Queen Street West


Michael Snow, Wavelength, film still. Image: lumen.org.uk

Part of Ryerson’s extensive Nuit Blanche programming, the school has produced two films on Canadian experimental filmmakers, R. Bruce Elder and Michael Snow. They will screen along with graduate student films and The American Civil Rights Movement (excerpts from Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection) and photography by College Photographer of the Year, Dominic Nahr.

For more info, click HERE.


3- JOSEPH BEUYS FILZ-TV AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY
136 Beverly Street at Dundas, in the garden


Joseph Beuys, Filz-TV (Felt TV), 1970. Image: ncf.ca

A rare chance to see an important Joseph Beuys film. Perhaps the most celebrated and least understood German contemporary artist of the 20th century, this piece shows Beuys engaging with a television set.

For more info, please click HERE.


4- PRIVATE MOMENTS IN PUBLIC SPACES, OUTSIDE THE SPOKE CLUB
600 King Street West, corner of Portland

Tatar Gallery presents a video installation by Canadian artist Laura Madera. The work, entitled “Private Moments in Public Places”, will be screened on a car that has been crashed into the side of Toronto’s tony Spoke Club.

For more info, please contact Tatar Gallery HERE.


5. DSM5 BY CHARLES KRIEL AT THE ROM
100 Queen’s Park, corner of Bloor Street


Charles Kreil at work. Image: kingston.ac.uk

London-based DVJ Charles Kriel will project his multimedia installation DSM5 against the façade of Libeskind’s crystal. The live performance uses visual and sonic elements to explore psycho-pharmacological culture.

And did you know DVJ Kriel is the UN World Summit Awards National Expert in New Media?

Visit Charles Kriel’s website HERE.

For more info, click HERE.



**STAY TUNED FOR RECOMMENDED ROUTES THROUGH NB TORONTO TOMORROW ON VOCA**

Nuit Blanche Toronto - Independent projects Part One

VoCA recommends…Top independent projects Part One


1-THEATRE OF EPHEMERAL MUSIC AT THE MUSIC GALLERY
Inside St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church, just north of the intersection of John and Stephanie Streets
In Grange Park next to OCAD


Hylozoists at the Music Gallery, 2006. Image: basic_sounds.blogspot.com

The title for the Music Gallery’s Nuit Blanche project references LaMonte Young’s Theatre of Eternal Music. Throughout Nuit Blanche, they will host a one-night-only band called The Theatre of Ephemeral Music. The concept here is an ever-shape-shifting band of improvising musicians that will perform a single concert lasting 12 hours. 12 musicians will take part, with a new musician joining every hour, on the hour.

Performers include sound artist Darren Copeland, Ben Grossman, vocalist Christine Duncan, Neil Wiernik on laptop and Nick Fraser on drums.

For more info and full lineup, click HERE.


2-NIGHTSCHOOL AT HART HOUSE, U OF T
Just south of Harbord, just west of University Ave. Through the archway and make a left.


Dean Baldwin at his MiNiBaR. Image: torontoist.com

The Nightschool features an oversized kaleidoscope by Will Kwan, projected environments by Amos Latteier, and lots of torches by Lisa Neighbour.

You can finally indulge your high school crush with Darren O’Donnell’s Slow Dance with Teacher before viewing a series of important early videos – Instructional tapes – by the likes of renowned international artists (and VoCA favorites) Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Suzy Lake, Adrian Piper and Martha Rosler and the hilarious William Wegman.

And artist Dean Baldwin hosts MiNiBaR: a genuine mini bar serving mini (but powerful) cocktails outside Hart House. Not to be missed!

For more info, click HERE.


3-TESTBED AT OCAD
100 McCaul Street


OCAD by night. Image: ocad.ca

On the 6th floor at OCAD, you can walk into Judith Doyle’s virtual family home, experience Robert Houle’s Do not open until you get home and Lorena Salomé’s kinetic, robot sculptures, and explore Simone Jones and Julian Oliver’s interactive installation. Brenda Goldstein and Alissa Firth-Eagland’s video spin is worthwhile, as is Precious Blood, Noam Gonick ‘prison’ piece.

For more info, click HERE.


4- TERRIBLE NOISES FOR BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AT MERCER UNION
37 Lisgar Street, more or less just south of the Drake Hotel off Queen West


Misha Glouberman holding court. Image: squiddity.blogspot.com

Here is your opportunity to break down some of the social constraints that have held you tightly bound…Improvise! The Misha Gloubernam School of Learning will teach you to improvise at its all-night participatory vocal improvisation event. From 1 am to 3 am, there will be a Vocal Coba recital.

For more info, click HERE

**MORE NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO INFO CONTINUES BELOW**

NEWS: ARABELLA CAMPBELL WINS RBC PAINTING COMPETITION

Arabella Campbell, Physical Facts Series #4, 2005 – 2006. Image: catrionajeffries.com

VoCA congratulates Vancouver artist Arabella Campbell, winner of this year's $25,000 RBC Painting Competition.

Campbell is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery.

Calgary artist Chris Millar and Toronto's Melanie Authier were the two honorable mentions, who each received $15,000.


Chris Millar, FACEBITOR – The Untimely Transmorgrification of the Problem, 2006. Image: rbc.com

Chris Millar is represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery.

The award is Canada's largest arts award disbursement for painting and goes a long way toward enabling the artist’s career.

All 15 semi-finalist works are on view at the Ontario College of Art & Design from September 18 - September 27 before embarking on a whirlwind tour across Canada:


Melanie Authier, Karma Kanyon, 2007. Image: courtesy the artist

Melanie Authier is represented by Michael Gibson Gallery.

University of Moncton, New Brunswick
October 3 - 12
Website HERE

MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie Ontario
October 17 - 24
Website HERE

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
October 31 – November 11
Website HERE

Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver
November 24 – December 1
Website HERE

Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition supports Canadian visual artists early in their career by providing
them with a forum to display their artistic talent to the country

Along with past winners, the winning paintings of 2006
will become part of RBC's Canadian art collection.

Nuit Blanche Toronto

VoCA recommends...Zone C

Zone C is the Queen West Zone, extending along Queen from Trinity-Bellwoods Park, west to Dufferin and from Dundas down to King Street. Singh is an artist and curator at the very downtown Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, where she has mounted exhibitions using music, fashion and performance in unique and welcoming ways.

1. CARSTEN NICOLAI & OLAF BENDER: WHITE LINE LIGHT, 2002
What to expect: What are the dramatic possibilities of a white neon tube? Find out here.
Where: Old Police Station, 35/45 Strachan Ave.


Carsten Nicolai & Olaf Bender, Attitudes, 2004. Image: oral.qc.ca

2. CHIHO AOSHIMA: CITY GLOW, 2005
What to expect: Wild animations creep through the cityscape, bringing the park to life
Where: Massey Harris Park, 945 King Street West

3. CRAIG WALSH, INCURSION, 2007
What to expect: A video unlike any other you have seen. Is it a video at all?
Where: The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West


Craig Walsh, Humanature 2007. Image: melbourne2007.com.au

4. MADE IN TORONTO, 2007
What to expect: A “Graffiti research lab” where you can make your own graffiti anywhere you like. If you’ve always wanted to..
Where: Mobile project throughout Zone C

5. SCIENCE AND SONS, PLAY BY HEAR, 2007
What to expect: An "ominous, fantastical creature" takes over the park outside the CAMH...
Where: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen Street West at Shaw


Science and Sons, Phonofone II. Image: scienceandsons.com

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Nuit Blanche Toronto

VoCA recommends...Zone B

Zone B extends more or less from College and Spadina to King and University, covering the Baldwin Street area, OCAD down to Queen and below to King. It's curated by Michelle Jacques, assistant cuator at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

1. ADAD HANNAH: TRACES, 2007
What to expect: If you think you know what you’re looking at, prepare to have your expectations undermined in this still but strangely moving installation..
Where:The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen Street West


Adad Hannah, Installation documentation of Cuba Still (Remake), 2005.
Image: adadhannah.com

2. SWINTAK: THUNDEREGG ALLEY: A DUMPSTER DIVER'S PARADISE, 2007
What to expect: An attempt to create a 5 star resort from the refuse of a downtown alley. More successful than you might expect..
Where: Alley behind College and Spadina

3. MELISSSA SHIFF: ICONOCLASH, NIGHT OF AWE DANCE PARTY, 2007
What to expect: An interactive dance party that takes Moses (yes, that Moses) as its inspiration. Need we say more?
Where: Grange Park (OCAD)


Melissa Shiff, Command J: Jewish Laws, Digital Arts. Inside the Abrahmic Tent, 2005.
Image: melissashiff.com

4. HANNAH CLAUS: WHERE THERE ARE TREES STANDING IN THE WATER, 2007
What to expect: An installation uses light and shadow to reinvent traditional Canadian wallpaper patterns.
Where: George Brown House, 186 Beverly Street

5. VESSNA PERUNOVICH: MIDNIGHT MIRAGE, 2007
What to expect: A traditional Serbian feast is served to anyone who wants it…
Where: Anne Tanenbaum Gallery School Parking Lot, 60 McCaul Street


Vessna Perunovich, House of Exile, 2003, video installation. Image: divus.cz

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Nuit Blanche Toronto

VoCA recommends...Zone A

The curated projects in Zone A (Yorkville and surrounding area) should be fantastic this year. Curated by Rhonda Corvese, who won the Untitled Art Award for Emerging Curator last year, the zone includes pieces off Yonge Street, in Yorkville and around King's College and the University of Toronto.


1. JENNIFER MARMAN/DANIEL BORINS: EVENT HORIZON, 2007

What to expect: A commotion, a large-scale ruckus. Has a bomb gone off? Is it a crime scene?
Where: Front Campus, U of T, 15 King’s Colllege Circle

2. WILLIE DOGHERTY: NON-SPECIFIC THREAT, 2004

What to expect: A video of threatening intensity, Dogherty’s work is unflinching in it’s power.
Where: The Burano Development Site, 832 Bay St. at Grenville


Willie Dogherty, Non-Specific Threat, 2004. Image: scotiabanknuitblanche.ca

3. SARA GRAHAM: CANARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP, 2007

What to expect: Torontonians are all too familiar with development corporations. But this one has a roof about to float away..
Where: Courtyard at McKinsey & Co, 110 Charles Street West

4. ADRIANA KUIPER: METROPOLIS, 2007

What to expect: Are you claustrophobic? No? Are you sure? Find out here…
Where: MintoUrban Communities Inc., Charles St. and St.Thomas Streets
Also Annesley Hall at Victoria College, 95 Queen’s Park

5. NEWMINDSPACE: STRING OF DIAMONDS, 2007

What to expect: If you enjoy the starry, starry night, you’ll love String of Diamonds.
Where: Trinity College Field, 15 Devonshire Place, U of T


Newmindspace, String of Diamonds, 2007. Image: scotiabanknuitblanche.ca

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