Nuit Blanche 2015: Five installations to check out

Saturday night marks the 10th annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, which turns downtown Toronto into a living art gallery.

Here are a just a handful of installations that you might want to check out between sundown on Saturday and sunrise on Sunday morning.

Beaufort 3: Glaciology

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Part of the Work of Wind zone, Anandam Dance Theatre members will create a “living landscape,” forming a human glacier that will drift west along Queens Quay for the duration of Nuit Blanche.

The East Side Story

The Department of Imaginary Affairs spent the past few months going to local festivals, gathering stories that will make up the content of giant books displayed outdoors at St. James Park.

Inside Out

New York and Paris-based artist JR has curated seven projects for the Black and White Night zone. One of the projects is Inside Out, large scale full-frame portraits of people showing off what they stand for. Starting last Saturday, Torontonians were invited to take their photos in photo booth trucks across the city, and have them added to the installation.

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Censored Cuban artist Tania Bruguera’s mystery project, part of the HTUOS/HTRON zone, will only be revealed on the night of the art festival. She is currently being held against her will in Havana. Bruguera was arrested in December of 2014 after trying to revisit her installation in Havana’s Revolution Square.

 

Light Cave

Described as “a cathedral of the spirit,” the energetic and colourful enclosure in the 10 for 10th – Memory Lane zone aims to join people together. “The main goal is to open a dialogue that is inclusive of all people under one Light Cave,” the artist group FriendsWithYou says.


If you’re heading out for Nuit Blanche, click here for our survival guide, complete with everything you need to know about the all-night contemporary art event, including a map of all venues and transit details.

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