our own m2j (Mahan) will have works displayed at nuit blanche as well.
Mahan Javadi - Insomnia - Nuit Blanche 2007
Redhead Gallery
401 Richmond Street West
and
Mahan Javadi - G(art) Fair - Nuit Blanche 2007
Index G gallery
50 Gladstone Avenue
mute79
i'll be going to the one at bloor united church...
PartEgurl
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this Alex !! I had no idea about this, and my thesis is on art installations. This has to be integrated with my Schulz plans.
Misanthrope
i don't know the schedule of events, but i want to go to this.
spitty
this looks awesome. Might roam the streets when i'm done work..would love to check out the church/wellesley one!
m2j
quote:
Originally posted by smuncky
our own m2j (Mahan) will have works displayed at nuit blanche as well.
Mahan Javadi - Insomnia - Nuit Blanche 2007
Redhead Gallery
401 Richmond Street West
and
Mahan Javadi - G(art) Fair - Nuit Blanche 2007
Index G gallery
50 Gladstone Avenue
heheh, thanks for the promo dude ;)
I'll be at Index G for most of the night.
But I may wander about for parts of the night as well.
kotsy
quote:
Originally posted by DJ Robben
My brother has a piece on exhibit this year.
I will try and find out where it is.
Your brother is still alive?
Theresa
I'll be there with Luke.
We'll probably be around the Eaton Center area (that is where our hotel is).
Anyone have suggestions for restaurants near there?
BTG
i'm goin with the misses.
duno why though:/
smuncky
leaving soon. maybe i'll see some of you there!
have fun everyone.
Abercrombie
I'll be out there tonight after 1... don't know where I'm going to go yet... so much to see! If one was to go there for less than 2 hrs, where would be the best section or street to go?
smuncky
one word: AWESOME!
i gotta say i had a great time last night and this morning. so much to see and do. and the crowds! so many people were out on the streets chatting, dancing, and enjoying the vibe of the urban city. this has to be one of the most successful events in toronto.
i started out my night around 8.30 when i went to the ryerson campus/dundas square/eaton's area. at ryerson they had a cool installation with toilets and steam rise out from them. there was also some interprative dance going on beside it.
we then went to the eaton center and there was an interactive installation where people would draw something, and then it would get displayed on this screen that was suspended from the ceiling in the form of clouds.
the next installation was also interactive. ballons were used to create various shapes by people inside and outside the structure. imo, it was one of the more creative displays of the night.
the video installation at the four seasons of performing arts was disappointing. i thought they would've used the whole glass facade to display images and videos, but instead only used one small panel. we then walked up university to queens park which had an audio installation with alien sounds mixed with classical music.
we finally came up to the ROM just after 10pm. getting there was quite a trek though because of the amount of people there. the roads and sidewalks were filled with people coming and going. and i was really happy to see the new ROM plaza being used by the people. this new venue will be great for other performances and entertainment in the future. the DVJ, charles kriel, was actually playing some nice tunes the whole time we were there. people of all ages were dancing and enjoying themselves to the max. i really hope this is the start of something new in toronto, where we have more outdoor electronic music events. he ended around 11pm and the crowd started to chant "1 more, 1 more, 1 more". this is when he put on born slippy. this was by far the highlight of the night for me. just amazing.
Born slippy
we then went back on university and through the UofT campus going east towards yonge. we saw a cool installation that consisted of ballons holding up a suspended "roof". a big crowd was there walking underneath and taking pictures as it was quite interesting.
along our way to the toronto reference library, there was an installation of flags which decorated cumberland ave. in a Feast of St. John fashion that they have in Brazil.
i've never been inside the toronto reference library and i must say it's quite an amazing space inside. they had different installtions going on inside from the AGO, gardiner musuem, and others.
i had some time to kill before going to the cn tower, so i went to the open field behind varsity field where they had an all out rave going on. i felt like i was at a destiny party with lots of people and some happy hardcore playing from a huge bus.
i then went to the CN tower around 2am and took photos of the city from the observation deck and skypod.
here is how one part of the tower is lit up. the LED lights are installed around the top of the observation deck.
my last stop of the night was lower bay station. since i went really late, around 3.30am, the line up was not bad at all and i got in right away. i've been there before when they had doors open, but this was interesting as well. the dimmed lights were a perfect effect for the old "ghost station". and the rumbling noise of the installation was very unique and added to the experience.
unfortuently, i didn't make it out to a couple more places i intended to go, but being out for that long and constantly walking really wore me down. thx to bobby and lindsey for keeping me GREAT company throughout the night. it was great talking to you guys.
i hope everyone who went had a good a time as i had.
