While I may skip
Nuit Blanche this year in favour of
Aurel Schmidt's opening at
Deitch, I look forward to hearing your stories of how
Scotiabank branding once again manages to overshadow an otherwise outstanding event. If I am still in town however, here's what I plan to go see:
ZONE A
Fifteen Seconds at Yonge and Dundas Square: Inspired by Andy Warhol's famous saying "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes", find out for yourself what it's like to be in the spotlight.
Zombies in Condoland at College Park: Dress up as zombie and poke fun of the real zombies that probably live in the condos around College Park. Matt Sims being the exception, of course.
Conversation #2 at 900 Bay st.: An artist who's outgrown his building blocks, moves on to building with books.
Waterfall at Ontario Power Generation Building: Don't go chasing waterfalls because they're just garbage.
House of Leaves at the Ryerson University Student Centre: I wonder how many books were ruined to create this installation.
The 2008 Sobey Art Award Exhibition at the
ROM: Best of luck to
Terence Koh and his giant ball of oil.
ZONE B
Horroridor at Union Station: Scream your face off.
Draw-A-Thon From Dusk Till Drawn at Urbanspace Gallery: Self-explanatory.
ZONE C
Overflow at the Former Prison Chapel: This is what happens when you leave the water running.
SMASH! Droppin' Stuff at Parking lot at 60 Atlantic Avenue: Self-explanatory and very satisfying.
Fake ID at Trinity Bellwoods Park, Swizzle Studio: Relive your teenage rebellion.
Every Million Golden Universe at the
Thrush Holmes Empire: Map out the universe with Toronto's hotshot artist
Thrush Holmes.
Dyed Roots: the new emergence of culture at
MOCCA: Explore modern ideas of culture and identity through an array of installation, sculpture and photographic works.
The Artillerist at
Pixel Gallery: Make art with guns.
Design for the Other 90% at the
OCAD Professional Gallery: Great design solutions for the poor, and me.
and of course...
Ndeur's woody and wearable exhibit at
Omy Gallery.
Note. Whoever designed the Nuit Blanche
website didn't consider someone may want to link to the individual installations.