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Around the corner from Niagara is an empty old abattoir. At the front gate a vigil for the animals that were slaughtered here was held by the activist group \u2018Toronto Pig Save\u2019. Past the gates, Kim Morgan and Kaitlyn Bourden had added ghostly, illuminated equipment to the courtyard. Further in, Max Dean and Jared Raab projected their video piece That Moment<\/em> in front of the illuminated loading docks of the now decaying facility. <\/p>\n\n\n Kim Morgan Kaitlyn Bourden – Anatomy of an Abattoir<\/p>\n\n\n Max Dean, Jared Raab \u2013 That Moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next to the abattoir stands another imposing vacant hulk: the \u2018Wellington Destructor\u2019, an ancient garbage incinerator. Artist Markus Heckmann used projected geometry to seemingly warp and bend the surfaces of this normally inert and massive brick structure. <\/p>\n\n\n Markus Heckmann – LAB001 (Licht am Bau 001)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moving East, I was drawn to the illuminated entrance of a large domed structure. The dome houses a massive pile of winter road salt. Under the centre of the dome, artist Jonathan Schipper had installed a 3D printing device that was building structures out of salt and water. Visitors could walk up and over the mountain of salt to watch the activity below. <\/p>\n\n\n Jonathan Schipper \u2013 Detritus<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back\noutside I followed the newly completed footbridge that now links Stanley Park\nto Fort York. It\u2019s a beautiful structure. Nuit Blanche was a great event for an\ninaugural walk across it!<\/p>\n\n\n View from the new footbridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the\nsouth end of the bridge, the translucent glass walls of the Fort York visitor\ncentre were lit from within up by the kaleidoscopic light installation by LeuWebb\nProjects. <\/p>\n\n\n LeuWebb Projects \u2013 Thermally Speaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n The formerly bleak and empty concrete basilica of the Gardiner Expressway\u2019s underbelly has recently been transformed into and urban park, the Bentway. This place was full of people, art and vendors. At the western end, a video and dance performance by Francesca Chudnoff filled a full bay with deep blue light. <\/p>\n\n\n Francesca Chudnoff \u2013 Halcyon<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further east, a vast yellow membrane hung down from above, shimmering in the breeze. As I got closer, I saw that it was a simple construction: many rows of hazard tape wrapped around the columns illuminated from within by powerful lights. <\/p>\n\n\n Gareth Lichty \u2013 Hoarding<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just west of Bathurst, projectors and speakers recreated the effect of waves lapping on a beach. This was a project by Christine Dewancker called Daylighting (without you I would be lost)<\/em>. The installation demarked the original natural shoreline of the Lake, which due to landfill, is now much further to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n Christine Dewancker Daylighting (without you I would be lost) <\/p>\n\n\n\n The next day, all traces of the art were gone, but the experiences of the night remained. The ephemeral artworks of Nuit Blanche make the places that they briefly occupied permanently richer and more meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Text and photo: Mikael Sandblom<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Photo Journal by Adrian Oosterman:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Life of the Earth by Director X at the Ontario Science Centre<\/p>\n\n\n Monument to the Arctic Phenomena for BRANTA by Polymetis at 235 King Street West<\/p>\n\n\n XSITE by Javid Jah at David Pecaut Square<\/p>\n\n\n (Im)possibilities by Aitak Sorahitalab, Mehran Azarbad at the Aga Khan Museum<\/p>\n\n\n Various Artists, 401 Richmond by Built for Art at 401 Richmond Street West<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo: Adrian Ooesterman<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of the artworks that I saw at Nuit Blanche 2019, I was moved most by Bekah Brown\u2019s multimedia installation Chasing Red<\/em> which brought crowds swarming beneath the Eaton Centre Bridge, visitors bathing in the colors of the Northern Lights while surrounded by the sounds of both nature and technology. Brown\u2019s installation was the most crowd-oriented of the various installations near Yonge and Dundas that required waiting in an impossibly long line to get close in order to appreciate the art.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n