{"id":54217,"date":"2024-10-12T17:33:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=54217"},"modified":"2024-10-12T19:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T23:02:58","slug":"nuit-blanche-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=54217","title":{"rendered":"Nuit Blanche 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nuit Blanche, 2024 \/ Text and Photo: Elin MacRae<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Remembered You, Too<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harbour Square Park West is aglow with alternating fuchsia, red, turquoise, and purple, bathing the looming willow trees in jewel-tones. Music plays throughout the park, casting an atmospheric calm with its ambience. The deck leading to The Sundial Folly <\/em>is blocked off, only accessible to those who have waited in line. When it is my turn, I ascend the wooden stairs and walk around the bend, finally setting my eyes on the massive concrete sculpture. Transformed by Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware, The Sundial Folly <\/em>is no longer a blank globe, but rather a planet of possibilities. A projector lights up the sculpture with scenes switching rapidly: a nebulous swirl of galaxies transitions into a deep underwater seabed with the text \u201cWe are roots and rivers, not rulers.\u201d There are startling contrasts of colour, their vibrancy and allure opening the viewers\u2019 minds to immerse themselves fully in the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibit is part of the And the spaces between us smiled <\/em>exhibition, which celebrates uniting difference and distance, of turning to one another, and shared world building. We Remembered You, Too <\/em>aims to encourage contemplation about memory and identity: it is a pathway through the memory of the Earth, Toronto, and us. This immersive experience transforms a known space into a new one, its effects penetrating deep in the creative and collective mind.<\/p>\n\n\n

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LUMI<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This interactive installation, which is another chapter to the And the spaces between us smiled <\/em>exhibition (curated by Dr. Syrus Marucs Ware), truly drives home the overarching theme: strangers sit together on these luminous and bouncy balls and bridge the distance between them through interaction and socializing. Instead of looking at the art, viewers are actively participating in it, uniting and showcasing the piece\u2019s purpose. These interconnected-balls stretch along the Simcoe Wavedeck, weaving among its hills and undulations. Here, I witness participants bounce up and down; some sit quietly; and others take up as much space as they can on the cushy art. This is what makes the exhibition come alive.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The installation fosters connections between strangers and, similar to We Remembered You, Too, <\/em>celebrates the bridging of difference and the diminishing distance between us.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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 Photo journal by Adrian Oosterman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Anique Jordan, I\u2019ve Come to Find This Place, 61 Dockside Drive, Sherbourne common<\/p>\n\n\n

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Emilija Skarnulyte, Riparia, Canada Malting Silos, 9 Eirann Way<\/p>\n\n\n

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Caroline Fusilier, Amphipoda Songs, 416 Queen Quay West, Spadina Wave Deck<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sarah Keenlyside & E.K., 7222 Miles, 470R Lakeshore Blvd. West, City Place<\/p>\n\n\n

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Patricial Marcoccia & Mazair Ghaderi, Garden Lights: A Holographic Eden, The Well, 486 Front Street West<\/p>\n\n\n

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Various Artists, Light Speed: Bridging Distance, Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Drive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 5, 2024 \/ 7pm – 7am<\/strong>
\nVarious locations in the city<\/p>\n

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