Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

Pendle Witches

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01:43 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Artwork creator(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Text author(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Text author(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Front and side of the building

Artwork description

Source: Photo transmise par Shirley Yanover

Source: Photo provided by Shirley Yanover

Source: Photo transmise par Shirley Yanover

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: detail ( "Moondance. Elizabeth Device"). Image 1 / 12. Image 2: View of the installation.

Text of the artwork:

[image 1/12]

moonshine

Jennet Preston

[image 2/12]

moondance

Elizabeth Device

[image 3/12]

moonbeam

James Device

[image 4/12]

moonstruck

Elizabeth Southerns

[image 5/12]

moonlight

Anne Whittle

[image 6/12]

moonlit

Anne Redfern

[image 7/12]

moonlighting

Katherine Hewitt

[image 8/12]

moonwalk

Alice Nutter

[image 9/12]

mooning

Elizabeth Robey

[image 10/12]

moonglow

Mizon Device

[image 11/12]

blue moon

Jane Bulcock

[image 12/12]

honeymoon

John Bulcock

Text theme:

Victims of the Pendle witch trial; lunar vocabulary

Artwork theme:

The Pendle witch trials (Lancaster, England, 1612); women’s sexuality; power; the moon; fear

History

History:

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON.

Night of September 29, 2007

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Height:

7.62m

Width:

6.1m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Yanover, Shirley

Owner(s):

Collection of the artist

Document(s):

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2007. Shirley Yanover 2007. Pendle Witches

What Will You Do?

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:57:55 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Czegledy, Nina; Judelman, Greg; Hession, Deborah; Barber, Daniel

Artwork creator(s):

Czegledy, Nina

Judelman, Greg

Hession, Deborah

Barber, Daniel

Text author(s):

The public

Text author(s):

Public

Collaborator(s):

Hession, Deb

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

B10 site on the map of the event

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2007). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b10.html)

Description:

A projected interactive installation displays the question "What will you do (to stop climate change)?" and invites the general public to respond with an SMS text message to a specified local phone number. Responses appear within seconds as part of a projected real-time visualization.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[Text surface]

WHAT WILL YOU DO? TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE Finish The Sentence With A Text Message To 416-555-1234 [Text of substance (partial list?)] Eat less meat Read books about it Use the compost Turn the lights off Educate my kids Take the bus Fly less Buy organic food Lose my air conditioner Get a smaller car Change my job Start a sustainable business Heat my home less in winter Use less water

[Text on the screen Simcoe and Queen (partial list)]

WHAT WILL YOU DO? TO COOL OUR EARTH? RESPOND NOW BY TEXT MESSAGE TO 647-449-9932 --- I will Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. I will dominate the arctic oil fields I will get a household energy audit. I will try to wash my dishes by hand. I will buy a really expensive hybrid car. I will consume less. I will water my lawn less frequently. I will give used clothes to charity instead of throwing them out. I will make sweet love in the environmental faculty. I will make love to mother earth and make new baby ones I will learn to spell properly so that people will respect my environmental ideas. I will not use condoms for they pollute the planet. I will tell omar to turn out his lights. I will use both sides of my toilet paper! I will car pool to work. I will only shower once per week. I will not buy disposable plates and utensils. I will pick up one extra piece of litter a day. I will not move to the suburbs like my stupid friends. I will paint myself green and run naked in the streets. I will replace my old refrigerator. I will eat tofu instead of burgers. I will reuse my plastic fork until I forcibly break it on a steak. I will keep my car tuned up. I will check my car tire pressure regularly. I will bathe every 2 days! I will buy recycled paper products. I will shower in cold water despite shrinkage. I will not eat at hot dog vendors who use styrofoam. I won’t use toilet paper when I go for number 2. I will live like a caveman. I will try to reduce my electricity use. I will plant my own vegetable garden. I will move in with Al Gore. I will eat less cats. I will volunteer to green NGO’s. I will make sure I will turn off my lights when I am not home. I will try to print less at work. I will turn off my lights when I am not using them. I will hug the person next to me when I see this message. I Won’t Drive A Car. Ever. I will overthrow capitalism. I will shut this screen down to save energy. I will buy fresh instead of frozen foods. I will use mostly all-natural, biodegradable cleaning products. I will never wash again… I will not over-dry clothes. I will ride my bike more. I will exhale less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I will show the same respect to the world it has shown me. I will demand to know what’s in my food and where it comes from. I will not participate in balloon abundant activities. I will practice dimming lights in my home. I will buy products with less packaging. We will eat vegetarian. I will take a shower once a month.

Text theme:

Adopting a (more) ecological lifestyle

History

History:

From sunset at 7:03 pm on Saturday, September 29, to sunrise at 7:14 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007, Toronto was bustling with activity as thousands experienced a full night of contemporary art and performance in three zones across the city.

Event: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Nina Czegledy. Bio

Author's biography:

Greg Judelman. Bio

Source:

1. Nina Czegledy czegledy@interlog.com 2. Greg Judelman judelman@gmail.com 3. Deborah Hession Deborah@actionpactdesigns.com 4. Daniel Barber dabarber@uga.edu

Document(s):

Green Art

Exhibition: WHAT WILL YOU DO?, 2007

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2007. Nina Czegledy, Greg Judelman, Deborah Hession and Daniel Barber. WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Imagine Peace

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:29:25 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Ono, Yoko

Artwork creator(s):

Ono, Yoko

Text author(s):

Ono, Yoko

Text author(s):

Ono, Yoko

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2008/artists/c8.html)

Description:

Yoko Ono has often remarked that all of her work is a form of wishing. For Wish Tree, participants were invited to write a wish on a piece of paper and tie it to the branches of a tree, as a form of collective secular prayer. The resulting mass of wishes resembled white flowers blossoming when seen from afar.

The Imagine Peace billboard continues the advertising strategy of the War is Over! campaign that Ono and Lennon waged in the late 60s and early 70s.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

IMAGINE PEACE
yoko ono 2008

Text theme:

Love, Peace

Artwork theme:

Love and world peace

History

History:

Event: Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace, Noga Samek Art Gallery [3^rdlevel Langone Center, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.] Date: August 25 to October 8, 2008.

Event: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Date: night of October 4, 2008

The project takes the form of a billboard.

Event: Vancouver Sculpture Biennale / Open Spaces: Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Vancouver, British Columbia

Event date(s):

2008

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Public contribution: the names of the authors of the "wishes" (members of the public) have not been noted.

Artist's biography:

Ono, Yoko

Source:

1. Yoko Ono (représentée par la galerie Lelong à New York et la galerie Shoshana Wayne à Santa Monica)a. Galerie Lelong528 West 26th Street, New York, New York, 10001, États-Unis Tél: 212.315.0470 fax: 212.262.0624Vice-President/Partner: Mary SabbatinoDirecteur: Marc HughesCourriel: art@galerielelong.com b. Shoshana Wayne Gallery Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue B1, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Tel. 310.453.7535, fax. 310.453.1595,mail@shoshanawayne.com2. Giannina WarrenMedia Relations, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.cainformations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca

Document(s):

Beginning to See the Light. Yoko Ono, Imagine Peace

A long night's journey into art. (The Globe Review) (NUIT BLANCHE) (Chronology)

Night watch: three years in, Nuit Blanche has grown into a 155-site beast. Five spectacles worth fighting the crowds for.(ART)

ICONOCLASH : NIGHT of AWE DANCE PARTY

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:45:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Artwork creator(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Text author(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Text author(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

B7 on the business card of the event (Area B, exhibition number 7). Level Grange Road. Located at the North end of the park.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2007) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007. ( http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b7.html)

Description:

This installation pairs iconic movie scenes with a multicultural music mix to create an interactive dance party. The audience is superimposed onto these scenes via technology, provoking a reflection on issues of visual representation.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The monotheistic god of the second commandment plumbs for abstraction so that He can demand a new discipline to be enforced on His subjects alone- The paradoxical result Is not NO image It is instead the image of abstraction that is to be produced. Caroline Jones Making Abs […] -- MY CULTURE IS YOUR FETIS[H] -- […] residing […] of a cow […] -- "come worship ye the Golden god of pleasure! [for he is] of Israel" -- The term "idol" in the Western context has always been used to refer to deities in pagan religions. In "idolatry" the agency of the person is thought to be displaced, irrationally, into the agency of the thing. But in polytheistic traditions, the deity is not a thing : the image, icon, or representation Is animated by the […] -- For Judaism, The desire to index Divinity With the Golden Calf Can be viewed as an ethical […]

Text theme:

Judaism, religious tensions, idolatry

Artwork theme:

Judaism, religious tensions, idolatry

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Shiff, Melissa

Source:

1. Melissa Shiff, artiste 72 Major Street Toronto (Ontario) M5S 2L1 Tél : 647-273-6140 Courriel : melissa@melissashiff.com 2. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Giannina Warren Media relations 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca

Document(s):

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007 Zone B. Curated Exhibition. ICONOCLASH: NIGHT of AWE DANCE PARTY, 2007

Four Sisters

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:21:02 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Armstrong, John; Collins, Paul

Artwork creator(s):

Armstrong, John

Collins, Paul

Text author(s):

Armstrong, John; Collins, Paul

Text author(s):

Armstrong, John

Collins, Paul

Installation year:

2008

Remarks on location:

Parking lot at the intersection of Bay and Elm Streets. Site A5 on the map of the event.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2008/artists/a5.html)

Description:

Four Sisters is a silent, 30-minute video sequence shot on Toronto's waterfront Gardiner Expressway during a late afternoon rush-hour commute, from East to West. The Gardiner, an elevated highway crossing much of the city, is flanked by a plethora of billboards and other signage. The video also documents a construction boom on redeveloped railway lands that parallel the highway. Near the end of the video, the Gardiner returns to ground level and a series of roadside topiary gardens depicting corporate logos and brand names come into view. Beneath the video is a running band of text that recounts 11 short, anecdotal narratives in either English or French.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: Retail; still. Text in French. Image 2: Retail; still. Text in English. Image 2: View of the installation. Current projection. Image 4: View of the installation. Current projection.

Text of the artwork:

[Narration 1/11] —

John, who has a penchant for institutional, self-service food, was excited about trying out the new cafeteria at Ikea. We were driving West along the Gardiner Expressway, the lake was on our left, occasionally visible between the Victorian fairground pavilions. Further along, on the right, we passed a series of topiary gardens where the shrubbery depicts various corporate logos and brand names: HP, Westinghouse, Sears, Deloitte & Touche, FedEx, Manulife Financial, Parmalat, Rogers, CGI, Weber, Waterhouse, CN, United Way, Ford, and the City of Toronto. As we drew parallel to the four towering chimneys of the Lakeview Generating Station, John suggested that we should call our new collaborative project “Lakeshore.” I readily agreed, but had great difficulty believing that we were actually going to Ikea to eat.

[one of eleven stories] —

There was a time when a person could make a respectable living by creating handlettered signage with nothing more sophisticated than a decent lettering brush and a pot of paint. A good signpainter was trained in proportion, scale and detail, understood the origins of typefaces, and had a penchant for experimentation. The trade also attracted other, less assiduous folk, who used it simply as a way to earn some quick cash and then crawl away inside a bottle. You could earn a surprising fee for just several hours’ work. Those of us who thought of ourselves as professionals would speculate on the identity of our fly-by-night competitors whose work was always a shaky, garish mess. Their lettering typically advertised a greasy-spoon restaurant or a discount yard-goods retailer — the proprietors of which presumably didn’t know or care that signpainters, who could have done a real job of it, existed. One such mystery artist we called the Phantom. His work was everywhere. The advent of computer-driven, polyvinyl letter-cutting machines in the ‘80s reduced the trade to a shambles. You no longer came across the Phantom’s work, or anybody else’s who had even a passing acquaintance with the systematic pleasure of twisting a letter out of a brush. What you saw instead was a digital smear of plastic, reams of bad layout and grating colour schemes seemingly shot out of a cannon by dolts who apparently knew how to stack enough dollars in a pile to buy the computer rig but didn’t understand the nature of the graphic travesty they unfurled in the public’s eye. Twenty-five years later, the signmaking business has tamed its machinery and discovered the secrets of composition and balance. Since most everything is plastic, vinyl lettering seamlessly blends in. Handlettering even rears its noble head occasionally when good taste prevails and budgets are extended. Just yesterday I caught myself gladdened to see the front window of a down-market eatery only recently lettered by someone with no ability.

[one of eleven stories] —

After finishing art college, I worked with Cliff for about a year in his West Toronto sign shop. The business was located on the ground level of a renovated warehouse, and Cliff’s unit had a large storefront window that faced out onto a quiet street of other light-industrial concerns. The candymaker Rowntree was just down the road from us. The sweet smell of chocolate frequently hung in the air. Business was intermittent. It was the early ‘80s and there was a recession. The computer-generated vinyl lettering that would soon replace the handpainted signage that Cliff specialized in was still a few years off, and on occasion we did get large jobs: showcards announcing seminars at dental conferences, outdoor signs advertising new residential developments, showpiece wooden signs for upscale restaurants. Often this work was last minute, and we would paint late into the night. Invariably, when this occurred we would get a call from a sexual prankster. He would dryly relate to us in great detail how terrific it was to masturbate while listening to the sound of our voices. Whenever I picked up the phone to find him on the other end, I would immediately slam down the receiver. This was an involuntary reaction, and may well have been exactly what the caller was looking for. Cliff, on the other hand, would switch the caller onto speakerphone, and engage him for some time by sarcastically playing along.

History

History:

1. History: created in 2007. Presented in a gallery. Event: Logo Cities: An International Symposium on Signage, Branding, and Lettering in Public Space, Concordia University, Montreal, QC Dates: May 4-5, 2007

2. Background: In cooperation with the Consulate General of France in Toronto. First exhibition of the work in a public space. Event: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON Date: night of October 4, 2008

3. Event: Four Sisters, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON Date: October 10, 2008

4. Event: Evening performance, École Supérieure d'Art de Toulon, Provence méditerranéenne, Toulon, France Date: December 10, 2008

Event date(s):

2008

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Logo Cities: An International Symposium on Signage, Branding, and Lettering in Public Space

Source:

John Armstrong jc.armstrong@utoronto.ca Paul Collins pcollins@club.fr

Document(s):

Painting in public. An illustrated overview of collective and individual work

Nuit blanche: Toronto en veille

Bulletin culturel

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008

Night watch: three years in, Nuit Blanche has grown into a 155-site beast. Five spectacles worth fighting the crowds for.(ART)

Presence and Resistance, 2006

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:27:33 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Artwork creator(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Text author(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Text author(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Three locations along Queen Street West: 1) street level Fenning, 2) between Lisgar Street and Dovercourt (Queen's Car Wash, which eventually became Royal Car Wash, 1106 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1H9), 3) between Gladstone and Beaconsfield, between Northcote Avenue and Beaconsfield Avenue, according to the map of the event (possibly Mr Sub, today between Gladstone and Northcote, 1181 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1J4). Officially, these three sites are located at intersections of Queen Street West and Dovercourt; of Queen Street West and Gladstone.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2006). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/c2.html)

Description:

Public art installation/billboards and public signage texts

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[Panels double-sided, at Fenning Street]

IMPERIAL CANADA RESISTANCE DEFIANCE OKA INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006 scotiabank nuit blanche

[Panels double-sided, at Fenning Street]

IMPERIAL CANADA WHERE IS YOUR STATUS CARD? INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006 scotiabank nuit blanche

[Panels double-sided, near Queen's Car Wash]

IMPERIAL CANADA STOP BLACK ROBES ABUSE INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006 scotiabank nuit blanche

[Panels double-sided, near Queen's Car Wash]

IMPERIAL CANADA SHARE STOLEN LANDS INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006 scotiabank nuit blanche

[Panels double-sided trade above Mr. Sub]

IMPERIAL CANADA WHO’S YOUR DADDY? LOUIS RIEL INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006

[Panels double-sided trade above Mr. Sub]

IMPERIAL CANADA MÉTIS YOUR REALITY INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006 scotiabank nuit blanche

Artwork theme:

Injustices committed against Native people by the Canadian government

History

History:

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (Commissioner of Zone C: Clara Hargittay).

Event date(s):

2006

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds

Source:

1. HOCK E AYE VI Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds eheapofbirds@yahoo.com site web: http://www.heapofbirds.com

Document(s):

Supporting creativity: but only for 12 hours?

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006.

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2006. Zone C. Presence and Resistance

One Garden One Night One Wish

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:05:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Zealley Andrew; Stathacos, Chrysanne

Artwork creator(s):

Zealley Andrew

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Text author(s):

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Text author(s):

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Located along the "Philosopher's Walk" (footpath), St.George campus, between Hoskin Avenue and Bloor Street West, Southwest of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON)

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche 2006. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/)

Description:

Sound installation with printed paper elements attached to a tree.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

1,000 greetings from the Wish Machine Project, by Chrysanne Stathacos, 1997 - today (project still in progress).

Artwork theme:

Greetings, common desires (money, love, carnal desire, hope, joy, health, etc.), shared experience

History

History:

1. The texts of One Garden One Night One Wish reuse important excerpts from the Wish Machine Project (1997-present) by Chrysanne Stathacos. This interactive public art project was commissioned by Grand Central Station for the exhibition Creative Time in 1997-1998. The artwork was presented in several countries since, including the Power Plant Gallery in Toronto, in 1999, and in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2001

2. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON Saturday, September 30 to the morning of October 1, 2006.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

"1000+ Wishes is a book of anonymous wishes that have been collected from around the world via wishmachine.com, fax, mail, written and spoken"; "To date, over 20,000 people have participated in The Wish Machine Project. The Wish Machine is trademarked. 1000+ Wishes and wishmachine.com."

- Source: Chrysanne Stathacos. (2008). Artworks. The Wish Machine.

http://chrysannestathacos.com/one-garden-one-night-one-wish/

The tree emitted a sound score by Andrew Zealley, while Chrysanne Stathacos wrapped its trunk with silver strings and silver papers. Visitors were invited to attach printed 'wishes', available at the site, to its branches.

Source : Centre d’art contemporain canadien (CCCA) (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. One Garden, One Night, One Wish
http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/a7.html

Artist's biography:

Zealley, Andrew

Author's biography:

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Source:

1. Fern Bayer, commissaire de l’événement fernbayer@sympatico.ca 2. Peggy Gale, commissaire de l’événement galesnow@sympatico.ca 3. Chrysanne Stathacos, artiste et commissaire de la Zone A Courriel: chrysanne@verizon.net, ca@chrysannestathacos.com 4. Andrew Zealley, artiste info@andrewzealley.com, andrewzealley@sympatico.ca

Document(s):

1000+Wishes, The Wish Machine

Audiowork. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Artworks. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. Curated Exhibition. One Garden, One Night, One Wish, 2006

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:57:38 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Curreri, Chris

Artwork creator(s):

Curreri, Chris

Text author(s):

Presley, Elvis

Text author(s):

Presley, Elvis

Collaborator(s):

Cooperation with residents of Baldwin Street, Toronto

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

South side of Baldwin Street, between Beverly (West) and McCaul (East) Streets. Installed in the windows of buildings.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiablank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/b2.html)

Description:

Neon writing placed in windows of houses or shops.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

FORGET ME NEVER
IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME KNOW
LET ME BE THERE
LET ME BE YOUR TEDDY BEAR
PLEASE DON’T STOP LOVING ME
THERE'S ALWAYS ME
TREAT ME NICE

Artwork theme:

Love, desire, romance

History

History:

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON, Saturday, September 30 to the morning of October 1, 2006

Event date(s):

2006

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The inspiration for Curreri's (LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR is a found scrapbook, seemingly created by a young Elvis Presley fan, full of lovingly collaged Elvis images.

The charm of Toronto's Baldwin Street life, with its mix of small businesses and private residences, has uniquely personal feel effusing a sense of people's lives rather than being overwhelmed by commerce or consuming. Through an installation of sweet messages, in collaboration with the residents of Baldwin Street, artist Chris Curreri captured a sense of the personal while recognizing the commercial aspects of the area. Viewed only from the street, as one walked along Baldwin, passersby were treated to a neon love poem glowing from above. All Elvis Presley song titles, the glowing text anonymously announced itself from the second floor windows of Baldwin Street residential homes. The signs declared a kind of romantic longing for all its viewers, but remained unreachable, inanimate, and incapable of receiving response.

Source: Scotiablank Nuit Blanche 2006 (2006).
http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/b2.html

Artist's biography:

Chris Curreri

Source:

1. Chris Curreri, artiste chriscurreri@gmail.com

Document(s):

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone C. Curated Exhibition. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, 2006

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2006. Zone B. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

Freeze

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:32:20 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Belmore, Rebecca; Yero, Osvaldo

Artwork creator(s):

Belmore, Rebecca

Yero, Osvaldo

Text author(s):

Belmore, Rebecca; Yero, Osvaldo

Text author(s):

Belmore, Rebecca

Yero, Osvaldo

Installation year:

2006

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/c5.html)

Description:

Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero used ice to make a new artwork melt during the long sleepless night of the Nuit Blanche festival. A large block of ice signified a life-size form, the absent body, as evidence that it, too, will disappear. This work symbolically suggested the frozen land of Canada in winter.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

STONECHILD

(Poem on panel near work)

last seen alive in police custody
     under the influence
     found 5 days later frozen to death in a field
     wearing one shoe
     marks on his body likely caused by handcuffs

     aboriginal teenage boy
     dropped off and walking to where?

     In memory of Neil Stonechild (1973-1990)

Artwork theme:

In memory of Neil Stonechild, Violence against First Nations, injustice, crime

History

History:

Exhibition of sculptural installation as part of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association Board and Human Rights (CASHRA), presented by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies , Or CASHRA, 2008 annual conference, presented by the Ontario Human Rights Commission) from June 15 to 17, 2008, in the courtyard of Niagara College Campus, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Exhibition as part of the event Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON; night of Saturday, September 30, 2006.

Event date(s):

2006

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Freeze is a public art installation project presented by the Convenience curatorial collective

Artist's biography:

Belmore, Rebecca

Author's biography:

Yero, Osvaldo

Source:

1. Rebecca Belmore, artiste : rebeccabelmore@yahoo.ca 2. Osvaldo Yero, artiste: osvaldoyero@yahoo.ca

Document(s):

Nuit Blanche: Toronto made suddenly magical

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2006. Zone C. Freeze

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone C. Curated Exhibition. Freeze, 2006

Supporting creativity: but only for 12 hours?

Hold That Thought

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:01:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Mark, Kelly

Artwork creator(s):

Mark, Kelly

Text author(s):

Mark, Kelly

Text author(s):

Mark, Kelly

Collaborator(s):

Neon sign construction by Orest Tataryn

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Avenue Road intersection; installed on the façade of the church

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2006). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/)

Description:

Site specific installation. Several of the letters were programmed to fail or sputter (flicker on and off) at random intervals

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

HOLD THAT THOUGHT

Artwork theme:

Idea passenger, personal experience, time (lost time, passage of time)

History

History:

Event: Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven (Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON). January 12-February 24, 2008

Event: Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven (Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON. Curator: Barbara Fischer) September 14-October 21, 2007

Event: Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven (Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, Toronto, ON.Commissaire: Barbara Fischer) September 13-October 28 2007

Event: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (first exhibition in a public space. Church of the Redeemer, Toronto, ON. Site specific installation created for the festival in 2006. Curators: Fern Bayer, Peggy Gale & Chrysanne Stathacos). Event date: sunset on Saturday, September 30 on the morning of Sunday, October 1, 2006.

Event: "Apparent Death" (WYNICK / Tuck Gallery, project room, Toronto, ON) September 29-November 17 2006

Dimensions

Height:

4.57m

Width:

8.13m

Depth:

7.62 m

Other information

Note(s):

Installed at a street intersection where people are forced to pause, this sign asks one to also pause one's mind, "to hold that thought," if for only a moment. The temporal nature of this fleeting moment becomes a unique and personal experience for each viewer.

Thought and language are intimately connected. We cannot have a thought without also having the words we would use to express that thought to another. Streets can be viewed as the physical arteries of a city… When you try to hold a thought, the mind wanders, other thoughts intrude and displace, thoughts flow through our minds in the same way blood flows through our veins.

Source: Kelly Mark (2009). Kelly Mark: Sculpture.

http://www.ireallyshould.com/HoldThatThought4.html

Artist's biography:

Kelly Mark

Document(s):

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2006. Kelly Mark. Hold That Thought

Archive. Scotiabanck Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Curated Exhibition. Hold That Thought, 2006. Kelly Mark

Sculpture. Hold That Thought

Kelly Mark

Words Travel Fast

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:32:24 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Art for Commuters

Artwork creator(s):

Art for Commuters

Text author(s):

Pohl-Weary, Emily; Schultz, Emily; Whittall, Zoe

Text author(s):

Pohl-Weary, Emily

Schultz, Emily

Whittall, Zoe

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

All subway stations of the TTC

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Art for Commuters

Description:

Six animations played full-screen on Onestop's network for twelve hours, without interruption from news flashes and marketing

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

• Animation: Treading the Word Poetry by Zoe Whittall. Animation by Emma Lopez Hochem.

"You have water, and the word water. You have love and the word love, but the two will never meet. We will lie beneath the letters in a haze of diaphanous pollution and probability, weighing our odds. I love you at the end of a phone call, it hovers, before the click signaling the end of a sentence, then it falls like equivocal truth. We are mostly water. We are mostly love. We are trying to quit smoking and sugar. We are ridding the body of the word Body. We hold red fruit between our teeth. Our gum-lines pink softened typewriter ribbon. We wrap our meat singing corporate jingles. Not dental insurance and you can carry orajel in your purse to stave off crying jags of frustration. You are my heart, and you are my heart stitched into a canvas. I hold thirty coffee beans. I count caloric value. You have water, the word water, and the body is mostly. We hold ours close. We say the words in hopes they are doing their job and not being as indeterminate as they are. Language tries its best. Language gets straight Cs You have kool-aid and the word kool-aid, and the jingle comes when I’m sleeping. The taste is red. We drink water. We drink the word water. We lie beneath the W. We tell each other , You are not filled with lack. We sing beneath the R, Treading the word. The End."

• Animation: Denial chasers Poetry by Zoe Whittall. Animation by Emma Lopez Hochem.

"Under the circumstances I’d like to pretend the drinks you pour me are apostrophes housed in triples disguised as doubles liquor too sweet not to be fire back against boxes of empties surprising you at the pulse of the industrial dishwasher."

• Animation: Leftovers Poetry by Emily Schultz. Animation by Franco Barroeta Fonseca.

"The sky is a damp paper towel laid over the world to stop it from going bad. And you are in the bowl watching the morning light obstructed by layers – the walls of the city sloping gently above you so that the whole world lives within the mouth of a constant yawn. People in transit swim around you with goldfish mouths. Your boss gives you useless gifts to keep you on-board as you stumble home under that grey six o’clock sky watching the clouds for a break – a place where the thick rolls away, giving way to oxygen and earnest light." Emily Schultz

• Animation: Two Minutes (120 per hour) Poetry by Emily Schultz. Animation by Franco Barroeta Fonseca

"The rain folds the night, paper crackling between its arthritic fingers. We drive without talking, without thinking, the world around us an open mouth. The wheels hold us, humming over wet concrete. The searching green-eyed glow of speedometer. A billboard’s bright face against the dark. An exit sign. We follow the arrows, read without reading. Service center like a space station, we find our feet again, unfold-lock up, fumble, walk, and float. The air starched hard against our teeth. We carry out, and swallow sweet. Tonight, tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow, we go, slamming doors, tiny teeth of a key kissing the ignition."

• Animation: To Build A Home Poetry by Emily Pohl-Weary. Animation by Karen Richardson.

"Start with a firm foundation. Place the bricks just so. Avoid regrets, ghosts, fist fights, unemployment, dead cats buried in the garden low self-esteem, petty thievery, bullying, and assisted suicide. Cement should slide in between the scandals, forming bonds and hardening in the hot sun. A roof must bridge the walls. A swing set placed beneath the lilacs. Mousetraps purchased, installed. Finally, despite initial resistance, Erect a high fence around the entirety."

• Animation: My Gold Hair Is So Unreliable Poetry by Emily Pohl-Weary. Animation by Karen Richardson.

"Green light, the city rips past. Rain in Chinatown, fish markets, garbage bags oozing brown urine. Saturday night in dance-club heaven, teenage girls crumble under speeding tires. Lost in the midnight of boy love, Caught in flashes of light I sparkle brightly until hard night wind attacks my miniskirt high heels burn fire fueled by wandering. I always return to your smooth beer drinking, bubbles of love. The taxicab driver tries but he cannot bring me home fast enough Your eyes in the window. I walk up the path My left shoe grazes the curb F***king toes. It might have come from the neighbours, 'I guess I don’t love you' rippled out in all directions."

Artwork theme:

Stowage of the visual and literary art

History

History:

Graphic animation: Poetry and motion graphics were paired in the following manner: production of Emily Pohl-Weary (poetry) combined with that of Karen Richardon (graphic animation), Emily Schultz (poetry) with Franco Barroeta Fonseca (graphic animation) and Zoe Whittall (poetry) Hechem with Emma Lopez (graphic animation).

Transmission: With the collaboration of Onestop Media, media company that handles media network including the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), the project was broadcast on screens in the subway TTC. a. "Home".

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Words Travel Fast featured the poetry of Toronto-based writers who reflect on the experience of urban life. The motion-poems commissioned for Words Travel Fast emerged from the collaborative pairing of poet Emily Pohl-Weary with motion graphics artist Karen Richardson, poet Emily Schultz with motion graphics artist Franco Barroeta Fonseca, and poet Zoe Whittall with motion graphics artist Emma Lopez.

Artist's biography:

Art for Commuters

Author's biography:

Onestop Media Group

Owner(s):

Artists and poets

Source:

1. Patricia Griffith Network Co-ordinator, ONESTOP Network Member of CODA (Canadian Out of Home Digital Association) telephone : 416-646-7867 x47 | télécopieur: 416-646-2722 266 King Street West, Suite 300 Toronto ON M5V 1H8 www.oohdigital.ca 2. Onestop Media, questions générales : info@onestopmediagroup.com 3. Art For Commuters, questions générales : contact@art4commuters.com 4. Sharon Switzer Executive Director / Curator, Art For Commuters www.sharonswitzer.com sharon@sharonswitzer.com 5. Zoe Whittall : trash_ready@hotmail.com 6. Emily Schultz : emilyschultz@rogers.com 7. Emily Pohl-Weary : emily@kissmachine.com Dani Couture : dani.couture@gmail.com

Document(s):

Words Travel Fast 07

Art for Commuters. Past Projects

Wish you were here

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:08:34 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Artwork creator(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Text author(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Text author(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

B8 on the business card of the event (Area B, exhibition 8). Level Grange Road. Located at the North end of the park.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b8.html)

Description:

Light projected on the ground

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

wish you were here

Text theme:

Inspire desire for the unattainable

History

History:

Wish You Were Here ³ YYZ Gallery, September 8-October 23, 2004, Toronto

Wish You Were Here: project for the "At The Corner of Time and Place" theme, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007, Toronto. New version of the work (gobo projector, balloons filled with helium)

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

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Note(s):

The phrase is familiar as it has been abused by generations on souvenir postcards. Once meant as a wholehearted invocation to the friend or family member who could not travel along to an exotic location, it has become hollow and empty, often used with sardonic intent.

Source: Kathie Bethune-Leamen, "Once more, with feeling," in: Play/pause/repeat, p.24-25

Artist's biography:

Laurel Woodcock

Source:

«Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto Canada 2007». Sur le site Centre de l’art contemporain canadien. La base de données sur l’art canadien. http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche2007/artists/images/woodcock/index.html (Consulté le 1 juin 2008). 1. Laurel Woodcock, artiste Tél : 519-824-4120 poste 53659 laurelw@sympatico.ca (autre courriel : lawoodco@uoguelph.ca) 2. Giannina Warren Media relations Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca Giannina Warren Media relations, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca

Document(s):

Laurel Woodcock : play / pause / repeat

Aurora Readiness Centre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:29:23 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

MacDonell, Annie

Artwork creator(s):

MacDonell, Annie

Text author(s):

MacDonell, Annie; The Public

Text author(s):

MacDonell, Annie

Public

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

A10, room 066

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2007). Annie MacDonell. Aurora Readiness Centre.(http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/a10.html)

Description:

A precise recreation of Toronto’s official nuclear fallout shelter, built in 1962 at the height of Cold War tension, allowed Torontonians to explore the interior of the shelter as it was before it was dismantled in 1996. For one night, Cold War Toronto was brought back to life.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Text by Annie Macdonell (in the decoration)

shape of fear wall

shape of hope wall

METRO STATUS BOARD

Text (excerpt from a film)

PREPARE TO LIVE

Text (partial) written by the public

SAVE ME

Be proactive

FAT MAN

MAKE it stop

Never knew a love like this

Pinot angrigio

Bears

Why can’t we be friends?

WE CAN CHANGE

DBA

WASTE of TIME

Dropping the F-Bomb

GIVE PEAS A CHANCE

Peace through Power

This is Witty

NO WAR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peace

AHHHH

Stand up for your rights

Refuse to be afraid

WAR SUCKS

ALL WE ARE SAYING

THINK 4 YOURSELF

Logically we should be safe

Roots are flowers

ONE love

YOU

ANAL

Peace+love

PAUL Norrish

POISON

This is it?

THE END

NOT AGAIN

NOT COOL

E=MC²

SOS

Xeper

ART MATTERS

RAGE

WET PAINT

WAR CAN

YOU CAN’T HUG YOUR CHILDREN

PEACE STARTS WITH YOU

WISE-FOOLISH

DON’T DRONE & DRIVE

Leeroy Jenkins

NEVER AT HOME

BE BRAVE

LIVE-PEACE

THE END OH MY!

I believe LOVE is the ANSWER

LOVE WINS

LOVE MORE HATE LESS

ZOMBIE

be the change

BAD TIMES ARE ON!

DE TU ARTE A MI ARTE PREFIERO MI ARTE

Leslie is a FAG!

Why is this happening?

NO HATE

Refuse TO BE Afraid

LOVE CONQUERS ALL

SISTERS

YOU FORGET ABOUT ME

WAR IS GOOD

NO ETERNAL REWARD WILL FORGIVE

PEACE THROUGH TYRANNY

Remember UNGERN

PAX

EARLY TO BED EARLY TO RISE

WAR AND VIOLENCE KILL LOVE DOESN’T

U r all HUMAN

People kill people

Peace in the middle

Text theme:

Fear, hope, threat, the Cold War

Artwork theme:

Cold War

History

History:

• In the midst of a classroom set, materials such as paper, ink and brushes were provided to visitors. The only instructions they were given were written on a wall: "THE SHAPE OF FEAR WALL" and "THE SHAPE OF HOPE WALL". With the materials provided, visitors produced text and images in response to that.

• The exhibition included a reading area ("reference area", A. MacDonell), which put several documents at the disposal of visitors: photocopies of information gathered by the artist during his personal research into the Cold War, governmental graphics (municipal, provincial and federal) of the era estimating the impact of a possible nuclear attack on Toronto and the country, as well as cartoons of the '50s and '60s. A section consisted of the formal message issued by the Government concerning the Cold War. A second section included the media of the time who responded to this message.

Event date(s):

2007

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Note(s):

The artwork was dismantled by the public at the end of the night of the exhibition. There exists no comprehensive documentation about the presence of literature in this work. No order was established to read the text of the work. It is read in an autonomous and random manner. No hierarchy is established in the text incorporated into the set, neither that which was created by the artist nor that which was created by the public, nor those contained in the various documents displayed in the reading area.

Artist's biography:

Annie MacDonell

Owner(s):

Annie MacDonell

Source:

«Annie MacDonell. Aurora Readiness Centre. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2007». Sur le site Centre de l’art contemporain canadien. La base de données sur l’art canadien. http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche2007/artists/images/macdonell/index.html#19 (Consulté le 24 mai 2008). 1. Annie MacDonell, artiste T : 416 537 0973 17 Paton rd. Studio 2 Toronto M6H 1R7 annie.macdonell@gmail.com

Document(s):

Annie MacDonell. Aurora Readiness Centre