One Garden One Night One Wish

Source: CCCA (2008). ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche 2006. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/) [2]

Location:

University of Toronto , Toronto, ON, Canada

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)

Description:

Sound installation with printed paper elements attached to a tree.

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:

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.

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/ [3]

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 [4]

Artist's biography:

Zealley, Andrew [5]

Author's biography:

Stathacos, Chrysanne [6]

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

Stathacos, Chrysanne (1999). 1000+Wishes, The Wish Machine. Toronto : Coach House Press, p. 28

XML

Audiowork. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Zealley, Andrew (2006). Audiowork. One Garden, One Night, One Wish. <http://andrewzealley.com/html/framesets/new_frameset.html> : Andrew Zealley webpage

XML

Artworks. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Stathacos, Chrysanne (2006). Artworks. One Garden, One Night, One Wish. <http://chrysannestathacos.com/one-garden-one-night-one-wish/> : Chrysanne Stathacos webpage

XML

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

CCCA (2006). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. One Garden, One Night, One Wish. <http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/a7.html >

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

Scotiabank_NuitBlanche (2006). Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. Curated Exhibition. One Garden, One Night, One Wish, 2006. <http://nuitblanche2006.livewithculture.ca/nuit_blanche/the_zones/zone_a/curated_exhibition/one_garden_one_night_one_wish_2006.html> : ScotiaBank NuitBlanche

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One Garden One Night One Wish

One Garden One Night One Wish [1]

Artwork identification

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