{"id":41747,"date":"2017-09-29T19:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/?p=41747"},"modified":"2017-10-12T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:26:12","slug":"nuit-blanche-2017-hits-toronto-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/2017\/09\/nuit-blanche-2017-hits-toronto-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuit Blanche 2017 Hits Toronto Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nuit Blanche returns to Toronto tomorrow night, and is set to transform the city’s downtown core into an artistic space, filled with contemporary art exhibits and live performances. From sunset to sunrise, Toronto\u2019s streets will be covered in vibrant artwork that is created by Canadian and international artists. The event will feature large scale art projects in bustling public spaces across the city, such as Queen\u2019s Park and Nathan Phillips Square.<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, this year\u2019s edition of Nuit Blanche will have an overall theme, dubbed \u201cMany Possible Futures\u201d. Marking the milestone of Canada\u2019s 150th anniversary, this massive all-night art festival focuses on Canadian diversity in the arts. This year’s edition of Nuit Blanche claims to be inspired by relevant issues, such as social change and cultural endurance. <\/p>\n

With 90 projects created by over 350 artists, the free all-night event invites attendees to experience Toronto’s arts and culture scene. Most of the projects will be clustered in a walkable distance from one another, so local art enthusiasts can explore the city streets during the wee hours of Saturday night. For the 12th annual Nuit Blanche, for one night only, the city is slated to be lively up until dawn, featuring four notable exhibits. <\/p>\n

The Monument to the Century of Revolutions <\/strong>is curated by Nato Thompson, and can be found at Nathan Philips Square. With an assortment of shipping containers that represent revolutionary moments in history, the project is inspired by the 2003 Russian collective \u201cChto Delat\u201d. Using art as a form of protest, local artists activist groups will be touching on timely issues, such as queer activism and justice for Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n

Located at Queen\u2019s Park and University of Toronto, Barbara Fischer\u2019s Taking to the Streets<\/strong> exhibit presents eight projects. She examines historical and contemporary methods of protest, gaining inspiration from the city streets, where there is no shortage of public expression.<\/p>\n

Life on Neebahgeezis; A Luminous Engagement<\/strong> is curated by Maria Hupfield, and features five projects located on Bay Street, between Queen and King. Using theatrics, animation, audio and projection, this exhibits represents the resilience and solidarity of the Indigenous community. It is said to be an Anishinaabe interpretation of David Bowie\u2019s song \u201cLife on Mars\u201d.<\/p>\n

Between the Art Gallery of Ontario to Young-Dundas Square, local curator Clara Halpern features five projects in the Calculating Upon The Unforeseen<\/strong> exhibit. The exhibit brings together six artists as they use art to reflect on a variety of possible futures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nuit Blanche returns to Toronto tomorrow night, and is set to transform the city’s downtown core into an artistic space, filled with\u00a0contemporary art exhibits and live performances. From sunset to sunrise, Toronto\u2019s streets will be covered in vibrant artwork that is created by Canadian and international artists. The event will feature large scale art projects in bustling public spaces across the city, such as Queen\u2019s Park and Nathan Phillips Square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":41751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20189,21418],"tags":[26672,23671,21144,26668,18332,18341,26671],"class_list":["post-41747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-living-2","tag-clara-halpern","tag-nathan-phillips-square","tag-nuit-blanche","tag-nuit-blanche-2017","tag-toronto-art","tag-toronto-culture","tag-what-to-know-about-nuit-blanche"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41753,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41747\/revisions\/41753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}