{"id":3670,"date":"2008-10-05T18:01:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T22:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/10\/05\/nuit-blanche-2008-impressions-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:55:55","slug":"nuit-blanche-2008-impressions-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/10\/05\/nuit-blanche-2008-impressions-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"NUIT BLANCHE: impressions, part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3279\/2916532508_576314527a.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found this year&#8217;s Nuit Blanche a little underwhelming, but that could be due to my plan of just winging it. I didn&#8217;t have a schedule or &#8220;must-see&#8221; installations, so I have only myself to blame for not seeking out more venues (or referring to the program that was handed out).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3204\/2916533112_76d938e34e.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I started in Parkdale and wandered east into the core. Though not really an installation, the TTC brought out a <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/76277389@N00\/530450148\/\">PCC streetcar<\/a> &#8212; vintage modernist design &#8212; which took riders on a loop of the west side. If anything it added a tad or surrealness to the evening.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t find any of the exhibits too compelling (though there was topless modern\/Butoh dance at Queen and Cowan, <em>Bridging the Gap<\/em> by Matthew Romantini) until I got under the bridge at Queen and Dufferin. The program didn&#8217;t have a listing for this installation: the steps leading up to the old Parkdale train station &#8212; long closed off to public use &#8212; were lit up, which also seemed to nicely glamourize the wall&#8217;s graffiti. Music by a handful of noise artists added a weird soundtrack to the experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3031\/2915684737_a3371e2ecc.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From any angle, the installation <em>You Will Change Everything<\/em> by David Rokeby looked amazing. The changing colours in thew window of the Drake Hotel really made this piece come to life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3054\/2916534616_60d2c45186_o.jpg\" height=\"753\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another unofficial installation was the resurrection of the Hug Me Tree at Queen and Peter. The graffiti artist Elicser spent the week paper-mach&eacute;-ing a replica of the Hug Me Tree that fell over in early-August (check out Spacing&#8217;s blog posts <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/08\/11\/if-a-graffiti-trees-falls-on-queen-west-will-anyone-notice\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/08\/12\/queen-west-hug-me-tree-finds-a-new-home\/\">here<\/a>).\u00a0 He then spent the night painting it in his signature style. We&#8217;ll see how long the tree lasts in this location.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3082\/2915685727_a8d3a600a0.jpg\" height=\"313\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I ended my night at City Hall watching the Blinkenlights installation. It was a truly whimsical use of the building and I loved seeing GAME OVER spelled out periodically. One two occasions we witnessed one of the artists silhouetted in a window, possibly fixing an uncooperative panel sheet (read Shawn Micallef&#8217;s post on <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/10\/03\/nuit-blanche-behind-the-scenes-with-blinkenlights\/\">the prep work by Blinkenlights<\/a>). And as Dylan Reid mentions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/10\/05\/nuit-blanche-2008-i\/\">previous Nuit Blanche post<\/a>, it was great to personally experience the podium and elevated walk ways that surround Nathan Phillips Square.<\/p>\n<p><em>photos by Matthew Blackett <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this year&#8217;s Nuit Blanche a little underwhelming, but that could be due to my plan of just winging it. I didn&#8217;t have a schedule or &#8220;must-see&#8221; installations, so I have only myself to blame for not seeking out more venues (or referring to the program that was handed out). 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