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Nuit Blanche 2014

Posted on October 6, 2014October 17, 2022 by David Barker

Nuit Blanche is Toronto’s way of saying yee-haw to the arts — a festival running from sundown to sunup where people wander the streets from exhibit to exhibit. It’s nice to live in a city where tens of thousands of people can take to the streets — and a night! — not to protest human rights violations or to demand whatever, but simply to enjoy themselves and to celebrate the arts. One of these days, I plan to stay out until the sun comes up, but I couldn’t this year. Too many other things going on in the city. Here is a sample of what I saw:

The Rotunda of Toronto City Hall
The Rotunda of Toronto City Hall
The performance is intended for non-earthlings from past and future.
Throwing Ink
Throwing Ink
Hand in silhouette
Phone cam shot at night
Toilet Paper sculpture
Gap Ecology (Still Lives With Cherry Pickers and Palms) by David Brooks
Gap Ecology (Still Lives With Cherry Pickers and Palms) by David Brooks
Gap Ecology (Still Lives With Cherry Pickers and Palms) by David Brooks
Playing drums on the street at night
Screaming Booth
Black and white photograph of man playing bongo at night
Woman sitting in director's chair

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