Another popular night for the arts and entertainment industry with Nuit Blanche installations and performances. The 3 zones A, B, and C all had many interesting sites to see and the guide book showed the map with the locations and descriptions so one could plan ahead. It is impossible to see all the sites in this one magical night! Some sites -- zombies being filmed at College Park, a spotlight from a tower stopping at people below, horror film scenes projected onto 2 facing large screens while people watched from the center hearing the screams, the curved buildings of City Hall with synchronized blinking lights in each window. The costs of all these displays surely were over a million dollars! Public funds from public taxes all for public entertainment spent in one funtastic night! Lots of people marveled and took photos and videos. This was possibly better than going to Disneyland for those who like unique original art installations, although the magic of childhood fantasies versus adult fantasies cannot be compared. There were a lot of youths and adults out but not children. There were other sites in smaller neighbourhoods such as Cabbagetown which had dancers in a school performing a group dance in semi-darkness while a few children copied their movements, an outdoor projection screen with computer animation, a singer and band played in a corner. This year, Scotiabank the main sponsor of Nuit Blanche is giving donations from the public to fund the operations of Art Heart, a community studio which has free art programs for kids, youths and adults. The office of George Smitherman, the Minister of Longterm Care Health and Bob Rae, Member of Parliament representative for Toronto Center was used to display the artworks of Art Heart artists. Thus indirectly, Nuit Blanche was raising funds for Art Heart, a non-profit community art organization, which means that the money spent would also go towards this good cause providing art materials, instructions, and space for free year-long to the community.
Location: Distillery District and St. Lawrence Market
Art exhibition and secrets were being tied to white balloons decorating one of the buildings in the Distillery District, and a photographer took photos of people invited to wear a mask and pose. At St. Lawrence Market, a female artist was covering a man with food all over his face and body.
