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DUFFERIN ST.
YORK ST.
KING ST.
DUNDAS ST.
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PERFORMANCES
QUEENS ST.
VICTORIA
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www.nuitblanchelondon.ca
MARKET LANE
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RICHMOND ST.
FOOD TRUCKS
Fire Roasted Coffee Company,
Goodah Gastrotruck, MegaCone,
Shelby’s Food Express
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CARLING ST.
DUFFERIN ST.
CLARENCE ST.
ROAMING: On the Move Organics:
Reign of Radishes
1. Art Party & Cybernetic Music:
Museum London
2. #OMGROBOTS
3. Audio Forge
4. Lefty Smudges:
Night Light Postal Service
5. Forest City Beatbox Collective
6. Print London: Satellite Project Space
7. Forest City Gallery - Hold On. Hold On.
Some Things Last Forever
8. DNA Artspace
9. Not So Primary Colours
10. Core People
11. Confession Cube
12. Expressions in Chalk
13. Planting Seeds Earth Artists
14. Pull My Arm to Make it Grow
15. Planting Seeds Co.
16. iWaldoodle
17. VisualFringe: The Arts Project
18. The Muze and Sweet Magic London
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20. 152 HAPPY DAYS by Greg Mate
21. Emerging Filmmakers Showcase
22. Transmorphous Sound Ensemble
WELLINGTON ST.
Fringe presents
nuit blanche
06.13.2015
For one night London will come alive with
contemporary arts activities, installations,
interative art, film, sculpture, street theatre and
music. The diversity of the art is unlimited. The
event will start on June 13th at 7:00pm and run
until 1:00am on June 14th.
Nuit Blanche is a free contemporary arts event.
Support has been provided by our generous partners.
nuit blanche 06.13.2015
artists & events
what
we have in store...
alleries, laneways, sidewalks, alleys and lawns all become locations to engage audiences in
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a variety of artistic experiences. Unusual or forbidden spaces become sites of contemporary
art open for all-night discovery and rediscovery. You have free access to explore, discover,
debate and participate. We hope you enjoy the evening.
1. Art Party and Cybernetic Music:
Museum London, 421 Ridout St.
Bring your old clothes along and
contribute to Maria Ezcurra’s Open
or Mindy Yan Miller’s Sorting Party
as they create collaborative pieces
with visitors. For Ezcurra’s Open,
wear your old clothing over your outfit,
stand in the installation, and see how
she unstitches and stretches it onto
the wall, pinning it in place to create a
collective identity. Or help Yan Miller
sort one thousand pounds of clothing
and shape pieces into sculptural
structures. All clothing will later be
donated to charity.
2. #OMGROBOTS
FRC team 4525, Renaissance
Robotics along with their FRC friends
are proud to present a tech-art fusion!
This unique art piece will be created
before your eyes by six student
designed and student built 5 foot tall
120 pound robots! Part sculpture, part
technology, part performance, this is
a one of a kind art installation where
robots are the artists!
3. Audio Forge
The forging of two distinctive forms,
music and sculpture, creating
working soundscapes that defy
the eyes and ears. All is malleable
in this world: shapes sounds and
attitudes.
4. Lefty Smudges:
Night Light Postal Service
Want to pass a note to your favourite
performer? Tell your crush you think
they are cute? Or write an anonymous
note to someone in the night?
Lefty Smudges will act as your
personal postal service for the night
of June 13th! Her team of ‘Smudge
Couriers’ will be on hand to deliver
this futuristic communication, where
texting is passé and passed notes
are a resurrected art form.
be attempting to create and maintain
a complex Victorian tiled floor made
entirely of loose sand for the duration
of the festival. Accompanying their
tireless efforts several whispered
audio soundtracks will wax poetic on
themes ranging from entropy, to self
help, to existentialism.
5. Forest City Beatbox Collective
Beatboxing, or vocal percussion, is
the art form of creating music using
only the human voice and the human
voice alone. The forest city beatbox
collective is a group of beatboxers from
around the London area bringing light
to the originally underground art form.
8. DNA Artspace, 123 Dundas St.
DNA Artspace is pleased to present
Reunion in Feral Forest, an
exhibition featuring work by Sarah
Burwash (Halifax) and Gillian
Dykeman (Toronto). Reunion in
Feral Forest confronts the ideological
wilderness landscape, in which
Dykeman’s stereotypical Canadian
woodsman is contrasted by the strong
and imaginative feminist presence in
Sarah Burwash’s work. The opening
reception for this exhibition will
coincide with Nuit Blanche. There will
be a performance by Gillian Dykeman
at 9pm.
6. Print London: Satellite Project
Space, 121 Dundas St.
Print London (a collective of local
printmakers) starts their month long
program Fresh Hot Print at Satellite
Project Space (121 Dundas Street)
June 13 on the Fringe Festival with
a series of fun family oriented print
making activities during the day
by transforming the gallery space
into a real print shop equipped with
traditional presses. In the evening,
during Nuit Blanche, the public
is invited to create a large scale
collaborative work made of 8” x 8”
hand printed tiles with assistance of
Print London members.
7. Forest City Gallery presents Hold
On. Hold On. Some Things Last
Forever, a project by the Cultural
Capital Consortium (CCC).
As an ongoing exercise considering
labour, history and futility, CCC will
9. Not So Primary Colours
Fanshawe’s new downtown buildings
get a dazzling theatrical lighting
makeover. Having two buildings
opposite each other is an opportunity
for some large scale lighting fun.
Designed, installed and programed by
staff and students from Fanshawe’s
Theatre Arts: Technical Production
program.
10. Core People
A group of recent graduates and
current students enrolled in the
Photography program at Fanshawe
will be photo-graphing participants
of the festival throughout the
evening, making prints of these
street portraits available to those
photographed both online and in
hard copy.
11. Confession Cube
Natural constructs and human
nature’s innate desire to reach out
to others, conceives a physical
representation exploring the curiosity
behind confession. Inspired by
Candy Chang’s interactive exhibit,
‘Confessions,’ at The Cosmopolitan,
Las Vegas. This organic display
features secrets and confessions
shared by the city of London to find
communion in collective vulnerability.
12. Expressions in Chalk
Expressions In Chalk is a 100%
volunteer staffed community
organization, striving to utilize local
artists and art groups. They are
dedicated to bringing the art of street
painting to citizens and artists of
London, through public performances
and special events, promoting the city
as a creative art destination.
13. Planting Seeds Earth Artists
Planting Seeds Earth Artists
cultivates creativity for the innovation
of food security and environmental
sustainability.
14. 117 Dundas
“Pull My Arm to Make it Grow” is a
photography group exhibition featuring
the work of 11 young photographers.
The work projects a portrait of today’s
youth through a series of large scale
black & white photographic prints.
Contributors for the exhibit come from
London, Toronto and New York City.
Curated by Justin Yong, the work will
be displayed in conjunction with his
solo show and book launch, each titled
“gentle”.
15. Planting Seeds Co.
Local products, locally made,
interacting with people downtown in a
different way.
16. iWaldoodle - a game of
drawing monsters
Explore and immerse yourself in the
world of Waldoodle creatures. Do
more than just observe, participate in
this interactive installation and get in
touch with your inner creative monster
with artist Walter Sayers.
17. VisualFringe: The Arts Project,
203 Dundas St.
VisualFringe features the works of
25 local and area visual artists. Meet
the artists, purchase some great work,
and mingle with other art enthusiasts!
18. The Muze and Sweet Magic
London, 242 Dundas St.
Hour To Hour Ripe Workshops/
Performances/Screenings/Sets
Improvisational dance/experimental
music/antiquated technology
presented by Sweet Magic London
in collaboration with The Muze
supported by Ontario Arts Council.
19. (Spoken) Word on the Street,
210 Dundas St.
London Poetry Slam is bringing
words to the curb, sharing spoken
word poetry and showing the love
just like we do at our monthly slams.
Come listen to some of our slam vets
speak their truth, and if you have a
poem of your own, hit the mic with us!
20. 152 HAPPY DAYS by Greg Mate
Created by AlvegoRoot Theatre
During the last 152 days of Greg
Mate’s life he posted on Facebook
each day something that made
his day a happy day. These posts
became well-loved by his friends
and document his final days with
beauty. An all-night reading of these
152 happy posts read by groups of
friends.
21. Emerging Filmmakers
Showcase, Vibrafusion Lab,
355 Clarence St.
A drop-in screening of short films
by emerging talent in film including
short documentary, narrative and
experimental works by filmmakers
based in London, Toronto, and
Montreal.
22. Transmorphous Sound
Ensemble, Grooves Records,
353 Clarence St.
Transmorphous Sound Ensemble
(Chris Meloche and Richard Moule)
creates a unique, organic tapestry of
sounds. By using traditional musical
instruments subjected to various
sound processing, the duo manage
to weave an atmosphere which
immerses the listener into a strange
but inviting aural experience. A sonic
treat for curious ears.
ROAMING:
On the Move Organics:
Reign of Radishes
An interactive mobile garden
installation, housed in a bicycle towed
trailer, will invite people to explore
their role in growing food sovereignty
in London.
Dundas Street Festival Stage
Located at Market Lane (Fanshawe
College Stage).
Our Street London Stage
& Beer Garden
Located at King/Clarence ImPark lot.