VoCA recommends…Top independent projects Part Two

1-BLOOR NIGHTLIGHT AT BLOOR & LANSDOWNE
Throughout the Bloor Lansdowne neighbourhood

Artist Dyan Marie has transformed into impresario for this event which involves over 50 artists united in their desire to motivate social change within the troubled community of Bloor and Lansdowne. How will they do this? Through light!

Expect many creative uses of light throughout the night, including Joe Fleming’s Ice House, Clouds of Doubt by JP King and Stephen Marie-Rhodes, a bicycle parade, numerous performances and Marie’s own urban intervention project, Vine People.

For more info and full lineup, click HERE.

2- LIGHT UP THE NIGHT BY RYERSON AT CAMERA BAR
1028 Queen Street West

Michael Snow, Wavelength, film still. Image: lumen.org.uk

Part of Ryerson’s extensive Nuit Blanche programming, the school has produced two films on Canadian experimental filmmakers, R. Bruce Elder and Michael Snow. They will screen along with graduate student films and The American Civil Rights Movement (excerpts from Ryerson’s Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection) and photography by College Photographer of the Year, Dominic Nahr.

For more info, click HERE.

3- JOSEPH BEUYS FILZ-TV AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY
136 Beverly Street at Dundas, in the garden

Joseph Beuys, Filz-TV (Felt TV), 1970. Image: ncf.ca

A rare chance to see an important Joseph Beuys film. Perhaps the most celebrated and least understood German contemporary artist of the 20th century, this piece shows Beuys engaging with a television set.

For more info, please click HERE.

4- PRIVATE MOMENTS IN PUBLIC SPACES, OUTSIDE THE SPOKE CLUB
600 King Street West, corner of Portland

Tatar Gallery presents a video installation by Canadian artist Laura Madera. The work, entitled “Private Moments in Public Places”, will be screened on a car that has been crashed into the side of Toronto’s tony Spoke Club.

For more info, please contact Tatar Gallery HERE.

5. DSM5 BY CHARLES KRIEL AT THE ROM
100 Queen’s Park, corner of Bloor Street

Charles Kreil at work. Image: kingston.ac.uk

London-based DVJ Charles Kriel will project his multimedia installation DSM5 against the façade of Libeskind’s crystal. The live performance uses visual and sonic elements to explore psycho-pharmacological culture.

And did you know DVJ Kriel is the UN World Summit Awards National Expert in New Media?

Visit Charles Kriel’s website HERE.

For more info, click HERE.

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