In Fluid States, artist Holly Ward deploys a series of creative practices aimed towards developing a deeper understanding of water, and our connection to it. This timely new work was created in response to the ongoing expansion of the TMX pipeline, which intersects numerous waterways and Indigenous territories across British Columbia and Alberta. In a […]
In collaboration with the Archives of Ontario, Archive/Counter-Archive is organizing six media art installations across York University’s Keele campus as part of this year’s Nuit Blanche festival. Five of these will be united under the exhibition title, Biophilia: Artist and Archive, with the sixth being tied to the launch of CineMobilia, a new mobile infrastructure […]
A cinematic exploration of how the art of screendance and storytelling continues to evolve post-pandemic. FFDN is thrilled to make our silver screen debut with the newest addition to our festival’s mainstage programming 8-Count: Delightful moments of dance cinema. Join us for two live cinema screenings at the Betty Oliphant Theatre (Sep 23, 7:30 PM), […]
Celebrating the return of in-person gatherings for Nuit Blanche Toronto and the RUTAS Festival 2022, Nuit Blanche + RUTAS Symposium: A Home for Our Migrations will bring together scholars, artists, and community activists for lively dialogues/conversatorios, workshops, keynote speakers, and performances. Over 60 invited presenters will engage with a range of timely topics in response […]
The Project The Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) and York University presents Streams ~ Nuit Blanche 2022 at York University, an evening of campus-wide exhibitions, art installations, and events featuring 34 artists and showcasing 18 projects located around the central core of York’s Keele Campus and surrounding the Harry Arthur Commons. Each artwork and […]
EXHIBITION SENSORIA: the Art & Science of Our Senses is a multi-site exhibition and symposium that bridges LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) in Gdansk, Poland and Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology at York University in Toronto, Canada. Held simultaneously in both locations, the exhibition and symposium will engage multi-sensory research that revitalizes […]
SYMPOSIUM SENSORIA: The Art and Science of Our Senses symposium presents keynote lectures, discussions and performances around the connective aesthetics of everyday sensing and the knowledge-creation potential of artists and scientists collaborations. Symposium Registration Link Running from Oct 4-5 (9am – 12noon EST), The symposium will feature keynote lectures by Ryszard Kluszcynski , Chris Salter […]
The Project In the mid-1950s, The Ward, home to the diasporic communities of African Canadians, Italians, Jews, African Americans, and Chinese, among others, was torn down to make way for the construction of government buildings, hotels, and corporate high-rises. But this space, one that welcomed so many refugees over its 100+ year existence, was the […]
NUIT BLANCHE The Project On, Around, and With Water is an installation that presents viewers with two experiences of Lake Ontario. One where the microbial life always present in the mud has been encouraged to grow to the point it can be seen. The second, where water has been completely purified of microbial life. The […]
NUIT BLANCHE The Project Variations on Broken Lines is a site-specific performative installation that explores notions of the liminal in our current digital culture. The installation is located at the North York Civic Center. A constellation of video performances, moving-image, and documentation archives are projected simultaneously onto different surfaces throughout space. This installation takes the […]