WELCOME TO ZONE C
Start your art adventure at the Zone C Scotiabank Information Hub
Rest, relax and reflect while gazing at the stars from inside a transparent tent. At this tranquil information hub, located in Trinity Bellwoods Park, you will find: an information tent, a tour sign-up tent, a snack and refreshment booth, washrooms, first aid and exhibition staff to illuminate your way from artwork to artwork. 
Take special note of Alberta visual artist, Derek Michael Besant's wall-size artwork, taken from his Fifteen Restless Nights Collection. This captivating image is rich with ghostly folds and shapes that excite the imagination.
Every time you purchase a refreshment or merchandise at the hub, you make a donation to one of Scotiabank's designated charities for the night. These charities are committed to helping the homeless of Toronto. So enjoy a beverage or snack and please give generously.
Curated Exhibition
Curator's Statement

"Nuit Blanche is a strange and romantic concept. It turns night into day, and forces us to slow our gaze, step back, reconsider and look at things differently. As Queen Street West is poised to reclaim its former glory, as the fashionable garden city it once was in the late 19th century, Nuit Blanche remembers the ordinary people who at one time lived here and shaped its legacy."
-Clara Hargittay
Electronic Sky, 2006
David Warne and Kevin Krivel

A large scale interactive media installation comprised of three mutually-dependent parts, Electronic Sky explores the geological history and rich civic and built heritage of the area.
Electronic Sky image

Presence and Resistance, 2006
HOCK E AYE VI Edgar Heap of Birds

The artist's practice is distinguished by his analysis of language and his appropriation of commercial public spaces. His site specific text works installed along Queen Street West reaffirm aboriginal aspirations and values.
Presence and Resistance image

Confinement of the Intellect, 2006
Thom Sokoloski

This experimental installation and performance work is focused on some of the complex issues surrounding mental health from a historical as well as contemporary perspective.
Confinement of the Intellect image

Cracked, Not Broken (2005, 52minutes)
Paul Perrier

In this real time documentary, photographer/filmmaker/friend, Paul Perrier gets a glimpse into the harsh reality and chaotic life of sex, drugs and the dangerous life of the addict.

The Cinderella Project, 2006
Jose Angel Toirac

Toirac metaphorically invites a Cuban family to "live" in Toronto for one night in the West Side Lofts Sales Office building designed by British architect Will Aslop.
Cinderella Project image

Freeze, 2006
Rebecca Belmore & Osvaldo Yero

In a unique sculptural collaboration, Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero, will use ice to make a new artwork that will melt over the duration of the long sleepless night of Nuit Blanche.
Fountain image

A History Show
John Abrams, Carl Beam (Ojibway), Michael Belmore (Ojibway), Andrew Danson, Bonnie Devine, Gyula Kalko, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Greg Staats (Mohawk), and Badanna Zack

This group exhibition features artists searching for new ways to interface with history through painting, photography, video or installation.
Circle of History XIV image

Four Car Washes / Four Video Artists, Group Exhibition
Dana Claxton, Sara Diamond, Richard Fung, and Shelley Niro

These four outstanding video artists construct complex narratives from personal and collective memory that leave lasting impressions about Canadian society, past and present.
Shelly Niro image

Revolutionary Song (2005) and Chanson a Mourir (1989)
Istvan Kantor

Revolutionary Song pays tribute to the cinematic mayhem of video clips. Through recollecting memories from a 1966 visit to Paris, of a haircut obligation and conflict with his father, Kantor comments on his favourite subjects: authority and rebellion.
Revolutionary Song image



My Secret City



Independent Projects