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WELCOME TO ZONE B
Start your art adventure at the Zone B Scotiabank Information Hub 
Live the student life at this rec room-inspired lounge. Hand your homework in late and instead have a pillow fight, play games and talk art into the night. At this hub, located in Butterfield Park under the Ontario College of Art and Design's The Sharp Centre for Design, you will find: an information tent, a tour sign-up tent, a snack and refreshment booth, washrooms, first aid and exhibition staff to instruct and assist while you plan your journey to the end of the night. 
And don't miss the large-scale artwork by Alberta visual artist, Derek Michael Besant. Taken from his innovative Fifteen Restless Nights Collection, the artist creates a surreal visual experience (a photograph dramatically enhanced through advanced photographic and print technologies) accenting the ghostly folds and shapes of an unmade bed and pulsating with images that suggest both the vast and the intimate intervals that connect us.
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

"Restless in the face of our habitual urban experiences, the artists of Nuit Blanche help to pierce through our routines. Inviting a celebratory and productive insomnia, Nuit Blanche provides an opportunity to slow the fast pace of Toronto's perpetual state of becoming and, perhaps in new ways, take a look around."
-Kim Simon
when the wind shifted, 2006
Christina Battle

Inspired by Toronto's now unforgettable aphid infestation of August 2001, a series of outdoor projections create moments of a shift in the balance between natural and urban environments.
still from buffalo lifts

(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR, 2006
Chris Curreri

Viewed only from the street, as one walks along Baldwin, passers-by will be treated to a neon love poem glowing from above. All Elvis Presley song titles, the glowing text anonymously announces itself from the second floor windows of Baldwin Street residences.
Found Elvis Collage image

HOW TO RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY: A series of incidental performances and spontaneous outbursts by authority figures and security guards, 2006
Diane Borsato

A car is up on the curb, throbbing with base, vibrating with music. A pair of cops is on the scene. They are agitated. The moment calls for immediate action. They step up into the headlights, take each other into a dramatic embrace and begin to dance.
HOW TO RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY image

Position Yourself in a Network of Possibilities, 2006
Samuel Roy-Bois

Creating an impromptu gathering place, a dance floor welcomes passers-by to spend time dancing or simply watching others move to a lively soundtrack.
Position Yourself image

Model for a Public Space (speaker), 2006
Adrian Blackwell

A circular, ramping seating structure, Blackwell's piece is built to facilitate conversation between large numbers of people sitting in close proximity to one another. Through this simple shape it is possible to sit looking inward towards one another or outward to the surrounding city.
Model For a Public Space image

Roy & Silo's Gay Divorce, 2006
John Greyson and David Wall

Roy and Silo, a gay penguin couple at New York's Central Park Zoo, have captured the hearts and minds of the world. This site-specific video operetta features a series of video and sound installations in the lockers, shower stalls and swimming area of the century-old facility at the Harrison Baths.
Roy & Silo's Gay Divorce, 2006

In Pursuit of Happiness, 2006
Tanya Mars

With signature delightful theatricality, one of Canada's most renowned performance artists presents a continuous twelve-hour performance based on her epic 2004 work The Tyranny of Bliss.
The Tyranny of Bliss: Gluttony image

Morse Alphabet Soup, 2006
Diane Landry

Landry manipulates objects into automated, kinetic installations, subjecting matter to a deliberate play of light and shadow, the rhythm of movement and the performance of our perception.
La Morue image



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Independent Projects