Overheard at Nuit Blanche 2014
What you over heard at Nuit Blanche last Saturday likely depended where you were - just kidding, there's a 98% chance you heard someone say "is that art?" My own "is that art" experience happened at Fort York and turned out to be the line for the public washroom, but the only #OH that might have produced was my friend and I giggling, momentarily amused after a long stretch of boredom (Fort York was largely underwhelming).
After Doug Ford opened Nuit Blanche in Rob's place (which not everyone is too pleased about) the mad scramble in the cold (y'all know it's going to get way colder, right?) in search of transformative art pieces, food trucks, and phone charging stations began. And the eavesdropping, which might be our favourite part of the whole light installation free-for-all. And the getting man-handled by cops for crossing the street. Art!
Here are your best overheards from Saturday night, and a few of ours.
Hear anything funny? Sweet? Terrible? Tweet us your overheard at Nuit Blanche quotes. #overheardNB
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014@blogTO as requested: "Guys, I read the thing... It says you're supposed to lick the metal poles" #overheardNB 😊 pic.twitter.com/0lGdazemTa
— D Duncan (@DQDuncan) October 5, 2014"Well if you don't want poutine or hot dogs, you're pretty much out of luck." #overheardNB
— Kerin Donahue (@kerin34) October 5, 2014Best thing overheard at Nuit Blanche - "Oh my God look! A new streetcar!" #art #toronto
— Colin MacDonald (@ColinKMacDonald) October 5, 2014"Oh there's more in here? Oh no, it's just a gallery. Oh but there's food!"- said a woman within my first 5 minutes out at Nuit Blanche.
— Hannah Shira Naiman (@HannahNaiman) October 5, 2014@blogTO "this bitch won't let me pay her to cut in front of her" #overheardNB
— Kenickie Street (@Kenickiestreet) October 5, 2014Don't post until we have a consensus on a hashtag! #overheardNB
— Augurist_TO (@Augurist_TO) October 5, 2014Tonight at the launch of Nuit Blanche, Doug Ford reveals the last four years have been an elaborate performance art piece
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) October 5, 2014My neighbourhood transformed by art. #Snbto pic.twitter.com/LtSURJCQRg
— Olivia Chow (@oliviachow) October 5, 2014"I know, let's take photos of the moon!" #overheardNB
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014The yell of Xena, Warrior Princess. #overheardNB at #snbTO
— Shelly Spithoff (@ShellySpithoff) October 5, 2014"My feeling about art is 'Don't touch me.'" - me overheard at Nuit Blanche
— Simon (@simondrex) October 5, 2014OH at #snbTO: "So what's happening?" "It's some guy making...nothing's happening." ART!
— Justin Cozens (@JustinCozens) October 5, 2014Sounds like my BFA studio critiques. RT @jmayville: OH little kid: "What art? That's art?!" Everyone's a critic lol #snbTO
— Dani Mailing (@DaniellaMailing) October 5, 2014"Just show me where the fucking art is!" - overheard at Nuit Blanche
— stephanie g (@stephneg) October 5, 2014What's your journey? 'between doors' at #fortyork #snbTOblogTO pic.twitter.com/QywtYMSCSt
— Olga Gomes (@designchickee) October 5, 2014Overheard at Oshawa Pita Pit: "Nuit Blanche? That's the festival where you drink all night." @Jen_McDonnell @Nicole_Preston2 @MrJoLee
— Irene Thomaidis (@irene_thomaidis) October 4, 2014"You walk and walk and you don't see any art." #overheardNB :(
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014You have to love this. #CNTower #SNB2014 #snbTOBlogTO pic.twitter.com/UlypCwPfc7
— GoKcé â™› (@goKce_PinkY) October 5, 2014@blogTO "It's always so cold for this event." "Well they want to make sure most of the visitors are gone first." #overheardNB
— plmcbride (@plmcbride) October 5, 2014"so this is what Antarctica feels like...." #overheardNB
— S. (@esssqu) October 5, 2014#nuitblanche overheard some guy on the street saying this is what Bombay looks like http://t.co/K60dv25CJR
— Xiaohe Chen (@XiaoheC) October 5, 2014@blogTO WHAT DOES BUBBLE GUM HAVE TO DO WITH ART?!
— blk (@padillest) October 5, 2014@blogTO "it all started when the french invaded canada" #overheardnb
— zoph (@zophxo) October 5, 2014The #RenegadeParade is in the house! (Actually, it's on #BayStreet) #snbto #NuitBlanche pic.twitter.com/yqNnI6cvGw
— Mike Lamore-Robins (@shaychguy) October 5, 2014"Is that art???" "No, it's a pink dumpster." "Well, we could go look at it anyway." #overheardNB
— Kerin Donahue (@kerin34) October 5, 2014"For Halloween I'm going to be pornstache and the dancing woman emoji" #overheardNB
— tr (@gayprince_13) October 5, 2014"Why is everyone in love?" #overheardNB
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014"it's like diarrhea 2-for-1. You cannot eat anything from 7-11, ever." #overheardnb
— Anonymous Tweet (@fortyfs) October 5, 2014I like your bald spot. #overheardNB
— shirin (@sereneshirin) October 5, 2014@blogTO "I'm drunk, I don't know where I'm going"
— âš’WolfCountryâš’ (@th3illestt) October 5, 2014"Huh. I guess we missed the first part?" #overheardNB
— Kerin Donahue (@kerin34) October 5, 2014"Look, there's some art. Take a picture so we can go home." #overheardNB #spadina
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014Walk Among Worlds. #snbTOBlogTO @sbnuitblancheTO pic.twitter.com/xQ6chhhJ72
— Steph (@stephdubik) October 5, 2014"That's why the police have RIDE programs in the middle of the night, they have nothing better to do!" #overheardNB
— Aylan Couchie (@AylanX) October 5, 2014"Did you not see the light? Fuck these people, man." - @TorontoPolice #overheardNB
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014"There's a good example of my stupid generation, now you know what I deal with" - 14yo son re: a group of obnoxious kids ahead. #overheardNB
— Aylan Couchie (@AylanX) October 5, 2014@sbnuitblancheTO a few more snaps from #snbTO Another reminder why #Toronto is awesome #LoveMyCity #snbTOBlogTO pic.twitter.com/CYhojQTQ6S
— Wayne R (@WaynieTDot) October 5, 2014@blogTO overheard at Spadina/King "Is this still downtown?" Uhm, yes. Asked by random "Do you have hand sanitizer?" WTF? #overheardNB
— Dan Landry (@canuckdaneh) October 5, 2014OH on Dundas West: "There's an art festival or some shit going on. I don't know, don't quote me." #sbnbto #quoted
— chris mejaski (@outisthrough) October 5, 2014@blogTO there are more food trucks than art exhibits #NuitBlanchetoronto
— Katie B. (@KatieB_TO) October 5, 2014#snbTOBlogTO containing a virus.
Lots of laughs tonight pic.twitter.com/KNNvqbW7mW
— David Chong (@luckydavec) October 5, 2014"Is this really an art?" #overheardNB
— Joseph Fuda (@Fudagraphy) October 5, 2014"Why is there no art here?" #overheardNB #FortYorkBlvd
— blogTO (@blogTO) October 5, 2014Most overheard thing last night at #NuitBlanche "I just don't get it. Is this art?" @sbnuitblancheTO #newtagline #Toronto
— Craig Caucasian (@craigcaucasian) October 5, 2014The best part of Nuit Blanche is listening to all the hipsters trying to rationalize the meaning of a specific art piece
— Michael Babiak (@Michael_Babiak) October 5, 2014@blogTO My room must be artsy because my clothes are all over the place too
— blk (@padillest) October 5, 2014Hear anything funny/sweet/terrible/transformative at Nuit Blanche this year? Let us know in the comments.
See also
10 Nuit Blanche exhibits on extended display in Toronto
