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<title>Sabrina</title>
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Zone C was sick.

Free blankets yo.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:14:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Simon</title>
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This was my first time going to Nuit Blanche so I was not being "overhyped" by last year's exhibit, and I was disappointed as well, at least for Zone A.

Some of the "art" I saw simply isn't art.  I know people will start giving me the "I don't know how to appreciate art" argument but to me, an art has to have meaning, it should convey a message and I didn't see any of that.

Take "Into the Blue" in the Eaton's Center for example.  On any other day, no one would care and it would've been just another mall decoration that people would walk by.

Domaine de l'angle beside Massey Hall was an absolute joke!  People were taking pictures of the garbage there for pete's sake.  And the art was suppose to be the ceiling!

Stock Extravaganza - I can hardly see anything in that recycling bin.

Sitting Ducks @ Ryerson - Looks more like a university prank.  I have no idea what they're trying to say.

Overall, my impression of Nuit Blanche was that it was a complete waste of my time.  I suppose I should have visited the other zones but Zone A was an absolute disappointment.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:51:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>melanie</title>
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I had a great time last night and  I think that the majority of people are being snobs...I mean, the comment about "art heads"? Wow. There are growing pains with each event, but not everything can be blamed on the TTC or city hall.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:41:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Joe Clark</title>
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M. Kuplens-Ewart: It was impracticable to travel from Yorkville to West Queen West Queen West on the overtaxed TTC at 0230 hours. Those of us who were stuck downtown were pretty much stuck downtown.

And of course the event, when viewed as a whole, was a disappointment. Kudos to the commenters on this post for being honest, unlike, say, the daily newspapers. (And it will be those articles, not postings like this one, that go into the media kit and the proposal to the Bank of Nova Scotia next year. According to the official history, White Night ?07 will have been a smash hit.)]]>
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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:28:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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Re: bad reviews: 
Ultimately it's the effect the art has on the viewer that counts, not the effort the artist went through. It has nothing to do with expectations. 

If the art doesn't have poigancy or its message is lost on the majority of viewers then can you blame people for panning it?

Some of the exhibits were really well executed. Many were not, and are deserving of criticism.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:50:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Martin Kuplens-Ewart</title>
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I've got to admit I'm rather stunned by the negative response to much of the installations and exhibits that were put on last night. Seeing the crowds, the artwork, yes, even the NMS String of Diamonds brought a wave of pride in the city and (most) of us living in it.

Greatly amused that the people griping seem to have stuck around the yorkville area; no comment yet about White Line Light, the fantastic installation in the former police maintenance building on Strachan.

Forget your expectations of surround-sound cinematic experiences. Most of the art at this years' NB was about creating, shaping, and distorting environments and the way we experience space. I'd say that most of the artists who put themselves on the line in showing their work did a tremendous job and achieved exactly what they sought to.

Ultimately, though, it isn't up to the artist to make their art fit our expectations. It is up to the audience to try to understand the expectations the artist sets and to put their own aside.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:22:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jesika Joy</title>
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Hi, My name is Jesika Joy and I am the woman with the goat.  I was wondering if you might be able to post my name with the pic?  Also, can you let me know how I should accredit you if I would like to use the photo?  Is this possible?
Thanks, Jesika Joy]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:38:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>richelle</title>
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Adam,

Fantastic job with the live blogging! Hopefully your thumb has recovered.

It's amazing how so many people thought NB sucked ass. I don't get it. It's 12 hour festival that gives you an excuse to stay out all night with friends, (sans guilt) and look at/experience 'art'. It's corporate, because it needs to be sponsored, it's diverse in content and quality, as are all festivals and not everyone will like everything. Not to mention it's going to be crowded, it's the nature of the beast.Although I have to say there are a few pedestrians who attacked a cyclist friend of mine that could have stayed home.

Why there is a personal attack on newmindspace in the comments is tacky and beyond comprehension. 

To those who thought it sucked: If you think you can do better, submit a proposal or put on a rogue event next year. 

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<category>Toronto, Arts</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:12:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>some guy</title>
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mobile rave or another excuse to do drugs and listen to bad music? you decide.
string of lights: a representation of an idea held together by a single thread and full of hot air.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:03:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chester Pape</title>
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Anybody else get tired of the same excuses over and over again from NMS? people stole stuff, more people showed up than we planned for, the problems occurred during parts of the event that were under other people's control and so on. Come on Kevin, you are capable of putting on some cool stuff, when it works, and when it doesn't work it's still usually a worthwhile experiment, but time has come to take the flops and learn from them rather than repeating the same mistakes and trotting out the same rationalizations, your problems with theft and crowds occur at least in part because you don't spend enough (or seemingly any) time recruiting and organizing enough volunteers to try to keep things orderly, some of the "theft" last time certainly occurred just because people didn't know they weren't supposed to let the balloons go and there was no communication as to what the real expectations were, I didn't make it to your event this time but I bet it was the same, a bunch of people dancing around in the dark, more interested in socializing than putting on a show for people and some losers used your lack of focus to ruin everyone's fun, but just because there were some loser jerks doesn't leave you off the hook, you've done this before, you should have known you'd have the same issues and been better prepared for it. ]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:13:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hans Lucas</title>
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Hey Adam - yeah I totally feel that people in Toronto are dying for something exciting to happen here. We've had a bunch of festivals over the last short while but nothing really really amazing or inspirational that's on a world class level. 

Folks in Toronto are among the most talented in the world, not only that but our diversity is really something unique - the problem however is that the city has a chronic problem of thinking on a small scale. This primarily stems from our horrible city council that has a "no-can-do" approach to everything.

For instance can you imagine something as large as the Berlin Love Parade in T.O? Never. 

If Toronto wanted to do it right they could blow the lid off the roof in this city so that the entire world would know that this is a place where the arts are kicking. Instead we do a half-assed job.

It's not the organizers fault entirely - I'm sure that city hall ties their hands up somehow and puts up its usual road blocks - for instance, how horrible was the transportation last night?

City Hall is a joke and until they fix the problem we're doomed.
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:20:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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Adam said: "Ugh, what's happening here?"

It's not just happening here. Almost everyone I've talked to is bummed about last night. Give it time and people will settle down and hopefully when they've forgotten the overcrowding, the transit woes, the many lackluster exhibits, etc, they'll remember the good.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:19:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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Ugh, what's happening here? There was a lot of cool stuff happening last night, sure it wasn't on every single block, but part of the fun of Nuit Blanche (at least in my eyes) is that you have to go hunting for it.

I have to say too, if you think you can do better than the artists last night, then by all means, go for it. I don't mean that in a "let's see if you can do better" kind of way, but I just want to point out that the Nuit Blanche organizers have an open call for submissions every year (which we're sure to publicize on blogTO when it happens), so please don't be shy if you think you have an original idea that you think would be cool for this event.

The more the better. Hans, one thing you said really stood out to me; Toronto's "hunger" for art. I see this at every art event I'm at, and something I would love to see in future Nuit Blanche events is a multicultural approach. Toronto's biggest asset is its diversity, and that's something that we should really be harnessing and embracing.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:06:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hans Lucas</title>
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CHRIS -- "While obviously an interesting night, I was definitely very underwhelmed and pretty disappointed given I'd been really looking forward to last night for a full year.

Too many crowds, but what can you do except try to induce rain to keep any but real art heads from coming out... but maaaan did so much of it feel so low budget, even though it was most definitely not."

HEY COUPLE OF POINTS - I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE THING SEEMED LOW BUDGET. HOWEVER, YOU'RE FIRST COMMENT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN FOR THE REAL ART HEADS - ARE YOU SERIOUS??? THE ENTIRE POINT OF ORGANIZING THIS FESTIVAL WAS TO BRING ART TO AN ENTIRE PUBLIC NOT "THE" SELECTED "ART HEADS" WHICH YOU SPEAK OF. THIS SEEMED OBVIOUS TO ME. I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZERS JUST TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED TORONTO'S HUNGER TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE SOMETHING EXCITING.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:47:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>igor</title>
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Best thing i saw last night: silent film at AGO.  None of the other big exhibits in Yorkville were that interesting, IMHO.  The trance DJ in front of the Crystal -- what's the concept here?  Stupidest thing i saw:  people's SMS messages projected onto screen at the scotiabank tent near the ROM.  There was a huge crowd here, why?  "m. will you marry me? -dave"  fuck you.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:42:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hans Lucas</title>
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My first time out at Nuit Blanche, in fact I was there with 15 other people who came in from out of province for the show and I must say that it was a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.

In fact I was extremely embarrassed and felt horrible that they came all this way to pretty much not see anything at all. 

Bottom line is that the city and festival organizers as well as most artists did a half assed job and totally underestimated the number of visitors.

Most places exhibiting stuff were too packed too visit and those of display outside were a complete joke - STRING OF DIAMONDS - what utter crap.

The most accessible thing was the VJ at the ROM, although the projections he was showing were not visible at all.

My suggestion for next year:

- If this is supposed to be an art festival - make it an ART FESTIVAL. Why not have djs/musicians performing all over the place (after all they are artists too). The orchestra/opera people should have been involved too.

- The outside exhibits must live up to the hype. There should be a WOW factor on every block.

I've been to festivals in Europe and it seems like they know how to put these things on. What Toronto delivered last night was a complete joke.
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:39:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dave</title>
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While some parts of the evening were interesting, I mostly felt the evening was a let down. While some of the art was thought provoking, mostly it was mundane. Not a good showcase.

The worst part of the night for me was the TTC. The all-night service was a disaster: hardly the better way. I saw countless people walking along Queen West holding their day passes wondering where all the street cars were. Mostly they gave up and took taxis. The traffic was a nightmare most of the night. It is hard to convince people to leave their cars at home when the TTC does such a lousy job.

The galleries were mostly closed long before the end of the night. Typical entertainment district rowdyism seemed to spoil the mood in the south. In the north, Yorkville had little to offer except pretentious crowds and long lines in cramped quarters. The mood just wasn't right.

If Toronto does this again, there is a lot to be fixed next year. A more consolidated event away from all traffic with good transportation is my suggestion.
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:57:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>n/a</title>
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Got to love the people who thought it'd be more fun to play handball instead of listening to Polmo Polpo and 2 in the morning. ]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:42:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>James</title>
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From what I have overheard, the people who made it out to Bloor West (Bloor NightLight, Landsdowne area) said it was surprisingly the best stuff at Nuit Blanche. The crowds were not as bad, and the work was more interesting.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:24:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>James</title>
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From what I have overheard, the people who made it out to Bloor West (Bloor NightLight, Landsdowne area) said it was surprisingly the best stuff at Nuit Blanche. The crowds were not as bad, and the work was more interesting.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:23:02 PDT</pubDate>
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