2008: The BIG Festival
June 21 Christie to Lansdowne
2008: BIG Festival Community Charrette
Jan 26 at Long & McQuade
The Better Bloor project has been a 4 month long initiative over the spring and summer of 2007. Employing local youth, high sc
hool and university students, with extensive assistance and participation by Christie Ossington Neighborhood Centre (hosting organization), B.I.G., DIG IN, community volunteers, and business, residential, artists and police associations. The project fits the passions of its founding artist, Dyan Marie, who uses creative means to vitalize the Bloor and Dupont West neighborhood. The Safer Vital Communities Grant from the Toronto Police Department made this project possible - thank you - with support from the Toronto Arts Council Community Arts Program.
2007: Bloor NIGHTLIGHT
A Nuit Blanche event to take back the night
Sept 29, 2007 7pm to 7am
On Bloor Street from Lansdowne to Margueratta
Bloor NIGHTLIGHT, a festival of lights along Bloor Street from Margueretta to Lansdowne unleashes a dynamic series of artworks that work to vitalize this at-risk area for Nuit Blanche. BIG: Bloor Improvement Group, with initiating artist Dyan Marie, and dozens of contributing artists, – offer BLOOR NIGHTLIGHT – an event that will involve wide local support and participation within this multi-problemed community. The event will work to help build a better Bloor. The 2 block-area BLOOR NIGHTLIGHT location between Lansdowne Ave and Margueretta Street is best known recently for its negative press coverage: 94 crack dealers charged in one month, toxic lands, struggling and vacant storefronts… Our event intends to be an overall catalyst to start to change all that. It is a Nuit Blanch project to “take back the night” and works from now until September to clean, repair and improve the street and help local business. BLOOR NIGHTLIGHT invites the city to witness the start-up of the vitalization of Bloor. The Artworks will create lighting, lighting events and activities along Bloor that will encompass the street in a creative glow that provides an exciting, beautiful and lively night as part of Nuit Blanche
NIGHTLIGHT PROJECTS
Streetlight Sculptures – Curated by Orest Tataryn with works by by Lois Andison, Matthew Birch, Anne O'Callghan, Gordon Hicks, Thrush Holmes, Heather Nicol, Jonathan Sabine, Orest Tataryn,Christy Thompson, John Wilcox. Overhead sculptures are exhibited fixed to city streetlight poles creating a street-long exhibition of contemporary light art.
Joe Fleming Ice House and Film – Imagery shine through the walls of Joe Fleming eco house made entirely with ice.
Light House – Art transforms the House Of Lancaster and surrounding area at 1215 Bloor Street West.
- No Bad Art Poster project by Miklos Legrady.
- Videos by CCCA, Roman Milo, Dougal Bichan, DMP and others.
- Ah! Mes Synchronettes: Performance /dance Eroca Nicols dancers
- Performance and stage events with PerformanceArtTv.com.
- Eldon Garnet stainless steel text installation.
- Shirley Yanover sculpture.
- Ian Worling glass works and much more.
- Programed and open stage.
- Food and drinks served - and breakfast.
Cloud of Doubt – Objects and lights sources wrapped in place along the street to create lingering clouds by JP King and Stephen Marie-Rhodes.
Bloor Bike Light – A bike parade, tricked out in light for the night, curated and bike by Bruce Ward with Mark Greenhough, Herb VandenDool, and others.
Stores and Upper Floor Windows along Bloor – Local residents and businesses are invited to inventively light-up their store and apartment widows.
Sticky Lights – Small light sculptures, powered by watch batteries and able to be fixed by magnets to any metal surface enable a dispersion of light and art in unexpected places throughout the area. A Community Cave sponsored projects with artist, community groups and schools: Bishop Marrocco/Merton, Bloor Collegiate, Kent Senior School, Ontario College of Art and Design and The Student School
Water Tower – Local water tower landmark project by Roman Milo. Roman lights up the tower, viewable across the TTC lands and has an accompanying film at the Lancaster.
Vine People – Half human, half vine, Dyan Marie’s Vine People are ambassadors for green action – some say they are super-heroes, others troublemakers – Installed where needed for Bloor NIGHTLIGHT.
Carla Garnet Project – Illuminated drawing and sound performances with turn tables and overhead projector with John Abrams, Sandra Brewster, Andy Fabo, Cynthia Foo, Mike Hansen, Katharine Harvey, Janet Jones, Sholem Krishtalka, Srimoyee Mitra, Kate Monroe, Natalie Olanick, Frank Perna, Adrienne Trent and Lorne Wagman, Front window DVD projections by: Jesse Bollon, James Gillespie and Yvonne Singer.
House Light – Artist lamps made for the tables at the House Of Lancaster: Shelley Adler, Catherine Beaudetta, Kate Brown, Moira Clark, Nicole Collins, Brad Golden, Noel Harding, David Hlynsky, Ashley Johnson, Diane Lingenfelter, Dyan Marie, Larry Middlestadt, Jano Milo, Roman Milo, Richard Mongiat, Richard Rhodes, Snaige Sileika, Barb Solowan, Louise Vezina, Orest Tataryn, Bruce Ward, Shirley Yanover and others
Window Shopping – Interactive window projection by Andy Morris, curated by Ann Homan
Camp Fire – event by CELOS: Centre for Local Research into Public Space
Food +++++ music and events to participate in.
Funding: Bloordale BIA, Community Cave, Great Canadian News Co. Labatt Breweries of Canada, Simon Wookey
Nuit Blanche BLOOR NIGHTLIGHT
A DMP Dyan Marie Project with BIG: Bloor Improvement Group and DIG IN
DMP 416.539.8129 dyanmarie.com | bigonbloor.com | digin.ca
2007:
BIG Skating at Wallace Emerson
Jutta Mason's Jane Jacob Walk |
