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News Release - Nuit Blanche Toronto 2024: Extended program features 12 art projects

City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release

October 8, 2024

Nuit Blanche Toronto 2024: Extended program features 12 art projects

The City of Toronto’s annual Nuit Blanche celebration continues with extended programming, providing more time to explore 12 art projects. Running until Sunday, October 13, the extended program highlights a variety of projects and interactive experiences across the Toronto.

In addition to visual art, Nuit Blanche 2024 integrates accessibility elements into select projects and post-event experiences. These include Touch Tours, ASL-interpreted experiences, workshops and tactile 3D models for blind and low-vision audiences. Additionally, visual stories will be available for certain installations to support individuals on the autism spectrum. A list of extended projects can be found on the City’s website: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/nuitblanche/visitor-information/.

Extended Projects – Downtown:

- Closer Together by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster (sponsored by Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport)

- Arguing Signs by Jon McCurley (sponsored by Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport)

- The Probability Engine: Atlantic Overturning by Micha Cárdenas and the Critical Realities Studio (Marcelo Diaz Viana Neto, Tamara Duplantis, Ryan Li, Dahlstrom Star Hagen-Esquerra, Ian Costello) (sponsored by Waterfront BIA)

- Bashment and Lime by Elicser Elliott and Chason Yeboah (sponsored by Oxford Properties Group)

- Snail-work (for the lake) by Shannon Garden-Smith

- 星星 (Sing Sing) Starfield by Germaine Liu

- I’ve Come to Find This Place by Anique Jordan (sponsored by First Capital REIT)

- Humans Build the Biggest Nests by Isaac King

- 1-800-INF-ERNO by Micki-Lee Smith, Zakriya Bashir-Hill, Diana Lawryshyn, Pratap Mathews and Yun Young Lee

- Dim Sum without Distance by Hung Keung and Lauren Runions (sponsored by Arts in Hong Kong)

Extended Projects – Humber Polytechnic Lakeshore Campus (sponsored by Humber Polytechnic):

- LineScapes by Ashley Aalto and Harin De Mel

- The Moon, the Earth and Us by Oliver Jeffers

- The Vastness of Space by Eric Cator

Many talks, tours and workshops offered during the extended program require pre-registration. More details on registered programs can be found on the City’s Nuit Blanche webpage: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/nuitblanche/nuit-talks/.

About Nuit Blanche Toronto 

Nuit Blanche Toronto is an annual all-night celebration of contemporary art produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto’s arts community. Since 2006, this award-winning event has featured 1,690 art installations by approximately 6,000 artists and has generated more than $529 million in economic impact for Toronto. Information and updates are available on the website https://www.toronto.ca/nuitblanche, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nuitblancheTO, on X at https://x.com/nuitblancheTO and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nuitblancheTO/.  

Toronto is home to more than three million people whose diversity and experiences make this great city Canada’s leading economic engine and one of the world’s most diverse and livable cities. As the fourth largest city in North America, Toronto is a global leader in technology, finance, film, music, culture and innovation and climate action, and consistently places at the top of international rankings due to investments championed by its government, residents and businesses. For more information visit www.toronto.ca or follow us on X at www.X.com/CityofToronto, on Instagram at www.instagram.com/cityofto or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofto.   

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Media contact: Media Relations, media@toronto.ca  

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