12 hours. What a night! We started our journey at 6:30pm at City Hall and our heads didn’t hit the pillow until 6am the next morning …
There is so much to cover from this years Nuit Blanche in Toronto. So much in fact that it’s best if you watch the video! 
But here are some of the highlights that we saw on our travels:
Zone A:
- Stereoscope, City Hall
An amazing installation turning the windows of City Hall into a giant ping pong game and lighting canvas - Our interview with Mayor David Miller
- Conversation #2, 900 Wellesley Street
12,000 books laid together to create a beautiful sculpture. The different coloured spines even created moasic images wrapped around the sculpture.
Zone B:
- r u part of the art?
An interesting mobile installation - subscribe to a texting service and receive updates throughout the night with various things to do like sing the song from The Muppets (Menamena do do dee do do …). We didn’t see many other people doing it, but it was fun to randomly do stuff during the night. - Le Labo, Distillery
A very calming video/sound installation (for the first while we were there) at Le Labo or Le Laboratoire d’art - a “francophone media and integrated arts lab offering opportunities in production, training & showings.” - Higgs Ocean, Distillery
While they weren’t part of the ‘official’ Nuit Blanche schedule, this installation in one of the alleyways of the Distillery, was a highlight for us as it featured many elements from our youth - Lite Brite, a Big Bird lamp, and old films on video projectors! Unfortunately we couldn’t find any info on the group online - so if you guys see this posting, let us know where to find you!
Zone C:
- Overflow, Liberty Village
A smaller scale installation by Michel de Broin of a waterfall coming out the window of a 3 storey building and crashing into discarded furniture on the ground. - Imagine Peace, Liberty St. & Jefferson Ave.
Yoko Ono continues to spread the message of peace with this installation. The public is given tags to write a wish on and the hang on the trees lining the street creating weeping willows of wishes, as it were. - I Promise It Will Always Be This Way, Lamport Stadium
At 5am, watching mascots run wild to mid-90’s techno music was a lot of fun - and a great way to end the night.
We took tons of photos that night and we’ll be posting them in our Facebook Group as well as setting up a flickr home soon for you to view.
What were your highlights? What did you think of the 2008 Nuit Blanche?
Be sure to check out our friends over at Dear Toronto and their coverage of Nuit Blanche!
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