White Line Light

Carsten Nicolai and Olaf Bender’s light/sound installation White Line Light at Strachan Avenue Old Police Station from Toronto’s 2007 Nuit Blanche is still one of my best NB experiences.  (Sad that it's been all going downhill now year after year.)  Sorry I couldn't find a good clip of the Toronto installation online.  Here's a later iteration in the Hague:

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White Line Light

Toronto's annual Nuit Blanche is coming this Saturday.  I still have mixed feelings about this increasingly popular art event.  While it's good to have a wider audience, the huge crowds make it almost impossible to appreciate the participating artists' site-specific works in most cases.  My most favourite project since I started going to NB four years ago is Carsten Nicolai and Olaf Bender's light and sound installation White Line Light at Strachan Avenue old police station in 2007:

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