Pulses by Jesse Stewart

Pulses (2011) by Jesse stewart is an installation/performance that features a series of water-filled intravenous bags positioned above a specially-designed clear drum set. The I.V. bags release droplets of water at different rates resulting in a series of pulses as the water droplets strike the drums and cymbals.

Venue:

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre

Type:

Installation & solo performance (percussion)

Price:

Free

Time:

Installation ongoing, Performance 5:30 AM

Rainforest: Guelph by David Tudor, realized by Ben Grossman

Rainforest: Guelph is a collaborative reinterpretation of David Tudor's work from the 1970s using transducers and pickups attached to various objects to expose their hidden resonant spirits.  Essentially an improvised, experimental, complex system, the performers, artists and public will collaborate in the continuous evolution of an ever-shifting soundscape.

Venue:

Guelph Art Works Garage - 28 Essex Street

Type:

Multi-media musical installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing, 11:30 PM (28 Essex with Fall on Your Feet)

Behaviours by Gerry Hemingway featuring video projection by Beth Warshafsky

Behaviours'' is a new program of solo acoustic and electronic works which include interactive and formal non-interactive formats with long-time video artist collaborator, Beth Warshafsky.

Venue:

Guelph Youth Music Centre

Type:

Multi-media musical performance

Price:

Free

Time:

1 AM

Aerials by François Houle

Aerials is a suite of solo clarinet improvisations that utilizes several distinct extended techniques that I have acquired, developed, and perfected over the last two decade. These techniques overlap, collapse, clash and permutate into an intricate sonic web, pushing the performer to the brink of chaos.

Venue:

Bikram Yoga Studio

Type:

Solo musical performance (clarinet)

Price:

Free

Time:

2:30 AM

Live GUH

GUH will perform live music inspired by the breathtaking insect scenery depicted in the award-winning film 'Microcosmos'. Both new music and old GUH favourites will be featured while the audience takes in scenes like bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating and spiders wrapping their catch.

Venue:

Bookshelf Cinema

Type:

Film with musical accompaniment

Price:

Free

Time:

12:30 AM

Skin by Debashis Sinha

Skin is a video installation designed as a meditation on the visual interface of the artist's body to the world. It is an aural and visual possibility of identity, an expression of the seen and the not seen.

Venue:

VIA Rail Station

Type:

Multi-media installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Geographies by Miya Masaoka

Masaoka’s work draws from the collision of tradition with the modern, the rupture of a sonic past with possibilities of the new. Geographies is a work deploying field recordings, fragmented sounds both synthesized and organic, the Japanese koto, and Laser Koto, a self-designed instrument.

Venue:

City Hall Council Chambers

Type:

Solo musical performance (koto and electronics)

Price:

Free

Time:

12 AM

Sonic Night of Delight by Erosonic

An accordion and the baritone saxophone that merge and meld and merge styles from across the spectrum – hints of blues, jazz, improv, com-prov and electro-acoustic works. Their opus has been described by critics as “phenomenal…breathtaking…''

Venue:

Moksha Yoga Studio

Type:

Duet musical performance (accordion & baritone sax)

Price:

Free

Time:

11:45 PM

Love and Affection by the Woodshed Orchestra

The Woodshed Orchestra is an ecstatic soul-filled communal multi-headed celebration emancipation experience. The Woodshed will take you higher and make you feel the love you need to succeed. Yes it will!

Venue:

Mitchell Hall - St. George's Anglican Church

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

12:30 AM

Riveradiant by the Radiant Brass Ensemble

Riveradiant is a site-specific work by Scott Thomson for eight brass musicians, coloured lights, and a river.  The Radiant Brass Ensemble will play this suitably nocturnal music from the south bank of the Speed River in Royal City Park (between Gordon and McRae Streets) to listeners on the north bank.

Venue:

Royal City Park

Type:

Outdoor musical performance

Price:

Free

Time:

9:45 PM

Continuous by William Parker

 Music for the restoration of the soul.

Venue:

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre

Type:

Solo musical performance (bass)

Price:

Free

Time:

6:15 AM

Lullabies for a Sleepless City by Louisa Kratka & Evelyne Lavoie

Lullabies for a Sleepless City features soft voices, plucked strings and gentle noisemakers looped and layered into delicate, improvised nocturnes that explore the city's circadian rhythms. They aim to soothe the city's nervous system, blur the streak of car lights in the darkness and shush the passing whir of engines into urban slumber.

Venue:

10 Carden & Red Brick Cafe / Douglas Alleyway

Type:

Musical performance

Price:

Free

Time:

11:30 PM (Red Brick Cafe / Douglas Alley) & 1:30 AM (10 Carden)

Political Movements by the Minotaurs with Janet Johnson dancers

Members of MINOTAURS and Janet Johnson co-director of the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival will perform a part-choreographed, part-improvised dance/percussion piece designed to affirm the non-commodification of human expression and offer a positive and constructive arena to voice concern for the world-wide slide towards privatization, militarization, and disenfranchisement.

Venue:

Goldie's Mill Ruins

Type:

Dance performance with musical accompaniment

Price:

Free

Time:

8:30 PM

The Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society

The bands performances are both hypnotic and propulsive, riding on top of the wave rather than trying to find a resolution. It centers around new compositions for the guimbri, a Gnawa instrument traditionally used for trance and healing ceremonies.  The performance will feature Emmett Kelly on guitar, Mikel Avery on drums, Lisa Alvarado on harmonium and percussion and Joshua Abrams on guimbri.

Venue:

City Hall Council Chambers

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

1:15 AM

Around the World in 80 Minutes by Eccodek

Eccodek's earthy blend of dub, electronica and borderless fusion is brought to life by the shape shifting, 6-piece band, lead by Juno-nominated producer Andrew McPherson. In the spirit of their new release, Remixtasy, Eccodek will harness the remix vibes of their new album, which features 14 different interpretations of classics from their first 3 releases. Live DJ anyone?

Venue:

Mitchell Hall - St. George's Anglican Church

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

2 AM

1000 Fiddle Tunes by Jeff Bird

Jeff bird returns to his folk roots by bending the world of traditional fiddle music. Combining  multi screen projection and live performance, Jeff will explore the fractal madness that is traditional fiddle music.

Venue:

Guelph Youth Music Centre

Type:

Multi-media solo musical performance (fiddle)

Price:

Free

Time:

3:30 AM

Silent Dance Party by CFRU

At all times there will be three DJs simultaneously playing music, each broadcasting on a different radio frequency (including CFRU). Portable radios and headphones will be provided to attendees, who will be able to choose which of the three DJs they will be dancing to.

Venue:

Wyndham Street Jazz Tent

Type:

Dance party

Price:

Free

Time:

12:35 AM

That's So Mod! by the Penderecki String Quartet

The trends of punchy works by some early 20th century modernists (Stravinsky, Bartok, Debussy), are shown here twisting their way through to recent music by Erkki-Sven Tuur and Canada's Marjan Mozetich.

Venue:

City Hall council Chambers

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

10:45 PM

The Shadier Side of A Cappella Jazz by Broulala

This performance of Broulala features 6 seasoned singers challenging conventions and returning "jazz" to the jazz choir. Using collective improvisation and variation as its guiding aesthetic, Broulala offers refreshing and groove oriented takes on standards and other song forms.

Venue:

10 Carden

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

3 AM

North By Northwest Series by Didier Petit

Didier will be performing solo cello tracks from his album ''Don't Explain- 3 faces''. This album was recorded in Minneapolis in 2009 and represents 10 years of study of the varying musical sounds made by the cello. Some of his greatest influences on this album include a great deal of travel throughout Africa, Asia, the North country, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Venue:

Bikram Yoga Studio

Type:

Solo cello performance

Price:

Free

Time:

1:30 AM

Modern Traditional Modal Music by Rufus Capadoccia

Rufus Cappadocia performs new original material, and works from his "Songs for Cello" album. He has traced the song-lines of the New World to its Global roots. His collaborations with traditional musicians and dancers form around the globe have infused his solo work with a transcendent quality.

Venue:

Bikram Yoga Studio

Type:

Five String Solo Cello and Lute performance

Price:

Free

Time:

3:30 AM

You'll Laugh, You'll Cry, You'll... You'll just Have to Come! by Mash Potato Mashers

This mobile band will be picking up audience members all around the downtown venues of Nuit Blanche and making a music and dance hall of everywhere they go! The band's repertoire draws on dancing and parade traditions from around the world. Balkan, Klezmer, Brazilian, New Orleans Funk traditions and a bit of old country hollers are all represented.

Venue:

Throughout downtown Guelph ...

Type:

Roving improvisational interventions

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Tribute to Moiré by Lewis Melville, Amadeo Ventura, Ted Warren & Trevor Watts

In the spirit of Trevor Watts' Moiré Music projects, these four musicians come together for an improvised world music- infused celebration of sound and rhythm. The City Hall Council Chambers will be pulsing with the compositions created by these first time musical conversations.

Venue:

City Hall Council Chambers

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

2:15 AM

Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders with Andrew Downing & Joe Phillips

Join Juno-winners Jayme Stone (banjo) and Andrew Downing (cello) for an middle-of-the-night acoustic concert. Their repertoire includes a movement from Bach's French Suite, a Moorish sword-fighting dance, an old-time barnburner and lush, edgy original tunes from these two visionary composer-improvisers. Joining them will be double bassist extraordinaire Joe Phillips, principal bassist for Orchestra London.

Venue:

Moksha Yoga Studio

Type:

Acoustic concert

Price:

Free

Time:

12:45 AM

Compositions For 12 String Guitar and Vielle à roue by Mike Mucci & Ben Grossman

Michael Mucci's continued Takoma inspired acoustic guitar explorations have recently begun to incorporate the 12-string guitar. He will be joined for this performance by Guelph's own electronics and vielle à roue player, Ben Grossman. The orchestration and interplay provided by B. Grossman on the vielle à roue sheds more light on the proceedings, making them greater than the sum of their parts.

Venue:

Moksha Yoga Studio

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

3:45 AM

Golfing with Jean Martin and Jesse Zubot

Jean Martin (drums, trumaphone and laptop) and Jesse Zubot (violin / viola) try out some new techniques, grips and positioning they recently learned during their world tours with miss Tanya Tagaq.  Expect this to be a very detailed and emotional game filled with surreal and awkward moments

Venue:

Moksha Yoga Studio

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

2:45 AM

Resilience by Fall on Your Feet

Resilience is a dance performance improvisation exploring ideas of resilience; simultaneously letting go and hanging on, at once changed but essentially the same, literally and metaphorically. We can experience change, and yet still maintain the integrity of who we are. Inspired by the work of Frances Westley.

Venue:

Temple Dance Studios & Guelph Art Works Garage (28 Essex Street)

Type:

Dance performance

Price:

Free

Time:

10 PM (Temple Dance Studios) & 11:30 PM (Guelph Art Works Garage)

reDwIREaRCHaNGEL

REDwIREaRCHaNGEL is George Clinton having tea with Sun Ra and talking about Miles Davis. A conducted, 8 piece, recombinant DNA strand where post industrial New Music smokes the Funk and dreams of better days. We play and sing and you dance.

Venue:

Mitchell Hall

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

3:30 AM

Sculpin by Aperture Trio: Tena Palmer, Paul Cram, Arthur Bull

SCULPIN is a 39 minute piece utilizing the following text drawn from the album of the same name: no one home to complain, blissful genesis, dog day evening stories, looking away, dropping soundlessly, nothing cries, aptly enough for APERTURE TRIO: voice/guitar/chromatic harp/tenor sax/clarinet.

Venue:

Guelph Art Works Garage

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

12:30 AM

Onward in Silence by Carolyn Meili

Onward In Silence is a series of three sculptures that address our need to acquire, name, and present the natural world in a controlled setting. Most importantly the work playfully engages the audience with absurd, unconventionally beautiful objects.

Venue:

Various locations

Type:

Sculpture Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Chrysalis by Mary Mattingly, Rebecca Erickson, Anne Shnurr, Carla Reimer & Lisa Harmey

Chrysalis is a mobile architectural structure designed and built collaboratively over 5 days in April. For Nuit Blanche, Chrysalis will become a temporary, outdoor community space. We invite you to bring your self, your stories, your music, and ideas about mobility and metamorphosis to our campfire.

Venue:

Parkette at the corner of Waterloo and Gordon Streets (across from the Farmers' Market)

Type:

Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

11:30 PM - 2 AM

Exhibits from the Twilight Zoo by Tim Murton

The idea behind the Twilight Zoo is to light up one’s fears and have a giggle. Skeleton Jazz musicians playing their instruments even after death... An Elora favourite the crow has been a part of the Zoo for over 11 years. Mushroom & Cat: Natural companions according to Tim, the Mushroom will be joined by thirteen more at the Twilight Zoo this year.

Venue:

Various locations

Type:

Installations

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

A Friendly Rewinder - 35 Years of Ed Video

Since 1976, Ed Video has been an important part of the vibrant arts community that Guelph is renowned for, hosting countless screenings, exhibitions, workshops and members.  “A Friendly Rewinder”, curated by Ufuk Gueray, features vintage and recent videos made through the centre.

Venue:

Ed Video

Type:

Film presentation

Price:

Free

Time:

8 PM - 12 AM

In Creases by Edges

Edges uses improvisational methods to perform music composer outside of traditional notation systems. This group will perform works by Sandro Manzon, Allison Cameron, Christian Wolff and Joe Sorbara. Edges is Sandro Manzon, piano; Joe Sorbara, drums, percussion; Ben Grossman, hurdy-gurdy; Allison Cameron, electronics; Kathryn Ladano, bass clarinet; Chris Wattam, voice; Dave Riedstra, bass.

Venue:

GYMC

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

2:30 AM

28 Essex presents: Guelph Art Works

Guelph Art Works members kick off their new space by presenting their work alongside Ben Grossman’s “Rainforest: Guelph” and other live performances in this year’s Nuit Blanche. Check out the featured artists and works at www.guelphartworks.com.

Venue:

Guelph Art Works Garage - 28 Essex Street

Type:

visual art exhibit

Price:

Free

Time:

9 PM - 2 AM

Emergence by Christina Kingsbury

A multitude of hand made paper butterflies embedded with native seeds emerge from an oversized cocoon hanging under the Heffernann foot bridge, reminding us of the non-human life cycles that have played out in this landscape for millenia.

Venue:

Heffernan Footbridge

Type:

Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Glass House by Candace Sepulis

How many people peek into the living room windows of neighbors as they walk by at night, or watch the shadows pass through the light of a kitchen window as people make dinner? 'Glass House' invites you to sit and watch such windows playing out the daily dramas of one such house. So come, sit and enjoy the unfolding stories of these neighbors.

Venue:

Windows of 123 Woolwich St.

Type:

Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

I am You by Denise McCarthy

We are all inherent cosmological dust in varying physical forms. We are everything that was, is, and will be. Every drop of water, every tree, every species and the very earth itself shares this heritage. 'I am You' is a video installation that explores this interconnection through images and sound.

Venue:

Moksha Yoga (backyard space)

Type:

Video installation

Price:

Free

Time:

1 AM

Early Morning Dreams by Veryan Weston

As the sun rises and the dew evaporates on the lawns of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, the atmospheric tones of Veryan Weston's solo acoustic piano performance will wake the audience, entering them into an ethereal and alternate reality.

Venue:

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Gallery #2

Type:

Solo piano performance

Price:

Free

Time:

4:45 AM

McMullen/Wallace Duo by Tracy McMullen & Rob Wallace

Primarily based in California, the Tracy McMullen (saxophone, percussion, voice)/Rob Wallace (percussion, voice) duo combines free improvisation, poetry, and various jazz traditions into a mix of energetic, smart, often humorous music. They share a love of language and jazz that creates an intelligent but down-to-earth blending of words and music.

Venue:

Moksha Yoga Studio

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

1:45 AM

A Dangerously Funky night with Mr. Danger

Dance to the intoxicating latin-laced funk grooves of Mr. Danger. Experience a synergy between music, band and audience that can only be described as Dangerous!

Venue:

Red Brick Café

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

12 AM

Bring On the Night at the Whitestone Gallery

BRING ON THE NIGHT will take place on September 10th from dusk to midnight (6 to 12). The evening’s activities will center on ART as a personal and collective experiential process and include some projects requiring participation and input from patrons. Artist members will be present throughout the evening to facilitate and share.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Activities, performances and installations

Price:

Free

Time:

6 PM to 12 AM

Variazioni Oscuro by Matt Brubeck & Ben Grossman

Matt Brubeck (violon/cello) and Ben Grossman (ghironda) will interpret the music of renegade composer Guido Buonarroti non Papa, considered the Italian Futurist of the baroque era.  It is fitting that these recently unearthed improvisational variations, originally conceived for viola bastarda and harpsichord, will receive their 21st century debut in Guelph.

Venue:

Red Brick Café

Type:

Musical performance

Price:

Free

Time:

1 AM

The Red Arrow by Jason Raso Quartet

Truly an international affair, The Red Arrow features U.S. B3 legend Tony Monaco, Canadian jazz vet's Richard Underhill (alto saxophone) and Ted Warren (drums), Italian vibraphonist Francesco Pinetti, and was mastered at the legendary Abbey Rd. Studios in London. Raso delivers ten original compositions in the spirit of Grant Green, Jimmy Smith and Jaco Pastorius.

Venue:

Cornerstone

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

11 PM

Quiddities by Matt Brubeck

A collection of solo improvisations explores the voice of the contemporary cello within various traditions of our polyglot music culture. Techniques employed may include prepared cello, scordatura, electronics, and suggestions from the audience.

Venue:

Douglas Alley (behind the Red Brick Café)

Type:

Solo cello performance

Price:

Free

Time:

10 PM

Printmaking for Kids by Clive Lewis

Join printmaker Clive Lewis to try your hand at a fun, safe way to make prints without too much mess or time; designed for (but not limited to) kids 6+. We'll use water-based inks that wipe off hands.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Childrens activity

Price:

Free

Time:

6 PM

Wax On, Wax Off by Supria Karmakar

Encaustic painting involves using heated beeswax, resin and oil paints to create works on board. Artist Supria Karmakar will demonstrate the technique. Participants can create a 5 x 5 piece that will fit into a larger mosaic.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Participatory actitivity

Price:

Free

Time:

6:30 to 8 PM

Poetry Slam by Semantix Poetry Team with Jerre Davidson and Sylvia Galbraith

Semantix is joined by Whitestone Collective artists Jerre Davidson and Sylvia Galbraith for a session of intuitive painting – a process of laying paint on canvas while following the rhythm, cadence and mood of the spoken word.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Poetry slam

Price:

Free

Time:

8 to 9 PM

Bandwidth by Victoria Gibson

Projected abstract images, controlled by hand gestures, dance to original music. Advanced technology makes it easy for audience members of all ages to create a new version of the visual work inspired by their own imagination.

Venue:

Moksha Yoga Backspace

Type:

Multi-media installation

Price:

Free

Time:

12 AM & 2 AM

Song for Others by Ehryn Torrell Annelore Schneider

In 2011, Ehryn Torrell (Guelph, ON/London, UK) and Annelore Schneider (Geneva, CH/London, UK) developed a collaborative residency project that explored ideas of home, intimacy, and vulnerability. Through planned public events, the artists created Song for Others, a sound piece produced from over 65 recordings of Guelph residents "singing for someone else."

Venue:

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Sculpture Garden

Type:

Sound installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Ovens of Fire & Myth by Jessica Steinhauser & Ryan Price

German Canadian ceramicist Jessica Steinhauser modifies European ideas for a North American context. For this exhibition, Steinhauser reimagines and repurposes the kachelöfen, the ceramic wood-burning ovens that have heated European homes, large and small, for more than 500 years. Her new kachelöfen depicts graphite drawings by Guelph artist Ryan Price and has a contemporary, stainless steel door.

Venue:

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - Gallery #5

Type:

Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Day to Day Music 'Boxes' by Jane Bunnett with Give Yourself Credit

The students at GYC have partnered with juno-award winning improviser Jane Bunnett and Guelph musician Amadeo Ventura to create an original piece of music. Over a series of four workshops taking place throughout spring of 2011, the students collaborated with Jane and Amadeo to create the original song Day to Day.  The song is hidden in found objects, located throughout downtown Guelph.

Venue:

Various locations

Type:

Musical installations

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Harlequinade by Mary Karavos

Vibrant color, and rich texture have become the signature of Mary's work. This is achievable with the patient layering of hand-torn Japanese, Thai and Nepalese paper. No paint is used in Mary’s art.

Venue:

10 Carden

Type:

Art installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Shard by Portal Dance Project

"This Side of Light" explores our notions of light and how and when we crave its heat, power, sight. It is set on six fantastic, dynamic dancers and will be accompanied by musician, James Gordon. The excerpt is called "Shard" and deals with dark shards of memory or experience. It is a physically charged, emotionally driven section that uses the wall as a comfort, magnet and place of explosion.

Venue:

Temple Dance Studios

Type:

Dance performance with live musical accompaniment

Price:

Free

Time:

9:45 PM & 10:45 PM

Stare by Dawn Matheson

Stare will feature four living human hosts (How rare in this Facebook age of the digital gaze! How intimate!) available to the public for individual silent staring sessions. The hosts are each ‘professional noise-makers’—musicians performing in the Guelph Jazz Festival who make a living communicating through sound.

Starer and staree will be captured on video with a live feed to the storefront window.

Venue:

33 Carden Street

Type:

Interactive Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

11 PM to 1 AM

Late Night Film Session by Festival of Moving Media

The Traditional cinema atmosphere of the Bookshelf is used in these wee hours of the morning to present unique and interesting films. So sit back, relax and explore how music and image come together on the big screen.

Venue:

Bookshelf Cinema

Type:

Film presentation

Price:

Free

Time:

2 AM

The Advice Booth by John Fleming

Unqualified and often unwanted – Artist John Fleming doles out answers, anecdotes or theories about nearly everything. John creates the perfect forum to exercise this gift. Walk away with an answer to your obscure, mundane or highly personal questions.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Interactive installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Groove Masquerade by Guelph Groove

If you love ecstatic dance, a barefoot boogie and free expression you will find a home here. Let your spirit soar along with the music. Absolutely no experience required. As part of Nuit Blanche, we are inviting you to wear a mask if you like - take part in our 'masquerade groove' and dance like no one's watching!

Venue:

Temple Dance Studios

Type:

Interactive masquerade dance

Price:

Free

Time:

7:30 to 9:30 PM

Quiet Ostinato by Ainsley Boyd

Quiet Ostinato is about re-seeing the commonplace of the everyday. These man-made landscapes are depicted in a child-like mindset of simplicity and innocence. Quiet Ostinato is about seeing as we did when we were children, before we were taught how to see and essentially re-learning vision.

Venue:

10 Carden

Type:

Photo installation

Price:

Free

Time:

11:30 PM

I Wish This Was by Rebecca Erickson

This interactive installation was inspired by Candy Chang’s provocatively simple I Wish This Was Sticker Project. Brought direct to Guelph for your contribution! Stop in at the alcove and tell us your fondest, funniest, deepest wishes!

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery & 10 Carden

Type:

Interactive installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Second Sight by Norma Lee and Karen Walker

Artists Norma Lee and Karen Walker team up to sketch the features of a person's face only from the description they are given verbally. This playful exercise demonstrates the powers of observation and communication.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Improvisational sketching

Price:

Free

Time:

9 to 10 PM

Light up the Night! by Daniel Durocher

Artist and Whitestone Member Daniel Durocher’s whimsical light installation will be on display outside the gallery throughout the evening.

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Light installation

Price:

Free

Time:

6 PM to 12 AM

Guelph's Virtual Gallery by Jacques Fortin

Explore Guelph's photographic history through the convenience of your smart phone. By using QR codes you'll catch a glimpse of Guelph's early years, captured through photographic processes that fell by the wayside as technology marches on.

Venue:

Various locations throughout downtown

Type:

Interactive installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Professor Orbax's Menagerie

A still-display in the window of Dis-a-Ray Antiques, 3 Wyndham N., of a selection of real and imagined taxidermy, skeletal-remains of freaks, lab experiments gone wrong, etc. etc. etc., all as tastefully displayed as such a disturbance can be.

Venue:

Dis- a- Ray Antiques

Type:

Installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Rhythmic Recyclers by Crystal Bradford and Liam Kijewski

Using waste and recycled goods to make instruments this duo (with guest musicians) will be performing an interactive improvisation dressed as various creatures.  Audience members are encouraged to participate and/or bring their own trash instruments. 

Venue:

Royal City Park beside the Gazebo

Type:

Interactive musical performance

Price:

Free

Time:

9 PM to 1 AM

Nutrition for the Soul by Little Brian & the Oat Cereals

This explosive brand of sweat drenched R&B pulls from the classic and bombastic catalogue of soul standards that topped the pop charts in the 1960s. The classic arrangements feature injections of concentrated youthful energy and contemporary garage-rock delivery guaranteeing that toes will be a-tapping and heads a-bopping.

Venue:

Guelph Art Works Garage - 28 Essex Street

Type:

Concert

Price:

Free

Time:

1:30 AM

Tag! You're It! by Rebecca Erickson

What happens when the audience tells the artists how to draw? Join in with this interactive, improvisational, wall drawing project. The Whitestone artists will await your commands! Fun and laughter guaranteed!

Venue:

Whitestone Gallery

Type:

Interactive sketching

Price:

Free

Time:

10 to 11 PM

Interruptions by Dawn Matheson

Jane Bunnett and fellow music-makers invade University of Guelph's MacLaughlin Library with a spontaneous parade of sound. Jane competes with interruptions from cyberspace in the form of actual text messages and status updates. Video by Dawn Matheson; shot by Nicholas Loess. A project of ICASP and Musagetes.

Venue:

McLaughlin Library - University of Guelph campus

Type:

Multimedia installation

Price:

Free

Time:

Ongoing

Jaron Freeman-Fox

Mansa Sissoko will unfortunately no longer be able to join us at Nuit Blanche this year. In his place, Jaron Freeman-Fox will be presenting a free solo performance at 12:30AM at Bikram Yoga Studio as part of the Nuit Blanche programming. You can see Jaron performing in the group ''Opposite of Everything'' at the Wyndham Jazz Tent at 4:15-5:30PM on Saturday the 10th!

Venue:

Bikram Yoga

Type:

Concert (solo fiddle)

Price:

Free

Time:

12:30 AM