Nuit Blanche Night Out 2011

I got a chance to check out Nuit Blanche while I was visiting Toronto this year.
It is an one night only art event that lasts all night long til next morning.
There are art performances, exhibitions and random acts of interaction from people, which are also fun to see.

It's a free event.
Takes place on the street in downtown Toronto.

October 1, 2011 | 6:59pm to sunrise

今年我的Toronto之旅，有機會參加了當地的 Nuit Blanche藝術節，這是個整晚通宵到明天早上的藝術活動，有藝術表演，展覽和也非常有看頭的民眾互動反應。

免費 / 地點: Toronto市中心

2011年十月一日 / 6:59pm 到明早

I started from Zone A at Wellesley Station.
Walked on Yonge Street from Wellesley all the way to Dundas.

我從Wellesley 站的 A Zone開始，走在Yonge Street一路上從Wellesley到Dundas。

I like the buildings and shops at the area around Wellesley Station on Yonge.
Very stylish. Quite many sex shops...and they are eye-catchy.

喜歡那附近的建築與商店，很有個性，有很多搶眼的性趣商店...

Infront Scotiabank info centre at Zone A, the starting point.

It's 7pm already and the crowds just started gathering. 

Didn't see any art performances yet at this point.

在 A Zone, Scotia銀行的詢問處前面。

已經晚上7點了，群眾才開始聚集，還沒看到任何表演開始。

The guy has a great voice but no audience when I walked in. So I cheered for him.

他唱的很好但沒觀眾聆聽，所以我就幫他加油。

8. Another Protest Song: Karaoke with a Message
The art performances finally kicked off. This guy was singing Imagine by John Lennon. Great voice! The audience are very supportive.

8. 路人卡拉ok抗議頌
終於看到一個表演開始，他唱的是John Lennon的 Imagine，唱的很棒，觀眾也很捧場。

I thought it looked like a Dr. Seuss Hat.

 Souvenir IDs?! ID up to 50% off?!! 

What's this? Pretty open about illegal ID aren't they.

At downtown Yonge Street.

Lots of people but pretty safe to walk by yourself.

 The shops are all open.

Yonge Street 市中心

很多人但一個人走蠻安全的，店家都有營業。

It's fun to see how people interacted with this art display of album boxes and book piles.

Some jumped across them, some sat on them, some stood on top and some just took photos.

People are pretty modest about touching the art works.

I didn't see much art performances and displays while walking on Yonge Street.

I wish the art performances and displays can be closer to each other. 

The Yonge St. is closed and car free that night. There are plenty of space to use.

It's nice that I got a chance to see downtown Toronto night scene.

So not too bad.

And free coffee is nice too.

＊ 

看人們與這些唱片箱子，書堆互動很有趣，有人跳過，坐在上面，站在上面，有些人就純照相，

大家都對觸碰這裝置藝術蠻客氣的，走在Yonge Street上沒看到很多表演，整個路上蠻空的，

不過能夜遊Toronto 市中心還不錯，免費的咖啡也不錯。

cheers!