Unfortunately, this year, there were no maps given out with the names of the pieces; there were boards at each site with the title, artist and description, but I didn't photograph any of them, thinking I'd be able to get a map. I even e-mailed the organizers afterwards to see if there was a way I could get the titles, but never heard back. So, these pictures and videos will have to be shown with only my descriptions. I don't think it'll detract any from their beauty and inventiveness, though!
So, let's get to it. Pictures first...
This is a short tunnel of lighted tubes that changed colours as you walked up a shallow ramp and through it, in either direction:
Here was a cavern-like construction, again with ever-changing colours inside and out:
As people went inside and through the piece, the colours would change, according to their movements!
Here's a fun reminder of last year's show, the piece called Perspective, though it was mounted differently this year, for a slightly different...um...perspective.
This gigantic sculpture of a polar bear was in the main square of the Distillery District.
Different texts were being projected on to it, I believe ruminating on natural and indigenous aspects of Canada.
This "floating" sculpture of a grandmotherly face was at once comforting and somewhat unsettling...
This was pretty cool - a four-paneled screen, with a camera at each corner, reflecting the viewer back on themselves. You could be playful and demonstrative, or simply get a very unique selfie, as I did.
And, on to the videos...
Here's another fun piece from last year, Electric Dandelions.
It was moved to the west entrance/streetcar loop this time:
This was an interactive one; a person could step into this "cage," and the operator would spin the lighted tubes around as they stood inside it. I didn't try it myself (there was a lineup), but it must have been fun (and maybe a little disorienting?) in there!
Another interactive piece; there were two rods hanging down from either end of it, and people could tug on them to get a wave effect, as the colours changed and shifted:
This one was cool too, giving a kind of "mirrorball" effect, with lights reflecting on the walls on either side, as I tried to capture with my camera:
More fun for kids, as they trotted through this tunnel while the lights changed colour constantly.
You can see some of the reflections from the previous piece on the walls at right!
This was just gorgeous, a fascinating piece made from a twisted material, and featuring shifting colours at different areas. Almost hypnotic.
This was also spectacular, a brilliant rainbow of lit tubes, with colours shifting and flowing:
Here was another piece that many people wanted to pose with, a kind of "pulsing" heart-shaped piece, which featured recordings of Michael Buble singing (hence the "MB" at right).
This is my own composition, of several pieces through this square frame; you can see the "tunnel" that is in the first picture above, the "rainbow" sculpture, and a bit of the tubal one that is shown in the next video:
And, finally, the piece that you got a glimpse of in the last video; a really spectacular sculpture of brilliantly bright fluorescent-type tubes that really light up the whole area.
And so it ends for another year. I was able to score a seat and hot coffee at Balzac's again, and got well-warmed up before making my way home.
It was also cold and windy this day, but it's so worth braving it to see what amazing sights artists from here, and around the world, contribute to our city.
My next post should be about the upcoming Bach Walk; I see it's on March 23, and is along the Danforth - almost in my neighbourhood!
Stay tuned!
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