Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

In recent days the City of Toronto presented the program for the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, a night in which the Canadian city does not sleep, to enjoy the contemporary art that takes hold of it. On October 3, the 10th edition of the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will take over the streets of Ontario to present 130 contemporary art projects for a period of approximately 12 hours. Along with 70 independent projects, the city government entrusted for this edition a group of four curators to be responsible for the major exhibitions that will be given prominence in this version of the event. Agustin Pérez-Rubio is one of the participating curators. He will be in charge of the exhibition titled "HTUOS/HTRON–The New Coordinates of the Americas," which presents a group of works inspired by a 1943 drawing by Joaquín Torres-García titled Inverted America, in which the Uruguayan constructivist artist inverted the entire Pan-American continent (south becomes north and vice versa), with the aim of removing existing boundaries and introducing a new value system that subverted the hegemonic geopolitical ideology of his time. This geopolitical message will dominate the entire twelve hour duration of the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche event in Toronto. Other participating curators are: artist JR, who will present "Black and White Night," an exhibition to be held near City Hall and Bay Street; Christine Shaw will be in charge of the exhibition "The Work of Wind" that focuses on wind as a force for change—inspired by the 1807 work by British sea admiral Sir Francis Beaufort—and which will be presented at the Waterfront, between York and Parliament streets; and Che Kothari will curate 10 for 10th–Memory Lane," an exhibition in honor of the tenth edition of the Nuit Blanche that will bring together ten "cultural partners" to present an exhibition centered on memory, remembrances and the ability of human beings to be nostalgic about their experiences.