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  1. indeed. i'd stay in detroit too.

    call ahead to the renaissance centre... i used to get rooms there on the 70th floor for about $90 - which we'd split 4 ways. or, $40 for the holiday inn sounds even better.

    my 'favourite' detroit experience was going for all-night breakfast about 4am, to a restaurant with armed security. automatic weapons and bullet-proof vests!

  2. I'll be there on my bike!

    Here's a list of highlite projects, put together by a friend of a friend. Velvet's request in another post led me to copy and paste it here:

    ZONE A

    Beautiful Light at City Hall

    Four huge alphanumeric lights - each the size of a truck - will be suspended between the 2 towers of City Hall. The displays will run automated code sequences and feature live performances and audience interaction throughout the night.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/cityhall.shtml

    Space Becomes The Instrument at Massey Hall

    Gordon Monahan is stringing the interior of the hall with 30-metre long piano wires that will be "played" by dancers. Throughout the night there will also be speaker swinging performances linked to the 8-speaker surround sound. The public will get tp stand on the stage and watch the show happening in the house.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=A&rowID=7

    Battle Royal at The Bay & Dundas Coach Terminal

    Shaun El Conquistador Leonardo (artist and trained fighter) along with 19 of Canada’s elite pro-wrestlers will fight blindfolded until only one man is left standing. This takes place inside a 17’ steel cage inside the bus station. Before the match begins, the public can sign a waiver to enter the cage blindfolded to experience the fighters environment. Fighters will start to be introduced to the ring at 11 PM.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=A&rowID=10

    Rabbit Balloon inside the Eaton Centre

    A 65 foot high inflatable bunny made of mirrored silver fabric will be floating inside the cathedral ceilings of the Eaton Centre like some sort of pop art shrine to consumption.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=A&rowID=2

    The Uncommon and the Tents at Dundee Square

    Byron Kent Wong,Micha Dahan and The National Parcs

    An interactive sounds installation that allows the public to mix and manipulate light, sound and visuals in a greenspace-inspired environment, creating a mini forest in the middle of the city.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=B&rowID=4

    There are also 34 Independent Projects all over the north end of city in St. Clair, Cabbagetown, Wychwood Barns, etc: http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/zoneProjects.aspx?zone=A

    ZONE B

    Monopoly with Real Money at the TSX

    130 King Street West (Viewing area outside venue)

    Toronto celebs play the iconic real estate board game using real, cold hard cash. Come watch an unlikely combination of artists, musicians, journalists, authors, media personalities, and financiers duke it out to pass go.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=B&rowID=1

    Imminent Departure at Union Station

    Union Station will be filled with ghostly soundscapes of the 1930's and a hedge of fog will blanket the floors.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=B&rowID=2

    Wild Ride on Bay Street @ King W.

    Two midway rides will be set up on Bay Street - a literal metaphor for the roller coaster market. Cotton candy will be served.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=B&rowID=1

    Wasted Breath behind Munich Centre

    Wander through an abandoned urban alleyway where piles of garbage bags inhale and exhale in irregular breathing patterns.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=B&rowID=1

    There are another 27 Independent Projects all over the south east end of the city including the Distillery and the waterfront:

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/zoneProjects.aspx?zone=B

    ZONE C

    FIRE AND SAUSAGE: Small Mercies @ Liberty & Hanna

    A hobo utopio. consisting of ten fire drums burning with the word MERCY. Small rations of sausage and hot chocolate (by Jamie Kennedy) will be staggered throughout the night - Hank Bull on piano and poker by Jim Garrard.

    If you know how to play piano or have an acoustic instrument make sure you drop by this and join the unplugged sets.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=C&rowID=0

    BICITYCLE (Bike City) at Lamport Stadium

    11 mobile housing units, each attached to a bicycle. The audience can interact and ride the works that have been built locally by the artist using scraps of the city,

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=C&rowID=0

    A Sultry World at Studio City - 1 Pardee

    The artist will be sitting atop a three-meter high chair wearing a 5 metre round scarlet velvet dress. The public is invited to crawl under the flowing skirt and enter the sensory chamber created underneath.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=C&rowID=9

    Dance of the Cranes @ Liberty Towers Construction Site

    Two high-rise construction cranes will perform a 13-minute choreographed dance. The dance will be performed at the beginning of every hour.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/exhibition.aspx?zone=C&rowID=9

    Nite Light in Trinity Bellwood Park

    An giant version of the classic Lite Brite game from the 70s. This free-standing light installation uses water bottles, stained and lit to act as ‘pixels’ in the design board.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=C&rowID=0

    City Sonic at The Cameron House

    Video projections onto the Cameron House walls and windows show a “restoration performance†of the ants that adorn the bar’s exterior plus a voyeuristic peak into the lucky breaks and heartaches of the bar’s past denizens.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=C&rowID=9

    Laundromat Kaleidoscope at Queen Street Laundry

    Commercial dryers inside a laundry mat are converted into giant constantly oscillating kaleidoscopes. neat huh?

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=C&rowID=12

    MOCCA on Queen W.

    MOCCA merges contemporary art and hockey. Check out the life size zamboni carved out from styrofoam and the hand woven afghan carpets featuring hockey goals.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=C&rowID=11

    Gladstone Hotel - The sheVISIONS Collective

    Aerial performers climbs out of lit window and begin to move, suspended high above the audience. They perform in succession, 20 minute acts.

    http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=C&rowID=7

    There are also another 20 Independent Projects all over Parkdale, Bloor Landsdown, West Queen West etc.: http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/zoneProjects.aspx?zone=C

    There's also BB/iphone apps here: http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/interactiveTools.shtml

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