Welcome to Built for ART, an annual arts event highlighting the artistic talent found within 401 Richmond and the city at large. The event showcases the public spaces, galleries, and studios of this

historic downtown Toronto icon. It creates a viewer-immersive environment of installation and performance-based artworks, many of which invite your interaction. The curated selection of work, from some of Toronto’s most talented artists and activators, presents 401 Richmond along three spectrums—community, ecology, and urbanism.

Wend your way through 401 Richmond’s open spaces and discover

A solar sculpture conceived by Irene Cortes and collaborators, constructed by dancers and visitors

An installation dedicated to Toronto’s portlands and an exploration of place-making by Jeanette Cabral, Coman Poon and Brian Smith

A performance that activates the viewer through the art of giving by Basil AlZeri

Meera Margaret Singh’s and Luke Painter’s K-Town karaoke experience

enhanced by local video artists and audience participation

A screening of vintage jukebox films in a classical courtyard courtesy of Martin Heath

A sixties-themed portrait studio that streams images to an on-site

projection and to Facebook by the members of Gallery 44.

Olé! to flamenco dancers from the Academy of Spanish Dance ; step to the sextet funk brass band Turbo Street Funk ; DJ sounds of the city with Jacques Tati (a.k.a. Martin Reis) .

Get an anagram of the word revolution painted on your fingernails by artist Javiera Ovalle Sazie , or visit video installations by soJin Chun , and the duo of Mike Parsons and Michael Peters that will take you through real and imagined urban settings.

Nuit Blanche in all its worldwide manifestations is a great urban arts initiative that creates wonderful encounters between citizens and art. Encounters that can create delight not just in art but in the City itself. When people see Toronto transformed into a space for play and imagination, beyond the daily grind of a centre for commerce, we are reminded that the heart of a city is its people, and what they make of it.

So what do artists make when the city becomes their exhibition space for one night? My experience is that the most successful Nuit Blanche artist projects are those that consider the temporary and urban nature of the event, as well as the enormous number of simultaneous viewers it attracts. These projects work best with a minimum of materials and a maximum of imagination, often incorporating the site and the viewer into their processes.

See for yourself these approaches in Built for ART, as participating artist projects blend into different spaces in the building and invite you to build, to choose, to interact, to navigate, to perform, and above all, to enjoy!

Built for ART is fuelled by a belief in the artist’s ability to synthesize diverse facts, goals, and references which are then applied to achieve innovation, adaptation, and cooperation—all the things that city-building requires.

This program presents artists working at the intersections of art, community, and environment. Artists who address sustainability and a local community often do so using the tactics and techniques of sculpture, street art, theatre, and new media. They focus on process as much as product, and consider the materials they work with like recycled waste, crowd-sourced inputs, and virtual domains.

401 RICHMONDBUILT FOR ARTSCOTIABANK

NUIT BLANCHE

LOCATION: ZONE C, 117401 RICHMOND STREET WEST, TORONTOwww.401richmond.net/events/builtforart12.cfmarts@401richmond.net

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 7:03 PM TO SUNRISE

These artists are also skilled at public outreach and relationship building. They are known to present their works to audiences on the street, in parks, and in other public spaces, and to engage their audiences in the processes of their art by replacing austerity with accessibility, and eliciting positive and pro-active engagement from their audiences.

What I like best about these kinds of artistic practices is that they reflect creative minds filtering information from diverse sources and creating positive actions. And, whether big or small, a drop creates a ripple .

Alice Dixon, curator2012

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BUILT FOR ART:AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT FOR SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHESEPTEMBER 29, 2012 7:03 PM TO SUNRISE

401 Richmond will be open all night, but that doesn’t mean all of our participants will. We’ve divided our programming into two sections: Early Birds and Night Owls, so you won’t miss a thing.

EARLY BIRDS (LISTED BY EARLY TO LATE END TIMES)

Academy of Spanish DanceFiesta Flamencadance performance

Start the night off with a rousing Flamenco dance performance.www.flamencos.net

LOBBY NORTH7:30 PM

Turbo Street Funk

“…they’re funky (hence the name), they’re charismatic, they’re young, and they’re playing atypical sidewalk instruments such as horns and tubas.” - blogTOwww.turbostreetfunk.com

FRONT GARDEN8 TO 11 PM

Jeanette Cabral, Coman Poon and Brian SmithEcoTOneimmersive installation

Drawing inspiration from the ongoing (and heated) public debate around the redevelopment of the Toronto Port Lands, EcoTOne will transform the loading dock facing 401 Richmond’s parking lot into a liminal environment and ask Nuit Blanche participants to “re-visit” the Port Lands as a “place” rather than a (wasted) space.

REAR LOADING DOCK7 PM TO 2 AM

Cinecycle: Martin HeathScopitone Filmsfilm screening

A courtyard screening under the stars of music videos from 1960s French Scopitone jukeboxes. A perennial favourite featuring new additions to Martin’s Scopitone collection.

COURTYARD 7 PM TO 4 AM

Gallery 44 Members Postcard 44portrait studio

Grab your friends and have your portrait taken in a fun interactive Andy Warhol’s Factory scene. Set to the design of a classic travel postcard, each photograph will be projected onsite for immediate viewing and posted to Facebook for a lasting memory of your Nuit Blanche 2012 experience. www.gallery44.org

URBANSPACE GALLERY7 PM TO 4 AM

Martin Helmut ReisThe Lost Audio Tapes of Jacques Tati performance

Sit with Jacques Tati in his studio as you and he play and edit sound effects and music, splicing and re-taping audio tape reels often with comedic consequences. The Lost Audio Tapes of Jacques Tati closes the cycle of three performance art installations about the works of this French filmmaker set in a contemporary urban Canadian setting. www.tino.ca

FREIGHT ELEVATOR IN MAIN HALLWAY7 PM TO 5 AM (CONTINUOUS)

NIGHT OWLS(LISTED FROM FRONT TO BACK OF BUILDING)

Javiera Ovalle Sazie Anagramanicureinteractive performance Embody an anagram of the word “Revolution” by having your nails painted with the letters. The anagrams are in English, Spanish, French and any other language the participant wishes, the only rule is that they never repeat. Every anagram is unique. www.javieraovalle.net

FRONT ENTRANCE7 PM TO SUNRISE

Irene Cortes & CollaboratorsSolar Sculptureconstruction/performance

A community dance performance in three acts that is at once an opera and a building program. Dancers and builders will lead participants by following simple gestures, which contribute to the construction of the Solar Sculpture that, when completed, will function as an art object, a movie prop and a working solar charger for mobile phones.

Designer: Rotem Yaniv | Composer: Double G | Music: Serge Slipachenko + Marshall Drägun | Solar Sponsorship: Boreal Solar

BASEMENT7 PM TO SUNRISE

soJin ChunCAMOUFLAGEvideo installation

A performance-based video where the artist blends into the everyday landscape and architecture of the Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, Taiwan. The original video titled Treasure Hill Camouflage will be seen here at 401 as Camouflage, a looping video installation across multiple monitors. www.vimeo.com/sojinchun

LOBBY NORTH7 PM TO SUNRISE

Basil AlZeriPertinent Gesturesperformance/installation

The presence of the artist in this installation will slowly be revealed as people take a bag from stacks of hundreds, and use it to give something to someone in need. Pertinent Gestures intertwines the artistic act with the act of sharing, pointing to the social interaction and affect held within each gesture. This piece responds to AlZeri’s The Free Shop from Nuit Blanche 2011.www.basilalzeri.com

LOBBY NORTH7 PM TO SUNRISE

Mike Parsons and Michael PetersThe Virtual Metropolisinteractive video installation with video game controls

Combining traditional ink drawings and stop motion animation with cutting edge gaming technology. Cityscapes, factory districts, and war zones intermingle. The user is invited to navigate through these worlds by seamlessly moving from one area to the next to discover satirically iconic animations and imagery. www.heyapathy-comics-art.com

CAFÉ LOBBY7 PM TO SUNRISE

Meera Margaret Singh and Luke PainterK-Townkaraoke event

Curated and hosted by Meera Margaret Singh and Luke Painter, K-Town transforms public spaces into karaoke lounges. While videos by artists introduce a novel, contemporary dialogue with original popular music hits. Visitors are encouraged to actively participate with the installation by singing along to their favourite musical numbers.www.ktownart.com

MAIN FLOOR LOADING DOCK9 PM TO SUNRISE

PLUS Disco Dance Garden & Mapping Toronto Footsteps

GALLERIES Our galleries and shops will be open from 7 PM, closing at their discretion (normally around 2 AM)

Gallery 44Open StudioPrefix Institute of Contemporary ArtRed Head Gallery Urbanspace GalleryWARC Gallery

SHOPS & STUDIOSGraham Curry (studio 260) Swipe Design | Books and Objects (studio 121)

Roastery Café will be open all night to serve weary visitors hot drinks and snacks.

[CREDITS]

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401 Richmond

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

Curator/Coordinator: Alice Dixon, alicedixon.ca

Produced by: Urbanspace Property Group + Erin Mackeen

Brochure Design: Robyn York, anchorlesspress.com

Illustrations: Evan Tyler, evantyler.ca