Cost: free!
Pre-event estimate: 4 out of 5
Post-event rating: 2 out of 5
I had great expectations for Nuit Blanche.
The program booklet was 80 pages long and the event extended from the downtown core to the west end of the city. I was fascinated by the picture showing a big eye on the glass exterior of a high rise and was looking forward to see how City Hall would be transformed (Stereoscope). I wanted to see Michel de Broin's visual representation of "resistance, reorganization and chaos" (Overflow). I watched a televised interview of the creator promoting the House of Leaves. I imagined how I would feel to walk under "Earth and Sky" under the overpass in the moonlight. I also wanted to check out Into the Blue, Zombies in Condoland, 15 seconds, Light up the night: Sitting ducks, and many more.
I read through the program and planned out the route. I wore my winter coat and gloves and packed two water bottles. I was ready to experience arts in Toronto all night long. I expected I would be inspired by novel ideas, impressed by breathtaking art works, and intrigued by the greatness of human mind and creativity.
I had great expectations that it would be as wonderful as last year.
Memories are sweet. Reality is harsh. Expectations are treacherous.
Jade
1 comment:
Memories are always sweet.
Reality can be harsh.
Expectations may be treacherous.
But...
experience is definitely
priceless.
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