Featured Works
Supported by The Winnipeg Arts Council
Photography for NBW 2023 provided by: Ian McCausland and Dave Lipnowski
click on the image above each title to read full project description and artist bio
Kookums Lounge
Jaimie Isaac
The Kookums Lounge is interactive space of light in a very familiar structure to the landscape since before Winnipeg was Winnipeg – the Tipi. Traditionally, the tipi represents a women’s skirt, sheltering community and kin.
Mailiw by Ally Gonzalo
The installation is a 3-dimensional representation of the Philippines flag in its symbolic colors and quantities. Called “Mailiw” which is Pangasinan for homesick, it is a tribute to the Filipino/a/x immigrants who desire to return to their motherland but can’t do so for many reasons, mostly tied to money or lack thereof.
Performance Elusive Matter by Martin Messier
Presented in some 50 countries, Martin Messier’s productions have received several prizes and nominations: a special mention at Prix Ars Electronica in 2010 listed for a Prix Opus in 2012 Best Experimental Short Film at the Lausanne Underground Film Festival
in 2013 the Canada Council’s Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award in 2014; a special mention by the jury at the 2015 Japan Media Awards; the World OMOSIROI Award in Japan in 2018; and in 2021, the 2nd Prize at Athens Digital Arts Festival.
“Illuminate The Night” 2023
Supported by The Winnipeg Arts Council
The Garden of Illuminated Tales
SOFASA
The Garden of Illuminated Tales is an immersive experience where the public can walk through handmade lanterns filled with written and illustrated stories. School of Art students and alumni used their creative talents to create each lantern in this garden pathway.
Primary Tones
Artists: Francis Lustestica, Marina Jansen, Danton Derksen and Alexandra Chem
@ Little Brown Jug
Primary Tones is a multi-sensorial installation which challenges the idea of perception and spatial connectivity through a symbiotic association of colour and sound. Much like music, colour has the power to evoke emotions and conjure unique memories.
Primary Tones Beacon
Artists: Francis Lustestica, Marina Jansen, Danton Derksen and Alexandra Chem
@ Little Brown Jug
The Primary Tones Beacon shines brightly above the LBJ patio and streetscape of Hargrave Ave. Building off the concepts explored in the Illuminate the Night ‘Primary Tones’ installation, the beacon will be an interlocking abstracted display of translucent sheets of red, yellow, blue as a celebration and experiment of layered light and colour.
sporedom
Darci Madlung & Kami Goertz
Exploring concepts of life cycle and connection, imagine a glowing world of spore domes illuminating the sky above. In the way that fungi turn decaying materials into useful nutrients, discarded materials will be re-composed with energy added in the forms of intention and creativity.
Dancing in the dark
Kristin Snowbird and Theo Pelmus
The Pelmus-Snowbird Collective will present an interactive performance using dance and photography. The performance will be set up as a photo booth. The performers, Theo and Kris dressed in altered traditional costumes (Romanian pagan pre-Christian masked costume, respectively indigenous shawl costume) will invite throughout the night the public to take photos with.
Pieces
Katy Martin
This installation will involve 7 life-sized human tape sculptures that are posed in different stages of grief. These sculptures will be illuminated and will have cracks of gold throughout them. During the 6-hour viewing period of this installation, art viewers can interact with individual sculptures as well as view the grouping as a whole.
Hyper Peg – Postcards from an Artificial Winnipeg
Fabio Hofnick
Supported by Patent 5 Distillery
Witness a Winnipeg that only exists in the digital brains of Artificial Intelligence. Hofnik, the digital artist, prompted different generative AI platforms to create, modify, and reconstruct Winnipeg attractions, with a twist.
Nuit Blanche @ The Forks
Supported by:
Parks Canada Trading Post, and Special guest manitoba opera
Parks Canada & Manitoba Opera
Parks Canada invites you to experience stories from the fur trade with interactive activities, and special guest performances by members of Li Keur, Manitoba Opera’s upcoming show!
Tadǫetła ; Walk In A Circle
Casey Koyczan
These walk cycles were created by re-imagining materials from the North as an embodiment of human characteristics and creatures within a 3D environment to bring out their spirit. A series of 6 walk cycles will loop for a duration of 6 hours for Nuit Blanche Wpg 2023 on a wall location in the Forks in Winnipeg, MB.
Godaà ; Presence
Casey Koyczan
This interactive work examines our presence within the current landscape and plays with the relationship between physical and digital as movement shifts perceptions of reality. An XBOX Kinect v2 camera that feeds information to a laptop will sit in front of a large inflatable rear-projection screen that acquires presence and movement from the public.
Nuit Blanche @ The WAG-Qaumajuq
Supported by:
Memorial Blvd and St. Mary Ave
Celebrate community through ceremony, artistry, and Indigenous cultural teachings with a FREE street party at WAG-Qaumajuq. All welcome! WAG-Qaumajuq will be closing the corner of Memorial Blvd and St. Mary Ave to have an entirely outdoor street party for Nuit Blanche!
6 pm – late
The event celebrates community, building upon the calls to action and decolonizing initiatives of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission through ceremony and culture. You can expect art installations, Indigenous drag performances, Mamawi Powwow club dancers, music, cocktails, mocktails and snacks.
Nuit Blanche @ The CMHR
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Nuit Blanche at the CMHR
For the first time, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights opens its doors for Nuit Blanche Winnipeg. Featured programming will include an installation by Montreal artist Caroline Monnet, interactive performances with Savant Flaneur, and six stellar musicians performing in partnership with Manitoba Music while projections by Manufacturing Entertainment play. Visitors can take advantage of lounge seating and bar service in Buhler Hall while enjoying the work of diverse artists and musicians from 6 p.m. until midnight. This celebration of artistic expression is free and open to all.
Synapses by Caroline Monnet
Caroline Monnet’s Synapses will be installed outside the Museum’s Group Entrance. Inspired by tree roots, Synapses uses light, sound and intricately textured mirrors to explore how universal modes of communication can bridge divides. The piece is coming from Toronto, where it dazzled at Nuit Blanche 2022, and will be built at the Museum by Joe Kalturnyk.
Ludochroma by Savant Flaneur (feat. Alex Milevic)
Invite yourself to play with musical palettes through controlling light, igniting a chromesthesia harmony between participants, performers, and place.
Music scene at the CMHR
Offered in partnership with Manitoba Music and Manufacturing Entertainment, this feast in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall will pair six stellar independent musicians with videos on the Museum’s large Welcome Wall.
Community Celebrations
If you attended or organized any of the community celebrations below, please send us your photos so we can share them here. For more details and to send your photos, please email: projects@nuitblanchewinnipeg.ca
Little Brown Jug
lbj Nuit blanche street party
Join us at Little Brown Jug, Sept 23 for a sleepless night of fun. We’re shutting down Hargrave Street where you can find beer gardens, food vendors, and music acts from 6 – LATE.
Primary tones Beacon
The “Primary Tones” installation draws you into its glow and sets alight the street below.
Primary tones
The Primary Tones Beacon shines brightly above the LBJ patio and streetscape of Hargrave Ave.
NonSuch Brewing & Patent 5 Distillery
Interactive AI Projections at Nonsuch Brewing Co.
Non Such Brewing Co.
Join us for our 5th birthday as we celebrate with our biggest party of the year!!! • NEW BEERS – including Honey Oat Saison, Olive Wheat Ale, Guava Hibiscus Sour and many more. • LIVE MUSIC – we’re pulling out the stops with a huge musical presence thanks to Festival du Voyageur. • AI INTERACTIVE ART – bring your prompt game to our interactive AI driven projections! • NEW FOOD – brace yourself for a one-night-only food menu you don’t want to miss!
Performance Elusive Matter by Martin Messier
Patent 5 Distillery
With Elusive Matter, a minimalist light and sound performance, Martin Messier transforms simple wisps of smoke into a veritable projection screen. In a room submerged in darkness, armed with a projector as his sole source of light, Messier draws a myriad of ghostly spaces, architectural shapes and dreamlike images from the intangible haze, juxtaposing light and sound in order to conjure atmospheres both ethereal and soothing.
HYPERART
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain x “Théâtre Cercle Molière”
“L’Sunset: Willows”
MICHIF: Ink powr ayn nwi, Willow y ritowrn a St Boniface powr deni ayn performans di vway di Nadia Burnstick, Andrina Turenne, Sala, Dominique Reynolds ipi Rayannah. Si muzisyin ipi shantewr shivroni, si franko-manitobin michif archis y weave si zexperyans personal en shanson dan si trwaw langaj – Fransay, Anglay ipi Michif. O milyu di projeksyon mowvant itayri ipi li zarmoni luxuryant, li folk indi shaluru ipi intimist di Willows y va vo transporti jusko swayr. (HIT link for English/French)
Corridors [Installation]
Meander through the hallways and spaces of the 340 Provencher buildings transformed by sound, light and moving visuals. Take in rich and vibrant projections by Saskatoon-based media artist Stephanie Kuse created alongside new soundscapes by Franco-Manitoban artist Rayannah and special guests noon_GhuNNa, French Rk and Amé.
Construction [Contortion x Installation]
Surrounded by a vast and spare environment of sound and light, take in the beguiling and fleeting improvised performances of contemporary artist Anastasia Evsigneeva. Set in a delicate temporary structure, Anastasia moves through dance and contortion, bending to her environment and its short-lived nature. Meander through the space and chance upon her magnetic performances throughout the night.
“Backlit: Orchidae x Brady Allard”
Set in a vivid dream-like space, Franco-Ontarien and Taïwanese ambient artist Orchidae draws in audiences with her hypnotic melodies and textures met by Métis artist Brady Allard’s immersive and experimental compositions. Come and go through this surreal atmosphere lavish with projections by Saskatoon-based media artist Stephanie Kuse and take in the performance from different vantage points throughout the night.
Maker: Chase Martin [Performance x Visual Art]
Discover the innovative and captivating works of Chase Martin through his exhibition Green Green Grass. Each canvas is a window onto a new perspective, a rich dialogue between the vast heritage of traditional artistic expression and the infinite possibilities offered by digital mediums.
Surrounded by this vibrant collection, Chase Martin will move through three stages of the making process for a one time performance in the heart of the gallery. The outcome of the labour will be left in the gallery post-performance.
The Loading Dock [Music x Drag x Dance]
Enjoy DJ, Drag and dance performances intertwined and flush with colour on the Théâtre Cercle Molière loading dock. Catch talented local artists including Moxie Cotton, Purple Haze, Soleil Midowne, Ruby Chopstix, Lxs Dias Floreadxs and the Studio 393 Dance Troupe offering up diverse and captivating programming throughout the night on this electrifying stage.Presented by HYPERART in collaboration with Sunshine House.
Chicane Électronique [Music x Installation]
Discover the soundscape creations of Le 100 Nons’ four finalists for the Chicane Electronique accompanied by the playful animations of Saskatoon-based media artist Stephanie Kuse.
Dusk: Anthony OKS [Music]
Rapper and singer Anthony OKS brings his lyrical and electrifying performance to the Patio 340 outdoor stage. Underscored by evocative beats and driving melodies, the artist shares his innermost experiences through his work. Performing alongside special one-time collaborators amidst the dynamic and colourful projections of visual artist Stephanie Kuse, Anthony OKS is set for a night not to miss.
Wall-to-Wall x Patterns Collective [Murals]
Collective Patterns Curatorial Statement:
“Sylvia Wynter proposes the human as homo narrans, which is looking at the evolution of “the human as a hybrid- auto- instituting- languaging- storytelling species.” These works presented by Isabel Okoro, Rebecca Bair and Erika Defreitas, embody the exploration of these origins through many of the narratives within their imagery; usage of the ritual, passed down knowledge and imaginings of the future.”
Lights on l’Esplanade [Installation]
Get a taste of HYPERART as you stroll towards 340 Boulevard Provencher. The Tourisme Riel belvedere will be brimming with colourful projections by visual artist Stephanie Kuse and resonant textures by electro-alternative artist Rayannah.
Glow on the Pavement [Activity x Visual Art]
Under new light, the 340 Provencher pavement is transformed with glowing motifs created by young artists from the community under the artistic direction of Dominique Legal. Add your own ephemeral work of fluorescent chalk to this living mural on the asphalt while admiring the moving designs projected onto the surrounding buildings.
Independent Curators
Let Your Light Shine
MIYE Creatives
The interaction with artists and discussions with patrons, painters and photographers will ‘illuminate’ how important it is that we allow our own light to shine, and encourage others to do the same. By building a supportive, creative connection, we will have our vision improved, and expanded.
IllumiSkate: Roll Out on Treaty 1
Illumiskate Events Winnipeg
This year, IllumiSkate plans to roller skate Nuit Blanche again–with a twist: A Roll Out (moving from spot to spot)! Roller skaters in Winnipeg have many different styles (rink/jam, street/rollout, derby, speed, park) and we want to show them all off. Our moving installation (the only of it’s kind) starts at the Forks and ends at the WAG – Qaumajug.
Food: MAWA Members’ show + sale
MAWA
This September, MAWA is hosting a members’ showcase and sale entitled Food. Each MAWA member can submit one piece for exhibition on the theme of what and how we eat. Food will provide an opportunity for members to show a small work and, if they so choose, sell it at a price of their choice with all proceeds going to the artist.
Pitikwé Skatepark’s Lino Print
Pitikwé Skatepark
This Lino Printing event, held at Pitikwé Skatepark, the location of the old Portage Place Staples, will have Art Beat Studio’s artists-in-residents help guests create their own unique prints! Use a variety of precut stamps and create your own card to take home!
Rope Demo: Q&A
Knotyourpeach
Join Knotyourpeach, ITheWitchfinder, and other guests for a night of open discussion and questions around rope suspension, while also enjoying a rope installation, rope demos, performances, and the music at the venue. 18+ Event.
Porter-Milday Ghost Sign Launch
Crag Winslow & Matt Cohen
The unveiling of Winnipeg’s second, permanent ghost sign light installation produced by light artist Craig Winslow and ghost sign researcher Matt Cohen. The installation uses a series of gobo projectors to highlight two layers of fading ads on the west side of 165 McDermot Avenue.
Final Threads: Timeless and Sustainable
Lennard Taylor Design Studio
Step into a world of creativity and innovation at our mesmerizing Nuit Blanche event: “Final Threads.” Join us for an enchanting evening that redefines the boundaries of fashion and self-expression, where mannequins get their day on the runway and textiles transform into works of art.
Nuit Blanche Kids Zone
The Children’s Museum
What do kids and contemporary art have in common? Imagination, exploration, candid creativity and just a general great time- these are only a few things we could mention! It is with great enthusiasm that Culture Days Manitoba and The Children’s Museum announce our 2023 Nuit Blanche Winnipeg Kids Zone.
Nuit Blanche at dalnavert
Dalnavert Museum
As the sun sets, the historic house comes alive with tales of the past. Embark on a captivating journey with our free short tours of the ground level and explore some of the incredible stories this Victorian mansion holds. As the evening progresses, allow the soulful strains of traditional Irish music transport you to the Emerald Isle.
Seeing Through Darkness
Daniela Anderson
Come along on a journey of finding peace in hard situations and witness how the art emerges with you, from light in the darkness, to darkness in the light. Check out a visually immersive, gallery exhibition showcasing 50+ collages that tell a story of overcoming debilitating chronic physical and mental health conditions, generational trauma, and the strength and freedom that comes with healing.
JUNCTION X Presents: Nuit De Musique
Junction X
A place to be lost together by order of Sound. Join us to celebrate the Electronic Music culture in our city of Winnipeg. You can expect to see flow artists and hula hoopers performing live alongside with a few talented music artists. It will be an atmosphere for connectivity, self-expression and unity. Find us on the night of Nuit Blanche at the Royal Albert Arms right at the heart of Exchange District.
Royal MTC Backstage Tours
RMTC
Have you ever wondered what happens backstage at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre? Now’s your chance to find out! Royal MTC invites you to explore the Mainstage on Nuit Blanche, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Join us for a one-hour guided tour of the building. Meet the amazing folks who create backstage magic – plus catch a sneak peek at the brilliant design of our first production of the season, Clue!
Music/Dance/Flow/Fire
Pyramid Cabaret
Legendary House Music DJ HARRY CHAN returns to the Winnipeg dancefloor at the Pyramid Cabaret for a special Nuit Blanche exclusive performance. Enjoy a night of dancefloor heaven and feel good house music & more inside and outside all night long. Fire Dancers, flow performers and hoop dancing. Move & groove on the dancefloor or head outside for some fresh air & conversation on one of downtown’s largest outdoor patios.
The Haunting at 171 McDermot
Mango House
Join us for an eerie night resurrecting the roaring 20s. We are unveiling the new ghost sign on our rooftop patio as part of Nuit Blanche. Drink prohibition style cocktails, listen to haunting live music, experience interactive theatre, and encounter phantoms of a bygone era.
WET PAINT – Open during Nuit Blanche
GraffitiArt Programming
Wet Paint is a traveling art show that captures the palpable tension between the MTA and graffiti writers in New York City. When the authorities clean up subway station graffiti by painting over it, they routinely hang a “Wet Paint” sign. Persue pulled down hundreds of these signs and sent them to artists around the world. Each artist made their sign uniquely beautiful.
Diary Sessions Vol. iii
Skullspace & Diary Sessions
A music & art collective from the force of femme energy. Stimulate your senses with sound and movement.
Illuminated Walk for Peace
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Join us as we bring a message of peace to Winnipeg’s annual Nuit Blanche festivities. WALK FOR PEACE Saturday, September 23, 2023 7:00 pm: Assemble at City Hall (MAP) 7:30 pm We will hold our Walk for Peace, going from venue to venue at Nuit Blanche, with our music, our lanterns and our messages of peace.
Nuit Blanche at Katie + Gunner Gallery
Katie + Gunner Gallery
Please join us for an Interactive Performance by Counterbalance Projects! An Invitation – blurs the lines between dance and music while raising questions of control. There will be 3 performances – 5pm/6pm/7pm.
Big Shiny Sing-Along!
Dave Barber Cinematheque
Get Ready for something BIG! DBC presents 20 SMOKIN’ TRACKS in one delicious serving! We’ll be pumping nothing but the best hits of the ‘90s and ‘00s every hour on the hour with lyrics on the screen so you can sing-along.
In-store performances by Seracs, Body of Intrigue, Mutable Body
In-store performances by experimental and ambient artists Seracs, Body of Intrigue, and Mutable Body. This event is free and all ages! Location: Into the Music, B-245 McDermot Avenue
Setareh
Rubia Darya Gallery
Rubia Darya Gallery will celebrate Winnipeg’s 2023 Nuit Blanche with an exhibition of antique and vintage hand-woven rugs and textiles that feature the setareh (“star”) motif.
Consider Climate x Nuit Blanche
Consider Climate Manitoba
Connect with fellow Manitobans concerned about climate change at the Consider Climate x Nuit Blanche event while listening to music from some of your favourite Manitoba Musicians.
Connecting Communities @ Beyond Boundaries
Beyond Boundaries
Immerse yourself in a night of Creativity as Beyond Boundaries hosts three diverse artists for Nuit Blanche! Each Studio will offer a unique interactive art installation that will make you feel connected through light and love!
La Plume et le Pinceau
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
La plume et le pinceau is a live creative improv game combining drawings and words organized by the Association des auteur·e·s du Manitoba français (AAMF) in partnership with Les Éditions du Blé and the Maison des artistes visuels francophones (MAVF).
Berliner Fest
Kilter Brewing
Come party with us in our taproom and expanded outdoor beer garden on Friday, Sept 22nd and Saturday, Sept 23rd 11am till late! Featuring new four beer/cider releases, special drinks, Berlin-style street food, interactive art installations throughout our indoor and outdoor space, and DJs playing beats at night.
Imprinting Artbeat
Artbeat Studio
Our gallery on the 4th Floor of 62 Albert St. will have a show by one of our artist alumni, Stephanie Phillips. Come see a wonderful exhibit showcasing acrylic, pencil, mixed media, and assemblage in 30 pieces of works. We will also have a table where people can stamp their own little postcards from unique linocut artworks made by local artists.
Do you whisper a tiny ‘I’m sorry’
C2 Centre for Craft
Welsh-Canadian artist Anne Steves invites us to reflect on the universal and intimate dilemmas of life, loss, and connection – avian and otherwise – through her exhibition Do you whisper a tiny “I’m sorry”. Featuring tufted wool rugs, photographs, and her own written reflections, she transforms images of lifeless birds – her own and those gleaned from friends both near and online – into large, human-scale artworks.
Performance by Colette Balcaen
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
Join us for a performance by artist Colette Balcaen who will activate the installation in her exhibition “Nostalgie” in collaboration with cellist Nicole Gautron.
Activation of “Tapume / Palissade”
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
Come in the Studio of La Maison des artistes visuels francophones to activate the exhibition “Tapume / Palissade” by artist Eduardo Aquino. Small wooden pannels call to be manipulated and moved in the space by the public in a participatory activity for all ages.
Rug Hooking Maker Table
C2 Centre for Craft
Join us at the C2 Centre for Craft for our Culture Days Maker Table! Maureen Winnicki Lyons will be hosting a drop-in rug hooking activity from 3-7 pm, in connection with our current exhibition ‘I whisper a tiny ‘I’m sorry’’ by Anne Steves. Visitors are welcome to bring their rug hooking creation home with them once completed.
art holm no. 8
Art Holm
This will be Art Holm’s 8th series, featuring: Marisolle Negash, Waawaate Fobister, and Kilusan + 393 Dance Troupe.
“Prism House” Nuit Blanche
True North Square
“Prism House“ (located at True North Square) will become home to an interactive Multimedia Art experience on the evening of Saturday September 23rd.
Meet the Artists at Kathleen Crosby Gallery
Kathleen Crosby Gallery
Kathleen Crosby Gallery is located at 63 Albert Street in the Exchange District of Winnipeg. The Gallery represents emerging fine artists from Winnipeg and surrounding areas.
The GentleFolk Present: Deep Sea Disco
The Gentle Folk
Dive into our surreal world of art and music presented by The GentleFolk, an arts collective with a mission to empower local artists and enhance the social-wellbeing of our community.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL HERO™
Take Home BIPOC Arts House
A pop-up exhibition for the next feature film by Omid Moterassed.
art+skate
United Way Winnipeg & Sk8 Skates
Hosted on Pacific Ave, the Bump to Bar Jam is an all ages skateboarding contest, free to enter, with prizes! Sign up at 7 PM, contest at 8 PM. A video installation will illuminate the night with images of Art City programming from 6 PM to 10:30 PM.
Hybrid Human, Dance Projection
Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers
Self-guided viewing experience. Enjoy the “Hybrid Human” dance projection as you explore the Exchange District. View from outdoors. Video played on a loop, stop by anytime during the event. Can be viewed by walking up.
City Wide Events
Pulp Fiction
Gallery Lacosse
Artist Eve Rice, Gallery Lacosse and Whodunit Books on the night of Nuit Blanche NEW paintings inspired by camp, hair and all things pulp… by Eve Rice
English Country Dancing Open House
Village Green English Country Dancers
Learn the basics of English Country dancing at our Culture Days Open House! English Country Dance is a form of social folk dance, originating in Renaissance England.