Zone As theme is alienation, fear and disorientation, so look for works that are unsettling. If the experience disturbs you, you're getting the point.
Hub A: The Palais (Avenue south of Bloor). Ulysses Castellanos: Panda Spa (interactive installation). BravoFACT films. Derek Besant (painting).
annesley hall (Victoria College, 95 Queen's Park) Adriana Kuiper: Metropolis (sculpture).
bata shoe museum (327 Bloor W) Talia Erlich: Footnotes (interactive).
bloor street united church (300 Bloor W) Art Of Fashion.
NON-SPECIFIC THREAT by Willie Doherty, at Burano Development Site, 832 BayThough Northern Ireland native Doherty will not attend, he sends this 7-minute video loop, which screened at last summer's Venice Biennale (the art world equivalent of the Oscars). The video of a threatening man in a dingy warehouse plays in the creepy garage of a former car dealership awaiting redevelopment, setting the tone of urban paranoia for the zone.
Burano Development Site (832 Bay) Willie Doherty: Non-Specific Threat (video).
Canadian music centre (20 St Joseph) LinguElastic At Gallery One (sound and light).
casa loma stables (1 Austin Terr) Karen Kaeja and Diana Groenendijk: Bird's Eye View (dance); The Residents (film).
Church street (Wellesely to Alexander) Nightless City.
CIUT 89.5FM (or www.ciut.fm) Tasman Richardson and Elenore Chesnutt: The A.T.E. (Airborne Toxic Event) (audio).
NOITE DE SAO JOAO (NIGHT OF ST. JOHN) by Laura Belém, Cumberland between Bay and YongeIn one of Zone A's more upbeat notes, Brazilian installation artist Belém imports the tropical ambience of a rural South American street festival to tony Yorkville, using coloured flags and danceable recorded soundscapes. Though some of her subtle site-specific pieces go unnoticed at first glance, this one aims to stand out.
Cumberland avenue (btwn Bay and Yonge) Laura Belém: Noite De So Joo.
Cumberland Private Wealth Management (99 Yorkville) Georgia Dunne: Untitled (Box Project #2) (sculpture).
drabinsky gallery (22 Scollard) Loren Wolk (photos).
eric Arthur Gallery (U of T Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design, 230 College) Graphic Virtuosity: Architectural Posters.
AURORA READINESS CENTRE by Annie MacDonell, room 066, Faculty of Architecture Building, U of T, 230 CollegeGiven the sophisticated surveillance technology the "war on terror" has introduced into public life, the Cold War's infrastructures of fear - bomb shelters - seem almost quaint. This meticulous replica of one of those bricks-and-mortar intimations of imminent apocalypse will take you back to those simple yet scary pre-glasnost days.
Faculty of Architecture (230 College, Rm 066) Annie MacDonell: Aurora Readiness Centre.
faculty of music (Edward Johnson Bldg, 84 Queen's Park) Mark Nerenberg: Awakening The Electronic Forest (multimedia).
Gallery Gevik (12 Hazelton) Painters Eleven, talk/slide show 8 and 11 pm.
gardiner museum (111 Queen's Park) From The Ground Up (hands-on activities, drum circle).
Greek Consulate (162 Bloor W) Greek Art 07.
Guild shop (118 Cumberland) Fine Canadian Craft.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW, at 1 Austin Terrace
Karen Kaeja and Diana Groenendijk direct dancers in the Casa Loma stables.
NIGHTLESS CITY Performances on Church from Wellesley to Alexander on the idea of a red light district.
DEEPARTURE by Mircea Cantor, at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles West
Like Joseph Bueys and the coyote, a deer and a wolf share a gallery space in this video projection/installation.
Hart House (7 Hart House Circle) Nestor KrŸger: Three Readings (squash courts). Night School (performance, video).
Heliconian club (35 Hazelton) Todd Julie and Jesse Ewles: Secular Confession Booth.
hg phelan playhouse (75-79A St George) Pia Kleber, Atom Egoyan, Antje Budde, Johanna Schall: Night-for-Day (film).
hollander york gallery (110 Yorkville) Progression: Painting And Jazz.
ingram gallery (49 Avenue Rd) Jon Claytor (painting).
innis college (Cinema Studies, 2 Sussex) Curated by Barbara Fischer and Charlie Kiel: Onscreen/Offscreen.
Isabel bader (93 Charles W) Mircea Cantor: Deeparture (video).
japan foundation (131 Bloor W) Vivian Reiss , Hideki Noda and Kanzaburo 18 (painting, DVD).
justina M barnicke gallery (7 Hart House Circle) Kelly Mark (multimedia).
EVENT HORIZON, by Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, at King's College Circle, University of TorontoOur frayed urban nerves inspire Event Horizon, a work that cleverly exploits and subverts our increasingly heightened sense of imminent threat. Spectators are directed into the middle of a nightmare decontamination scenario with flashing lights, emergency vehicles and billowing smoke around a large tent in King's College Circle. A single-file line will lead them inside. What's waiting to be viewed, however, is entirely unexpected and miraculous.
King's College Circle (15 King's College Circle) Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins: Event Horizon.
kinsman RObinson Galleries (108 Cumberland) Tom Forrestall (painting).
Lower bay station (Cumberland and Bellair) Kristen Roos: The Ghost Station (sound).
maslak McLeod Gallery (118 Scollard) Norval and Christian Morrisseau (painting).
CANARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP by Sara Graham, courtyard at McKinsey & Co., 110 Charles WestWish a ceiling would finally settle on Toronto's ultra-hot real estate prices? Well, why not lift your own ceiling instead? It's an option absurdly made possible in the faux (yet frighteningly plausible) Architectural Inflatable Retreat housing unit, which features a floating, balloon-suspended roof. Beware: commission-ready sales reps will be on site!
McKinsey & Co (courtyard, 110 Charles W) Sara Graham: Canard Development Group.
MintoUrban Communities (Charles and St Thomas) Adriana Kuiper: Metropolis (sculpture).
national ballet school (400 Jarvis) Thoroughly Modern Moves (film).
Queen's park Kristan Horton: Crowd (south lawn). Diaspora Dialogues and Word on the Street: Night, City, Dream: A Story (interactive, north end) .
Royal ontario museum (100 Queen's Park) DVJ Charles Kriel: DSM5 (live music/visual sets 7, 9 and 11 pm).
st matthew's united church (729 St Clair W) Auditoria Illuminatorium.
St Thomas's church (393 Huron) Angel Night/Dark Night.
toronto reference library (789 Yonge) Art A La Carte.
Trinity College (15 Devonshire, field) Newmindspace: String Of Diamonds (multimedia).
ttc subway platforms World Travels Fast (poetry on LCD screens).
u of t art centre (15 King's College Circle) Séamus Kealy and Theirry Geoffroy: Emergency Room Recruitment Centre (participatory installation).
Zone A (mobile project) Barbara Lindenberg: HT (dance).
