As seen in David Lynch’s Snowmen

Slippin’ – Quadron (Download)

Quadron on MySpace

ZONE A

Jeff Koons

1) Rabbit Balloon, 2007 by Jeff Koons
Toronto Eaton Centre – Trinity Way, 220 Yonge street

I missed last year’s Nuit Blanche for a trip to NYC to see the Koons‘ at the Met. Save yourself a plane ticket.

2) The Blinking Eyes of Everything, 2009 by Geoffrey Farmer
Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square

A multimedia installation by Geoffrey Farmer set in a church is likely to evoke a religious experience, or at the very least, cause you to hallucinate.

3) Battle Royal, 2009 by Shaun El C. Leonardo
Toronto Coach Terminal, 610 Bay street

A reenactment of the open scene in the book Battle Royal, 19 pro-wrestlers fight blindfolded until only one man is left standing. Bring your UFC-loving boyfriend.

ZONE B

Santiago Sierra

1) Monopoly with Real Money, 2009 by Iain Baxter
TMX Broadcast Centre Gallery – The Exchange Tower, 130 King Street West

Toronto “celebrities” (myself included!), will be playing Monopoly with $15, 000 real cash. Seeing as I’m probably the poorest of all the players (David Miller, Richard Florida, Brad J. Lamb, and K-OS are some of my contenders), I need a partner in crime to rig this game.

2) 10 Scents, 2009 by Chih-Chien Wang
Union Station – Exterior, Corner of Bay Street and Front Street (lower level)

What if instead of a rabbit hole, Alice went down the hole of portable toilet? Smelly.

3) Vodka Pool, 2009 by Dan Mihaltianu
Lobby of Commerce Court West, 25 King street W

Drown your financial woes in a reflecting pool of 80-proof vodka. This really should have been sponsored by a vodka brand.

5) NO, 2009 by Santiago Sierra

Temperance Street (East of Bay Street)

Sierra’s Nuit Blanche installation is top-secret, but his provocative installations commonly reflect on power and capitalism. Past works include installing a gas chamber in a German synagogue, and offering drug-addicted Brazilian prostitutes their drug of choice in exchange for letting him tattoo a line across their backs.

6) How to Win the Lottery, 2009 by Melissa Brown
First Canadian Place, 100 King street W (Lower level)

NYC artist (and now self-proclaimed lottery expert) Melissa Brown will demonstrate a variety of scientific and intuitive techniques geared to winning the lottery. Jackpot!

ZONE C

Piotr Adas

1) Surrounded in Tears, 2004-2009 by Oswaldo Maciá
Liberty Market Building – Atrium Corridor, 171 East Liberty Street (East Entrance)

A sound installation of 1ooo individual cries by newborn babies. Beauty or torture? You decide.

2) The Apology Project, 2009 by Maria Legault
Liberty Market Building Atrium Corridor, West, 171 East Liberty Street, Hanna Street Entrance

Hate saying “I’m sorry”? Just hire 50 people in paper bags to do it for you.

I’ll also be DJing a party at the Paddock which will feature light boxes by Piotr Adas.

SKIDLOVE is:

Bikes, art, fights, parties, trains, timeline, truth, morals, ethics, respect, honesty, blood, love, lust, perversion, revulsion, guilt, pussy, cocks, stillness, youth, debt, revenge, horror, romance. (and me!)

SKIDLOVE will make it’s world premiere at Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal Oct 7 – 18th, 2009. Road trip!

Guess which letter I am (sadly, I couldn’t fit into the ‘V’).

Video directed by Marco Mucig and music by Ex-Otago.

Toronto’s BFF is happening August 19-22.

This will be your chance to finally see Where Are You Go:

“Four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town South Africa is not your typical African safari.  En route with the Tour d’ Afrique, the world’s longest bicycle race and expedition, the Zenga Bros. (CAN) and Brian Vernor (USA) make light of this physically daunting trip by sharing a universal love of the bicycle with Africa’s roadside mechanics, sporting racers, and innumerable curious strangers.

Traveling more than 70 miles per day, 50 racers and expedition riders experienced the boundless Nubian desert of Sudan, the great majesty of Victoria Falls, and finally the cold rush of the Atlantic Ocean.

Where Are You Go captures the 7,000 mile expedition as a constant adventure full of playfulness and mysterious beauty, and is a testament to the endurance of human curiosity.”

Check out the trailer for Where Are You Go (it will give you goosebumps):

Great new music video and song by Toronto’s Katie Stelmanis. 

Music video by my favorite magician Jesi the Elder.

Check out Jesi’s illustrations and video projections in person at the first Art’d at Marben on Wed, June 10th, 2009.

The Artkip Intel Newspaper Supplement, Volume 1.

Featuring their impressive roster of bloggers now in print (!!) :

• Damon Way
• Scott A. Sant’ Angelo
• Sarah Colette
• Tony Arcabascio
• Kyle Blue
• Alex Calderwood
• Rike Doepp
• Jonathan Galkin
• Evan Hecox
• Arkitip Studio
• Jeff Staple
• Michael Leon
• Kevin Lyons
• Mash SF
• Chinatown Soccer Club
• Yorgo Tloupas
• Marco Velardi
• Pedro ‘Busy P’ Winter
• Wood Wood
• Undefeated World of Sport

Hand packaged in a limited edition of 2000.

(As if they weren’t busy enough designing sneakers, publishing magazines, and creating art).

If I ever went to art school, Sliimy is just the kind of guy I would expect/hope to meet. Apparently if I read celebrity gossip trash, I would already know of him for his quirky youtube cover of Britney Spears’ “Womanizer”. The video for his first single, “Wake Up”, is just the kind of art school assignment I would expect/hope to get:

A+. If you still buy albums, Sliimy’s first album, “Paint Your Face”, comes out tomorrow in France.

P.S. Did you know Play-Doh was originally marketed as a wallpaper cleaner?

Note. The Studio Gallery intern (she shall not be named) was originally cast to play sk8er boi’s love interest, but she said she was “too busy.” Ha.

The Day We Fell in Love (Ted & Francis remix) – Appaloosa

La Bionda – I Wanna Be Your Lover

(I would not recommend checking out their other stuff).

Miss Dior Cherie for Christian Dior. Directed by Sofia Coppola.