October 4, 2008, 7 PM – 7 AM, FREE
In association with Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Evan Tapper: High Holiday Office Hours with the Almighty Creator of the Universe
at InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, 9 Ossington Avenue, Toronto
Presented by the Koffler Gallery of the Koffler Centre of the Arts in partnership with InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
The Koffler does Nuit Blanche!
This interactive multi-media performance by Toronto artist Evan Tapper offers the timely opportunity to converse with God. Nuit Blanche 2008 falls during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). According to tradition, on Rosh Hashanah the righteous and the wicked receive their judgment; on Yom Kippur this ruling is sealed. The intermediary days offer a time of introspection and atonement. For one night only, the Almighty Creator of the Universe will set up a heavenly office to receive visitors. Supplicants will sign in with Sheila, God’s secretary. (Sheila hates her job and can not wait to retire.) Also meet Brad, God’s summer intern. He is a third year Corporate Communications student. (He is thrilled to be here because it is going to look great on his resume.) Sheila and Brad will assist the public to meet with God, make their case, and atone for their sins.
Evan Tapper is a Toronto based artist born in Winnipeg. His video, animation, installation and performance work have been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, the Middle East, Australia, Japan, and China, including the Tate Modern, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and numerous film and video festivals.
Event Location
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, 9 Ossington Avenue, on the northeast corner of Queen and Ossington.
Public Transportation:
Take the Bloor subway line to Ossington station, then board the bus going southbound along Ossington. Get off at Queen Street. Alternatively, you may take the Yonge/University/Spadina subway line to Osgoode station and take the Queen streetcar west. Get off at Ossington Avenue.