Nuit Blanche at the Aga Khan Museum

Date: Sat, Oct 01, 2016 06:00PM - Sat, Oct 01, 2016 11:00PM
Price: Free

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For the first time, the Aga Khan Museum, Aga Khan Park, and Ismaili Centre, Toronto will present a special program at Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s annual all-night art event!

Museum admission is complimentary for all guests on the evening of Nuit Blanche from 6 pm to 11 pm. Free shuttle bus service to the Museum will be available from the Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas St West) starting at 6 pm.

EVENING ACTIVITIES

“CharBagh: A Sensory Garden” at the Aga Khan Park
Sunset to Sunrise
Interact with Faisal Anwar’s virtual four-part Persian garden that blooms through audience tweets and Instagram posts. This real-time digital garden is projected onto the façade of the Aga Khan Museum. Use the hashtag #SensoryCity to see what you can grow!

Nuit Talk: “Houses of Wisdom: Buildings, Books and Archives in the Digital Age” at the Ismaili Centre Toronto
8 pm
Sandra Singh (Chief Librarian, Vancouver Public Library) and Aziza Chaouni (Associate Professor, University of Toronto) explore how libraries in the East and the West may serve as places of creative engagement in the age of social media. This event is free for all to enjoy. Registration for this event is now closed.

“Sparks” at the Aga Khan Park
Sunset to Sunrise
Enjoy Virginia Melnyk’s sculptural installation — a construction of many little pieces of clear plastic tubing and fabric. Playing with light and material texture, “Sparks” integrates motion sensors to respond to visitors who activate the installation.

SHUTTLE SCHEDULE

AGO: The pick-up and drop off location is off the West Side of the AGO, on Dundas, at the intersection of Dundas and Beverly.
Aga Khan Park, Aga Khan Museum, and Ismaili Centre, Toronto: The pick-up and drop off location is at the passenger drop-off area of the Ismaili Centre (49 Wynford Drive).

Photo(s) by Janet Kimber. © The Aga Khan Museum