PULP: PAPER ART PARTY 2018

Hello everyone! Get ready to party in a room full of paper!  I'm please to announce that I will be part of this year's PULP: paper art party again! Tickets are selling out fast, so if you're interested, please purchase yours online.

TICKETS: adult: 20$,  student: $15 (with student ID shown at entrance)

PULP : paper art party 2018 is an evening combining installation art, live music, dancing, and charity. It’s a fundraiser designed to examine the current life cycle of paper materials among others and investigate alternative uses. The main event space is wheelchair accessible, regretfully however the washrooms and coat check are downstairs and not barrier-free accessible.  This year we turn Super Wonder Gallery (584 College St. Toronto) into a blue bin playground on Jan 20, 2018.  Doors open at 7pm, and party runs till 2am!  18+ event.

I will be doing a series of short art performances titled desolate paper girl between musical acts throughout the night.  desolate paper girl is a performance piece that explores the boundaries between the real and the imaginary.  This work is made up of old and new drawings and texts on paper, found, used papers, and video footage projections from the past.  As the desolate paper girl stands above, she lets the papers tell a story that once was, and never will be again.   (performances start at 9pm)

desolate paper queen's

paper laundry 

hangs.

shattered love

paper heart 

tears.

from the other side

she greets you 

bare.

Nuit Blanche 2017 :: Toronto :: WIGGLY STREET :: #84

© image of Ryan Longo + aleks Bartosik
Design by Nour Bawab

WIGGLY STREET (no. 84) is an urban celebration of Canada, 150 Years into the Future.  This art installation and performance is created by the Wiggly Artists Collective specifically for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017.  The Wiggly Artists Collective is a multidisciplinary collective that combines sculpture, visual arts, film, video, art performance, dance, sound, and music creating environments that unite their audiences. Produced by Takin Nateghi, WIGGLY STREET combines four major components that are led by four respective artists:

:: ALeKs BartosiK ::

~ Visual and Performance Artist ~ Will create 6min long live performances each hour on the hour with Aurorah (musician) and Eros Leonard (dancer). Representing a 24-hour cycle over the 'future' years that tells a story of love and unity of the potential unknown, which are fundamental Canadian values. 

:: Rouzbeh Heydari ::

~ Filmmaker, Director, and Producer ~ Projection mapping celebrating major world milestones and symbolisms that represent Canadian culture and values, such as multiculturalism, equality, and universality

:: Ryan Longo ::

~ Sculpture Artist ~ Sculptural installations with LED components representing futuristic urban forestry.

:: TAKIN of Wiggly Events ::

~ DJ and Producer ~ Curates the Audio Component – hourly audio performances will symbolically ignite the 'Reactor' (Longo) that powers the installation, fueled by the vibrations caused by audience movement.

NUIT BLANCHE artists do not get payed to create for this FREE event, and as such, we have created a GoFundMe Page in hopes to raise funding to cover some of the costs associated in putting together this art installation. 

To help us reach our goal, please visit: 

https://www.gofundme.com/wiggly-street-nuit-blanche

We appreciate any help!   

♥  Thank You, in advance, for your on-going support!  ♥

NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO, for event map and details for WIGGLY STREET, #84

https://nbto.com/project.html?project_id=501

© aleks Bartosik (2015)

© wiggly st performance (2017)

(aleks Bartosik, Aurorah, Eros Leonard)

© wiggly st performance (2017)

(aleks Bartosik, Aurorah, Eros Leonard) 

© iridescent story pieces (2016)

(aleks Bartosik, Aurorah, Eros Leonard, Sara Boucher)

© aleks Bartosik (2016)

Whitehorse, 2016

...a little re-visit to Whitehorse Nuit Blanche. June 2016

I will be editing some of the performance videos that were created during that time and posting here in due time. Thank you for your patience, in the meantime, here's a little short documentary video that I shot during one of the windiest days! 

special thank you to Jimmy and Don Watt for helping me set this installation up! Couldn't have done it without you!

PULP: paper art party: SATURDAY, JAN 14

broken story pieces (2017) is an installation and performance by aleks Bartosik. 
danced by Em Leonard. music by Aurorah. film and video by Jacq Andrade.  
make-up art by Diana Kuzmina.

  
Ever partied in a room full of paper?

PULP : paper art party 2017 is an evening combining reclaimed materials installation art, live music, dancing, and charity. It's a fundraiser designed to examine the current life cycle of paper materials (among others) and investigate alternative uses. The event will take place next week on Saturday, January 14th in TORONTO (360 Geary Ave) from 8pm to 2:30am.  Get your tickets soon before they sell out!  This year the event will have two acts. We open with Art Lounge (8-11pm) then close with an After Party (11pm-2:30am)

***ART LOUNGE***We'll create a relaxed atmosphere for conversation, observation, and exploration of our installation art with live music by Vivienne Wilder (https://viviennewilder.bandcamp.com/) and my 8min multi-disciplinary art performances, titled broken story pieces, between her act.  broken story pieces was created specifically for PULP by yours truly in collaboration with dancer Em Leonard :: film-maker Jacq Andrade :: musician Aurorah ::

***AFTER PARTY***We'll dim the lights and let the DJs take over. Dance through art and see the unique installations in a new light.

ÈBONY(Jericho One) (https://soundcloud.com/darknhard)

Wasserman (La Grotta)

Waseem Dabdoub

Cash bar. This is a 19+ event.

FOR TICKETS: http://pulpartparty.ca/art-installations-paper-art-party-2017/

FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/983831441746526/

DOCUMENTATION OF THE ART WORK : broken story pieces
photo credit of performance on location: Adrienne Elizabeth 
other images made by us: aleks Bartosik, Jacq Andrade 

our nest (2017) entirely recycled/reused paper installation. a. bartosik

Aurorah - our musician and composer. costume by a. bartosik

broken story pieces (2017) film by Jacq Andrade 

broken story pieces (2017) performance

broken story pieces (2017) performance (aleks Bartosik with Em Leonard)

broken story pieces (2017) film still  (directed/edited/filmed by Jack Andrade)

broken story pieces (2017) film still 

broken story pieces (2017) film still 

broken story pieces, our nest (2017) installation detail 

broken story pieces (2017) film still / projection

broken story pieces (2017) film still / projection

IRIDESCENT DOME : repaired for Playground!

IRIDESCENT DOME: exhibited at Playground 2015

This Arts & Music Festival takes place in a different location reach year.  This year the Festival was located on the beautiful Christian Island, Ontario.  Organized by two Toronto based djs, TAKiN and Steintology, plus one of the members of Art Battle, Simon Plashkes. The festival ran three days.

iridescent dome was quickly repaired in time for the Festival and installed on the beach.  The dome was meant to show an array of different colours that changed and reflected as the days and nights went on. Here is the iridescent dome transforming from day to day.  Few art performances took place during the Festival in collaboration with dancer Beki Bobrovski who I have worked with in the past for the PULP PARTY.  Festival participants and locals were invited to wander within the iridescent dome, watch the performances and enjoy the music.  Let the colours tell you a story.