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!

The Toronto Star

THE TORONTO STAR
AGO course explores feminism through art: Participants learn to use visual art to inspire change and create dialogue."

by JACKIE HONG, staff reporter
Friday, April 14, 2017

Canadian artist Aleks Bartosik has long used painting, drawing and sculpture to explore feminist ideas.

Her life experiences were the inspiration behind the first edition of “Art-making Inspired by Feminist Ideas,” a course at the Art Gallery of Ontario that saw a dozen participants explore feminism through various visual mediums including zine-making, collage, painting and sculpture. 

“It was feminist-driven . . . but I don’t want that to be the only thing that (participants) take away from it,” Bartosik said in March after the conclusion of the first edition. “(I hope they get) a sense of achievement and self-expression to speak through visual language, to inspire change or create a dialogue about feminism and talk about ideas to end sexism, oppression, things like that,” she said.

“Art-making is just one form they can do that through without standing around and picketing.” 

The second edition of the course will run for five weeks starting May 3, and costs $275 for AGO members or $355 for the public. Registration is available on the AGO’s website.

The Star asked some of the first edition participants what feminism means to them and how they expressed it through the art they made during the course. 

And here's the direct link to the article: https://www.thestar.com/life/2017/04/14/ago-course-explores-feminism-through-art.html enjoy!

Below,  some of the work created during my class.
all photos by Cole Burston of The Toronto Star.

camille deputter

 

karen vianna

anna zhyn

kristyn dunnion

NUIT BLANCHE 2016

NUIT BLANCHE :: 145 QUEEN ST W (University & York)

I present to You 

IRIDESCENT STORY PIECES

  a short art performance in collaboration with very talented 

Aurorah

Beki Bobrovski 

Em Leonard

:: OUR PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE IS ::

9:30pm* 10:30pm * 11:30pm * 12:30am *2am *3am

iridescent story pieces is an art installation created by visual artist aleks Bartosik  (ALeKs BaRtosiK ART).  This is a body of work that the artist has been exploring for over a year, creating different formations, such as a dome, a kinetic sculpture, and a series of performances in collaboration with cross-disciplinary performers.   This is a piece that is in constant change and presented in it's different formations - let the colours tell you a story. 

Over the duration of Nuit Blanche, and held in conjunction with Wiggly Events' WiGGLY Street ~ Nuit Blanche on 145 Queen St W (University & York),  iridescent story pieces performance will run about every hour for 8 minutes, starting at 9:30pm.  Working in collaboration with performance artist and dancers, Aurorah, Em Leonard, and Beki Bobrovski, (and a few surprise character appearances) the performance will evolve, transform, engage, and build into an imaginary world, or a play-ground of sorts, for ‘the adult’ (and child alike), as the fantastical creatures dance amongst and within the crowd.  

iridescent story pieces performance explores the boundaries between the real and the imaginary, I would like to take you by the hand and lead you into my maze of pictorial creations and fantastical creatures that will take you to places you never been and show you things you never seen.   

______aleks Bartosik

see YOU at Nuit Blanche!

© aleks Bartosik iridescent story pieces (2016)

news coverage

Thank you to blogTO!

"Toronto Instagram stars get the spotlight at local gallery." 

written by Amy Grief / SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

http://www.blogto.com/arts/2015/09/toronto_instagram_stars_get_the_spotlight_at_local_gallery/

During the Pan-Am Games (in Mississauga)

IRIDESCENT DOME
Share the Love is an interactive art project that was built in collaboration with the citizens of Mississauga during the Pan Am / Parapan Games. It will run for 22 days and celebrate the spirit of the games and bring together the citizens through various forms of creative engagement.  It is part of the IGNITE series.  It is about sharing the love of the arts with it's community.  The Iridescent Dome is my contribution to the Share the Love Project.  It will be on display at the Mississauga Celebration Square on July 29 and 30, and at the Benares Museum on July 31 and August 1.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE for the IRIDESCENT DOME:

1. PERFORMANCE AT THE MISSISSAUGA CELEBRATION SQUARE

Thursday, July 30, 6:40pm - 7:30pm:

in collaboration with dancer Mayumi Lashbrook and Raffaele Brereton

2. PERFORMANCE AT THE BENARES HISTORIC HOUSE

Friday, July 31, 8:00pm - 8:30pm:

dance performance: aleks Bartosik with Rebecca Anne Bobrovskis (dancer)

cast 'shadows'

performance component 

view from within the iridescent dome

SET UP: https://twitter.com/l4nguyen/status/626186148440862720

Locations: 
1. Benares Historic House in Mississauaga, near Clarkson Go Train Station, 1507 Clarkson Rd N, Mississauga
2. Mississauga Celebration Square, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga

+++ UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE PERFOMANCES WERE CANCELLED, THE IRIDESCENT DOME ALSO NEVER MADE IT TO THE BENARES MUSEUM. TO FIND OUT WHY PLEASE READ THE BELOW ARTICLE:

http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/5770164-no-love-for-public-art-display-vandalized-in-celebration-square/

NUVANGO

NEW: Nuvango - check it out when you have a moment.
Nice (and affordable) gift ideas, artwork by me.
http://nuvango.com/aleksbartosik

Please "Like" my FACEBOOK PAGE at : ALeKs BaRtosiK ART 

Thank you to everyone who visits this blog.  Without your support my work wouldn't grow.  Sharing is important for Creativity.  

CREATE. SHARE. GROW.

Friday, August 16th at 10pm at the Tranzac, Toronto.

"lightsweetcrude [...] just released its debut album, "Listen to the Colour" come out on August 16th and hear their sound! Luke Vajsar Music opens and I will be doing the art projections for Lightsweetcrude.  

Enjoy some photos from the concert:

photo credit: Oliver Da Silva, 2013

photo credit: Oliver Da Silva, 2013

photo credit: Oliver Da Silva, 2013

photo credit: Michael Chelin, 2013

TEGAN & SARA Lyrical Video

Hi! I would like to share some exciting news with you.  I recently worked on a lyric video for one of my favourite bands, Tegan and Sara.  Here is the link to the video, check it out!  I was asked by my friend Travis Hopkins, a very talented film maker, who's vision you see in the video - Now I'm all messed up (Heart Throb Album, 2013).  Hope you like it!

Director / Designer: Travis Hopkins 
Director of Photography: Matthew Badiali
Calligrapher: Aleks Bartosik

my Art Catalogue in Bookstores NOW!

! NOW AVAILABLE !

A Requiem for Passion : Portraits by Aleks Bartosik 

essay by James D. Campbell  

NOW at the TORONTO WOMEN'S BOOKSTORE ($20 + tax)

 

 art catalogue by Headbones Gallery

© Rich Fogg Publishing, 2011

Solo Exhibition at Headbones Gallery generously supported by:

To view the catalogue on-line, click on: 

http://www.headbonesgallery.com/Aleks%20Bartosik/Aleks%20Bartosik%20A%20Requiem%20For%20Passion%20ebook.pdf

Also, you can purchase catalogue directly from HB, contact the gallery at:

phone:  250-542-8987

email:   info@headbonesgallery.com

NEWS :: AGO COURSE REGISTRATION

Hi Everyone, 

To those interested, I would like to share some news with you.  Some of you may already know that I teach a painting course at the Art Gallery of Ontario. In January I will be teaching now LIFE DRAWING.  Course registration is ending, so please register before the course is full.  Below are the full details about the course and how to register.  Please feel free to pass this information along.  Thank you and please spread the word! :D

Life Drawing

WEDNESDAYS, January 11 – February 29, @ 7 – 10 pm (8 weeks)  
Instructor: me
Members $321 | Public $385

Prerequisite: Any drawing course or some background in any form of visual art.
Working with life models, students will explore the technical and perceptual skills needed to confidently produce drawings. Students are responsible for the purchase of their own materials.

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How to Register

Online – Click Here

By telephone

Call 416 979 6608
Monday to Tuesday 9 am – 5 pm
Wednesday 9 am – 8 pm
Thursday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday 10 am – 3 pm
Sunday Closed

By fax

Send a signed written request with the name of the student, address, phone number, credit card information (card name, card number, your name, expiry date) and course and date selection(s) to 416 204 2717.

Please note: Registration is not confirmed until you have received written notification from the AGO Program Registration office. Members must provide their membership number in order to process requests.

In person

Visit the Program Registration Office at 317 Dundas Street:
Monday to Tuesday 9 am – 5 pm
Wednesday 9 am – 8 pm
Thursday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday 10 am – 3 pm
Sunday Closed

stampede of animal-hearts

The exhibition, STAMPEDE OF ANIMAL-HEARTS, came down on Sunday evening at La Petite Mort Gallery. Guy Berube, the director, has been a fantastic person to work with and I am pleased to announce that we will do more projects together in the future at the gallery!  I will keep the blog posted for an upcoming solo show at La Petite Mort Gallery. Thank you again to everyone who came out to support Natasha Doyon and myself.  Cheers!

with her animal-heart, a place in his she wanted, 2011 (● SOLD)

the vernissage

the outside.

Guy and I.

Nominations - NEWS

I am happy to announce that I have been nominated for this year's Marty's Award for Visual Arts in the Establised Category. To view all the details and the complete list of nominees, please visit:  http://www.mississsaugaartscouncil.com/

Now into its 17th year, the MARTY Awards celebrate the artistic achievement of established artists while encouraging and supporting emerging artistic talent.

The Awards Ceremony is this Friday, May 13th at 7pm.  Tickets can be purchased by calling the Mississauga Arts Council (link above) at 905.615. 4278.

Thank you to everyone and their support in my artistic career. I appreciate it.  Always.

Most Sincerely,

aleks


May 31st, 2011

I'm very pleased to announce that out of the four of us who were nominated for the Established Visual Arts Award, Leszek Wyczolkowski won the award; I however, recieved an Honourable Mention, which I'm very happy about! 

Project

 














POSTCARD PROJECT for Harvest Fest 2010
my art contribution to the festival

For this year's Harvest Festival held in Burk's Falls in Ontario, I made 43 postcards with my artwork. Each card is original and numbered according to how many of that particular artwork were in an edition especially made for Harvest Fest 2010. (edition is written at the top left corner of each card)

I distributed them amongst my friends and the people I met on the dance-floor at Harvest during Saturday night. 40 postcards were successfully filled out and sent!

I loved Harvest Festival last year so much, and I thought, what a wonderful feeling it would be to receive a postcard roughly 2 weeks after the event just to rekindle some of those good vibes, experiences and memories of the new people we all met and those we already know. Also, it was my attempt to share my artwork with the people who participated.

I went around and asked people, those who were willing to participate, to choose a postcard they like, write their address on the back, put it back in the pile and choose another card (with someone else's address already in place, someone you may not even know!) and write a message.

Your message : ANYTHING! Can be just good wishes, a statement, your dreams, your fears, your secrets, a love letter, a story, a description, anything! You were free to choose to sign your name on the message or remain completely anonymous, or make one up.

So, people left addresses and signed their messages on random cards from the pile, including myself. Small donations were asked to help me cover the cost of postage.

I hope to make this project even BIGGER next year! Enjoy! XO

* a special THANK YOU to those who participated, because without you, this project would not be possible!! *
 
* this project will continue for BURNING MAN 2011, a project that I will do with my two good friends Jimmy Boddie and Erika Marzinotto, AND for NUIT BLANCHE 2011

** WATCH FOR IT IF YOU'RE ATTENDING ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS! **