Nuit Blanche 2024: The Metipso Portal International
Metipso Portal. Photo: Joel Richardson, 2018
Nuit Blanche 2024: The Metipso Portal International
Saturday, October 5 to Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 7 pm to 7 am
OCAD University, Main Auditorium
100 McCaul Street, Toronto
This 12-hour LIVE and interactive Nuit Blanche 2024 – BRIDGING DISTANCE event is a co-presentation with OCAD U’s Onsite Gallery and The Metipso Portal International. This exciting, multi-faceted exhibit will link Toronto to The Metipso Portal International Mud Hut Media Lab for the Live Broadcast Experiment: #NB-OCAD-10-05-24. The Metipso Portal International is the world’s only experimental media lab that operates in a traditional mud hut in a village located on the edge of a protected forest in the highlands of Central Kenya.
Artwork presented throughout the night will be The Metipso Portal’s most ambitious presentation to date! The all-night program will include a compilation of archival footage showcasing past connections between the Metipso Portal and people worldwide played on the central screen.
To the side of the screen, the event participants will discover a Live Zoom call where they can meet and interact with a member from Metipso village. This intimate call will run for the full 12 hours. Scheduled to commence at 11:30 pm is super exciting prime time presentation of METIPSO LIVE, LIVE!
Hosted by an array of the ActionCan Films who’s who, including Benjamin Blais, John Fleming and newcomer Arleigh Curran from Toronto along with Metipso TV team in Kenya, including Teddy Purity, KAIDA, Javan Batenga and renowned international presenter Topi Lyambila.
Visitors can look forward to experiencing live interactions between the bi-continental hosts, audience members, fun games as well as talented performances from both sides including Cellist Margaret Maria, Traditional Village Singers and Cocanina.
This unique exhibit has been orchestrated by lead Canadian artists Joel Richardson and Susan de Freitas and Kenyan Olympic Gold medallist Matthew Birir.
The Metipso Portal International is curated by Lisa Deanne Smith, Senior Curator, Onsite Gallery, and made possible through Onsite Gallery’s generous support from The Delaney Family, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.
Short video on the beginning of the Metipso Portal (a fun watch): Metipso Portal Promo (youtube.com)
Website: Metipso Portal
Social Media:
Instagram @metipso_portal
Facebook @theMetipsoPortal
About Onsite Gallery
www.ocadu.ca/onsite
Onsite Gallery, OCAD University’s flagship professional gallery, presents contemporary, Indigenous, and public art and design to advance knowledge creation and stimulate local and international conversations on the urgent issues of our time.
Onsite Gallery
199 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 0H4
Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12 to 7 pm
Thursday to Saturday: 12 to 5 pm
Gallery admission and all events are free.
Onsite Gallery is an accessible venue with all-gender, single-user washrooms.
» Detailed accessibility information found here
About OCAD University (OCAD U)
OCAD University (www.ocadu.ca) is Canada’s university of the imagination. Founded in 1876, the university is dedicated to art, design and digital media education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines.
Contact Information:
Susan Jama
Programs & Community Coordinator, Onsite Gallery
susanjama@ocadu.ca
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