Comments on: Nuit Blanche – A Dream of Pastures http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/10/nuit-blanche-a-dream-of-pastures/ The source on how we live, work and play Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:14:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: saule http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/10/nuit-blanche-a-dream-of-pastures/comment-page-1/#comment-6328 saule Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:26:30 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=4194#comment-6328 I know someone who was in Paris for Nuit Blanche last Saturday - he said it was stellar, the streets and public spaces were overflowing, with people drinking beer and acquiring Nuit Blanche as an excuse for a massive street party. So next year let's drink beer in the streets! I know someone who was in Paris for Nuit Blanche last Saturday – he said it was stellar, the streets and public spaces were overflowing, with people drinking beer and acquiring Nuit Blanche as an excuse for a massive street party. So next year let’s drink beer in the streets!

]]> By: auriga http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/10/nuit-blanche-a-dream-of-pastures/comment-page-1/#comment-6327 auriga Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:25:53 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=4194#comment-6327 The Toronto event was sponsored by Scotiabank, and it was great that there were no cut backs in the face the financial crisis - which had been looming prior to September 15th. And it WAS great to see Nuit Blanche has grown exponentially in our city. Nuit Blanche, and events like it, reaffirm not only the civilizing but the socializing value of art. It would be interesting to see whether there were more people out on the streets than previous years and how much the world financial crisis spurred people to get out of their homes to feel part of a community, feel like they were part of something bigger and meaningful...I remember after 9/11 people just went out...to bars, restaurants, clubs...in Toronto the streets were teeming with people, and bars were overflowing. Ironically it is during times of crises that the communal experience is even more critical for there to be pleasure in the pubic realm, and most importantly, a sense of the enormous potential and wonder of the human imagination. The Toronto event was sponsored by Scotiabank, and it was great that there were no cut backs in the face the financial crisis – which had been looming prior to September 15th. And it WAS great to see Nuit Blanche has grown exponentially in our city. Nuit Blanche, and events like it, reaffirm not only the civilizing but the socializing value of art.

It would be interesting to see whether there were more people out on the streets than previous years and how much the world financial crisis spurred people to get out of their homes to feel part of a community, feel like they were part of something bigger and meaningful…I remember after 9/11 people just went out…to bars, restaurants, clubs…in Toronto the streets were teeming with people, and bars were overflowing.

Ironically it is during times of crises that the communal experience is even more critical for there to be pleasure in the pubic realm, and most importantly, a sense of the enormous potential and wonder of the human imagination.

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