Created by the 2024 Nuit Blanche Fellowship, "Echoes of a Garden" is a multidisciplinary exploration of connection, nostalgia, and the bridging of distances across generations.

Inspired by the theme of Bridging Distance, this exhibition weaves together mural painting, video installations, and mixed media to create a sensory tapestry that evokes both memory and presence. At its heart, "Echoes of a Garden" explores intergenerational connection. Using familiar patterns like carpets and floral designs, the exhibition evokes the comfort and continuity of familial bonds, creating a shared space where memories bloom anew. Nature elements integral to the mural and mixed media installations draw viewers into a serene yet vibrant world where the natural and the man-made coalesce. The use of light, projection, and illusion adds layers of complexity, manipulating perception to explore the notion of distance. These elements invite viewers to engage with the artworks from various perspectives, experiencing the interplay of light and shadow, the seen and unseen, the real and the imagined. In the video installations, fleeting moments bridge temporal gaps, allowing the past to converse with the present. This interplay of imagery and sound creates an immersive experience, reflecting the ephemeral nature of memory.

2024 Fellows

Anthony Estridge

Eliza Goodwin

Diana Harris

Saachi Kaur Bedi

Mariia Kostian

Liam Sawyers

Cameo Venchiarutti 

Creative Producer - Elham Fatapour

Acknowledgements

The 2024 Nuit Blanche Fellowship team would like to thank staff from Humber College and the City of Toronto, and the many mentors they’ve met along the way. They would especially like to recognize the ongoing support of Humber Galleries and Humber's Centre for Creative Business Innovation.

Humber Galleries and Humber’s Centre for Creative Business Innovation are pleased to partner with the City of Toronto’s annual Nuit Blanche event by establishing the Nuit Blanche Fellowship. Under the supervision and mentorship of a Creative Producer and Humber Galleries staff, a team of multi-disciplinary students and alumni are invited to explore their individual artistic talents, while working together on the ideation and production of a single and dynamic artistic project inspired by Nuit Blanche’s curatorial theme.

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