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ART: Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche: End Of The World
The “Museum For The End Of The
World” that you will find in various
locations around the city,
predominantly around Toronto City
Hall and the City Hall grounds itself,
is an artistic expression focusing on
Doomsday and end-of-the-world
prophecies.
To quote artist Barr Gilmore “One of
the greater ironies of human
existence is the persistent
anticipation of its end. Dates are
named and dates pass. Ancient texts
are read with an eye to temporal
alchemy, and whether the result of
monster waves, unstoppable
pandemics, nuclear calamities,
machines on the rampage or the sun
ceasing to shine, the idea of
Doomsday – that revelatory moment
of the end of the world – can be at
once the fire of speculative
lamentation and the spark of
insightful creativity.”
Indeed, the link between creativity
and the apocalypse has a long history,
from Noah’s shipbuilding and
organizational skills to the literal
bean counters buried deep beneath
the mountains of Norway, stockpiling
all the seeds across the globe for a
post-apocalyptic garden. In this way,
the very idea of the Wunderkammen,
with its princely mission of amassing,
cataloguing, and displaying was
fueled by a fear of the end of the
world. “Museum for the End of the
World” at Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
2012 is a provocative, critical
rumination about the end times and a
world in transition.
Acclaimed Toronto-based designer
and artist Barr Gilmore RCA MDes
has created an environmental graphic
design for the “Museum for the End
of the World”.
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