Saint Thomas's Anglican Church

Pillars of Fire

Jessica Caporusso - Toronto, Canada
Adrienne Crossman - Toronto, Canada
Erin Lewis - Toronto, Canada
Laura Levesque - Toronto, Canada
Julia McNeeley - Toronto, Canada
Shalanda Phillips - Toronto, Canada
Elissa Ross - Toronto, Canada
Amanda Arcuri - Toronto, Canada
Jonny Wheeldon - Toronto, Canada
Larry Beckwith - Toronto, Canada
Nathan Hiltz - Toronto, Canada
John Huston - Toronto, Canada
Nadina Jackson - Toronto, Canada
Amy Belair - Toronto, Canada
Alison Melville - Toronto, Canada
Jeremy Rempel - Toronto, Canada
Sandy Watters - Toronto, Canada
Sonore Percussion Trio - Toronto, Canada
Super Flammable Babylonians - Toronto, Canada
Windermere String Quartet - Toronto, Canada
Sloth Brain - Toronto, Canada
Larkin Singers - Toronto, Canada

Multimedia Installation

Pillars of Fire transforms St Thomas's Church using sound, projection, installation and performance, to create a space where light emerges from darkness.  Artists respond to the transcendental beauty of fire, and its symbolic elements.  As fire elusively flows from one form to another, it captivates and inspires. Yet fire holds many paradoxes.  We are simultaneously drawn to its warmth and comfort, while repelled by its dangerous destructive power. Fire can only be fully experienced in the moment of its existence, and evokes moments in time which are both transient and eternal. The mysterious and untamed elements of fire have unleashed artists' creative energy, creating a multimedia environment with music, dance and performance, scheduled all night.  Fire is a metaphor for the life force that burns within us; Nuit Blanche celebrates that creative fire.

Suitable for all ages