5 1/2 Baillat Cardell & fils

Graphic designers, motion graphics artists and new media gurus Baillat Cardell & fils celebrated their five and a half years of visual orgasms with a retrospective of their work.  They took the occasion to unveil MASSIVart's new identity with a bang and a cocktail or two.  Much of their print and poster work was on display, including a selection of posters in homage to Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos (third image from top).  Clearly lovers of the neon bulb, many incarnations of geometric lamps were on display, as well as an appearance of the installation Ici, that we first saw at Nuit Blanche earlier in the year.

Nuit Blanche 2013

Sorry it's been a bit quiet on the blog side, I'll try to make it up with this post from this year's edition of the art-fun-all-night-long of Nuit Blanche!  While we wanted to hit up many of the venues from last year's romp, the flow of the evening took us to other spaces and places and empanadas.  Among the throngs and crowds of parties and hoe downs, many textures caught my eye.  This is what I share with you.

Look up! At the RVCQ's closing party a jam packed sweaty crowd took in the sounds of Artist of the Year.  Suspended above were geometric ice cave shapes that provided atmosphere in at the Cinématèque québécoise.

The backside of a giant Tava cut out at the Milky Way exhibit at ARTVstudio

Looking into the void, Ici a neon installation by Baillat Cardell & Fils

Look up! The ceiling at Place des Arts