ART MONTH @ STACKT market

STACKT market will be transformed into an immersive art hub with performances, projection art, sculptures, and more.

Note: * are Nuit Blanche only

Check out the featured artists below and don’t miss these exciting experiences:

DARKFIELD SÉANCE and FLIGHT – OCT 3 - NOV 9

DARKFIELD brings two of its spine-tingling multi-sensory experiences to Toronto. Presented in purpose-built shipping containers, each experience places you at the centre of a narrative using 360-degree binaural sound and complete darkness.

Tickets are from $22 and can be purchased at https://stacktmarket.com/event/darkfield-seance-and-flight/

Nuit Blanche @ STACKT – OCT 4 from 7pm to 7am

An all night art festival featuring 10 immersive installations.

MULTIfest – OCT 14 - 19

Welcome to MULTIfest, Toronto/Tkaronto's own week-long Experiential Art festival.

The theme is "Positive Resonance", featuring 10+ interactive art installations, 6+ audiovisual performances, hands-on workshops, inspiring speakers, and walk-away incentives. All artists and contributors are from our very own vibrant city!

To learn more visit https://multi-fest.ca/

Info: Howling to the night sky the wolf calls out for her lost cub. Singing to the celestial realm she cries where has the young one gone? Are we looking for something in someone else that we are missing in ourselves? Peer deep into the wolf's body to see if you can find what you are looking for. See yourself in the reflection of the outer skin or peer deeper into the cosmic unknown once you pierce the outer layer of reality. Walk slowly as you approach the wolf to see how your presence might change its behaviour. Come even closer and see if you can if the wolf senses your kindness. Once our hearts are beating full of love then we might find what we are truly looking for.

Info: Experience a multisensory, interactive installation that transforms Toronto’s housing crisis into an emotional, embodied experience. Toronto is growing—vibrant, dynamic, full of promise. But as the skyline rises, so do the barriers. Housing has become out of reach for many, and encampments now dot the urban landscape. “Home, Sweet Home” builds on this inquiry, translating one of Toronto’s stark realities—its housing precarity—into an immersive experience. From a distance, viewers encounter a luminous house glowing with warmth and promise. Its translucent walls and delicate frame evoke comfort and hope. But the vision is fragile. As visitors move closer, the house responds—its lights dim, projections falter, and the immersive soundscape fractures. The once-vibrant structure turns cold and still, mirroring how the dream of a safe, stable home becomes elusive the closer one gets.

Info: Moths and many other insects of the night evolved to maintain a steady course during flight by positioning themselves with the brightest light at their backs. For millions of years the brightest light in the night sky was the moon, but nowadays urban centres are full of powerful artificial lights and so moths and other insects who inhabit cities instinctively gather around them. Light sources become centres of wild activity as wings dance to and fro, illuminated above and below by the multi-coloured electric rainbow of the city. Surviving and thriving in this chaotic place requires adaptation - like any citizen, wildlife such as moths must adapt to the changing urban environment if they wish to make cities their home. This piece invites viewers to contemplate their own processes of adaptation by encountering a huge urban moth, onto which will be projected a kaleidoscope of dynamic imagery representing the ever-changing glow of the city streets.

Info: Once a bustling Metropolis, now only the abandoned ruins of The City remain after a cataclysmic event has occurred. Built from scavenged materials this scale model welcomes a little disaster tourism.

Info: A visual story told through projected photos and videos, creating striking images of real and surreal landscapes. By layering urban landscapes with images of migrant workers and their precarious living conditions, the installation evokes the idea of "(un)real estate" and invites reflection on the impact of globalization. Grounded in the deep connections between Toronto and China—long known as the "Factory of the World"—the project asks viewers to consider their ties to distant places and workers who sustain their everyday lives.

Info: Evoking playfulness and wonder, the Slinky lights up the night and brings smiles and joy to all those who come upon it. Wander through the colourful lights that coil and twist or take a fun pic. You are guaranteed to smile.

Info: This piece is an exploration of human anatomy through a robotic lens and examines the artist’s feelings towards her body through the creation of a perfected robotic physique. Inspired by Ghost in The Shell, Cyberpunk 2077, and Blade Runner, it is a contemplation on the future possibilities of tech. Nyx invites participants to contemplate their place in humanity and technology's parallel evolution.

Info: Live painting on an 8x8 foot canvas with acrylics is an immersive, high-energy process that unfolds in real time, transforming a blank surface into a vibrant work of art over several hours. The fast-drying nature of acrylics allows for quick layering, bold colour shifts, and spontaneous decision-making, making it perfect for a live setting like Nuit Blanche. Using large brushes, rollers, and other tools, I’ll build the piece from broad backgrounds to finer details, letting the mood of the night and the energy of the crowd influence the direction of the work. It’s a physically demanding but deeply rewarding experience, part performance, part meditation where the audience gets to witness not just the final image, but the full creative journey behind it.

Info: Soundscapes is an immersive audiovisual installation that blends projection mapping, synchronized lasers, with ambient and dub electronic music to create a multi-sensory experience. Light, sound, and space interact in real time, transforming the environment into a dynamic, meditative landscape.

Info: Rita Koos and Queeny Rebel Empire present “FreeBird”. A joined series celebrating and questioning Freedom. The life of a “free bird” is reached by instinctively breaking restraints to reach a higher consciousness.

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