Nuit Blanche 2009
Schola Magdalena participated in Toronto's Scotiabank Nuit Blanche all-night arts festival for a third year, performing at St. Thomas's Anglican Church on October 3, 2009.
St. Thomas's featured various artists, musicians and poets for its themed event, Through a Glass Darkly, which celebrated mankind's exploration of the Universe.
The universe's grandeur is humbling from our simple human perspective. Telescopes and microscopes uncover the complexity of the micro- and macro-cosmos. The year 2009 marked 400 years since Galileo's discoveries through the telescope, which transformed not only scientific worldviews but also our context in the universe.
Art created for Through a Glass Darkly celebrated Galileo's work and the subsequent discoveries he spawned, while reminding us that despite technological advances, our knowledge of the universe is still limited. This collaborative exhibition questions the impact of our construction of knowledge on humanity, society and the individual.