NUIT BLANCHE EVE

Nuit Blanche Eve Featured Artists:

Animation Corner:

The Animation Corner highlights animated works in a variety of approaches—from more traditional stop motion and drawn animation to 3D, digital, and motion graphics—created by students from the Digital & Integrated Practice program, School for the Arts, at the University of Saskatchewan. Works from the following classes are included: Video Art & Sound, Digital & Integrated Practice, and Animation & Digital Space.

List of Works:

• Monique Poisson-Fast, 5th year, Department of Geography and Planning (Environment and Society), “The Heist” (stop motion animation); “inner world” (stop motion/digital animation); “Bite Back” (3D animation); and “Tako Nigiri” (3D animation)

• Sarah Krahn, 2nd year, Department of Psychology/School for the Arts (major: Psychology, minor: Studio Art), “Narrative” (stop motion & digital video)

• Trevor McCaw, 3rd year, Department of English/School for the Arts, (major: Creative Writing, minor: Studio Arts), “Snake” (stop motion animation); and “Bunny” (3D animation)

• Alex Logue, 3rd year, Department of Computer Science, “Between Doses of Exhale” (stop motion animation); “Sea Creatures” (stop motion/digital animation); and “Scavengers Trek to a Wasteland's Hypothetical Gas Station” (digital drawn animation)

• Kaitlin Lysager, 4th year, School for the Arts (BFA Honours), “Daydreaming” (digital animation); “ERROR : Reboot : A Last Goodbye” (stop motion/digital animation); and “Cave Creature” (3D animation)

• Pearl A., 4th year, School for the Arts (BFA Studio Art), “Echoes Within” (digital animation)

• Siddharth Padakanti, graduated, 2025: Applied Computing, Department of Computer Science (Interactive Systems Design), “Social Anxiety” (stop motion animation); and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (digital animation)

• Kurt Protacio (@dwawingwithkurtis), 3rd year, School for the Arts (major: Studio Art), "Dreams" (video with digital animation)

SONGS to LIVE and DREAM by:

This reel includes works from the Video Art & Sound classes in the School for the Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. This collection of works considers how original songs and composition, remixed found sound, and/or thinking in beats and rhythms can drive and underscore meaning making and self-expression in video art production.

List of Works:

• Finnegan Brown, School for the Arts, “Finnegan is a Dance Video” (digital video with original soundtrack)

• Shona J. Dietz, 2nd year, School for the Arts (MFA Studio Art), “One Reality” (found footage video)

• Adrian Porter, graduated June 2025 with Great Distinction: School for the Arts (4-year BFA Studio Art), “(In)Secured” (digital video)

• Sarah Krahn, 2nd year, Department of Psychology/School for the Arts (major: Psychology, minor: Studio Art), “Paper Town” (digital video)

• Arden J. Hernandez, 5th year, Arts & Sciences, “Down The Rabbit Hole” (digital video with original soundtrack)

• Maia the Cree, graduating with honours April 2026 and December 2026: Indigenous Studies/School for the Arts, “Reclaimed” (digital video with original soundtrack)

Splitting Signals:

In the class, Video Art & Sound II, students were tasked to create a two-channel installation with two videos that work together in synchronization, in contrast, or in a conceptual way.

List of Works:

• Nisarg Chaudhary, Computer Science (with a minor in Studio Art), “Untitled” (digital video)

• Soheila Fallah, graduated Aug 2025: School for the Arts (MFA Studio Art), “Out of Place” (digital video)

• Finnegan Brown, School for the Arts (undergraduate), “Finnegan is Two Videos” (digital video)