512: Celebrating Women: Curator Heidi Reitmaier Discusses Making History and Getting to Know The 52 Live

512: Celebrating Women: Curator Heidi Reitmaier Discusses Making History and Getting to Know The 52 Live

Author: Luminato Festival Toronto June 3, 2025 Duration: 50:07
Rebecca Singh connects with Heidi Reitmaier, curator at the Museum of Toronto, to discuss the fascinating show taking place at the usually closed to the public, but beautiful Toronto City Archives. It’s opening its doors for The 52 Live. Information about The 52 Live: Hidden in archives, carved into city streets, woven through Toronto's history—the stories of women who built this city wait to be told. They represent 52% of Toronto's population, and in this groundbreaking performance, th...

Step into the vibrant, ever-shifting world of Toronto's Luminato Festival with LuminoCity. This audio companion, crafted by the festival team itself, extends the energy and ideas of the event far beyond its scheduled dates. Rather than just a preview, each episode is designed to add layers to your understanding, whether you're planning your visit or reflecting from afar. You'll hear artists in conversation, not just about their work but about the impulses and questions that drive them. The soundscape places you on-site with immersive, descriptive recordings from festival locations, offering a sense of presence. We pull back the curtain on the intricate process of bringing ambitious projects to life, sharing the candid, often unseen efforts that make it all happen. The LuminoCity podcast also explores the broader themes that connect the festival's diverse programming-those threads of thought about community, technology, and expression that give each year a unique resonance. It’s an auditory layer to a multi-sensory event, all set to an original score by Ty Simon. For anyone curious about the stories behind the stages and the conversations sparked by contemporary art, this series offers a rich, enduring supplement to the live experience.
Author: Language: en-ca Episodes: 100

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521: You're All in the Band [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:01
Hundreds of students. 45 minutes. One stage transformed into a musical playground of ukuleles, harps, cellos, turntables, melodicas, guitars, steel pans, and voices raised in collective, youthful joy. this isn't your typ…
520: Rainbow Dreams, Part Two [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:54
One of LuminoCity’s describers, JJ Hunt, tags along with Ramya Amuthan as they explore, appreciate, goof off, and run around in a human hamster wheel. The Rainbow Dreams series of public installations in downtown Toronto…
519: Last Words: Talking in Cemeteries [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:03
In this episode, you’ll hear JJ Hunt’s vivid primer description for Last Words: Talking in Cemeteries, a unique show that features honest conversations about the taboo subject of death, all under nightfall in Toronto’s m…
518: A Day at the Hub [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:17
In this episode, Ramya Amuthan and JJ Hunt share with Christine their experience of visiting the 2025 Luminato Hub at Harboufront Centre. They also share on-location audio of the events they visited, featuring JJ’s alway…
517: Terceradix Luminarium [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:55
Like a cross between a womb and a cathedral, join JJ Hunt, Ramya Amuthan, and Christine Malec as they experience the one-of-a-kind installation, Terceradix Luminarium. More information on the Luminato Festival website: h…
516: Immersed Debrief [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:35
LuminoCity hosts Christine Malec, Ramya Amuthan, J.J. Hunt and technical producer Jacob Shymanski were all in attendance on June 7th for Immersed by Justin Gray. The show was an album release like none other, featuring a…
515: THAW [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:59
A colossal block of ice hangs suspended above Sankofa Square. On it, a solitary figure fights against time and heat, scrambling to protect what's already melting away. As sunset approaches, what will be left? LuminoCity'…
514: Night/Shifts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:10
When the city sleeps, Toronto comes alive in unexpected ways. Award-winning photographer Nadya Kwandibens captures the hidden world of the people who keep our city running through the night - transit workers, healthcare…
513: Rainbow Dreams, Part One [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:47
What does a Rainbow sound like? Sonifications can help us with that question. Christine Malec interviews the creator of the Rainbow Dreams installations displayed in Downtown Toronto. Music by Ty Simon.
511: Immersed Pre-Show Primer [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:03
LuminoCity’s Christine Malec and JJ Hunt combine in this episode to provide a primer for Immersed by Justin Gray. First, JJ gives us a detailed description of the many non-western instruments found in Justin’s compositio…