City of Labyrinths
Toronto & Vancouver City of Labyrinths is a Project to create public Labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian & Vancouverite.
Labyrinths are placed in parks, public spaces, during neighbourhood street parties or major urban festivals like Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market in Toronto or Car Free Days in Vancouver.
HiMY SYeD – Labyrinth Maker & Project Co-ordinator
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- Labyrinths in Islam – Traffic Island Labyrinth – Masjid Qiblatain – Madinah, Saudi Arabia – Tuesday May 31 2011
- “First look at how ActiveTO will roll out” – Cycle Toronto
- “Kodak Colorplus 200 | Olympus XA” – Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Randy Padmore Park – Downtown Toronto
- “Took a long walk…with a Loop around the Sunnyside Bathing Pavillion. Found a Labyrinth.” – Octagon Labyrinth – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto
- “Was this one yours ?” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside Beach – Toronto
- “Labyrinth fun 🐶” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Earlscourt Park – Toronto
- “Fun Day” – Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Kensington Market – Downtown Toronto
- “Bien Feliz terminando mi combo de 2 rebanadas y refresco por $ 5” – Robson Square Labyrinth – 800 Robson Plaza – Downtown Vancouver
- “Today I am grateful for my path in life. It’s been full of twists and turns with many unexpected changes and circumstances.” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto
- “Liesel in the Labyrinth” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside Beach – Toronto
- “Empty Lake, Empty Streets, The Sun goes down alone” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside Beach – Toronto
- “Yesterday, I walked a deserted Labyrinth. It was a pattern I’d never walked before…” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside Beach – Toronto
- “Meditation Labyrinth by the sea wall. We chattered all the way through though so it wasn’t very meditative…” – Vancouver Public Labyrinth – Olympic Village
- “Life’s a Labyrinth. Distancing Games” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto
- “Spot maintenance.” – Masking Tape Ghost Labyrinth – Hinge Park – Olympic Village – Vancouver
- “Today at 4:39 p.m.” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Sunnyside Amusement Park – Toronto
- “SURPRISE” – Labyrinth – Kensington Avenue – Kensington Market Downtown Toronto
- “There’s nobody out playing today! 🤔⛲️ Does that mean I’m the new master of the playground? 😈🤣” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Playground – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto
- “It’s almost Spring!” – Masking Tape Ghost Labyrinth – Hinge Park – Olympic Village – Vancouver
- Black and White – Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Randy Padmore Park – Downtown Toronto
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“Waiting for the Water Splash Splash” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Earlscourt Park – Toronto
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged Earlscourt Park, Painted, Splash Pad, Toronto, Wading Pool, Water Comments closed
My Giant Canada150+ Chalk Labyrinth in shape of a Maple Leaf… – Jack Poole Plaza – Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territory
On this Canada Day 2017, I found my way to Jack Poole Plaza in Downtown Vancouver and the big empty space of interlocking bricks immediately north of the Olympic Cauldron which was lit up to mark Canada150.
I chalked out a Giant Maple Leaf which contained a Labyrinth.
It was enjoyed almost immediately by many.
It was also walked over, invisible to many.
This City, Vancouver, has added a “+” to their Canada150 observances of the year.
That “+” is to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples and their Unceded Coast Salish Territory upon which we as settlers/colonizers now occupy.
To many in Vancouver, Indigenous People and their Territory are now seen and acknowledged.
To many elsewhere in Canada, Indigenous People and their Territory remain invisible.
Posted in City of Labyrinths, Giant Outstallation Art Tagged Canada Day, Canada150, Canada150plus, Chalk Labyrinth, Jack Poole Plaza, Maple Leaf, Public Space, Vancouver, Video Comments closed
“First Splash of The Summer.” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Earlscourt Park – Toronto
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged Earlscourt Park, Painted, Splash Pad, Toronto, Wading Pool, Water Comments closed
“Car Free Day on Denman Street” – Chalk Labyrinth – West End – Vancouver
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“Beautiful day to head to our beloved Earlscourt Park for Kitefest 2017” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Toronto
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“Approaching the maze, Do not forget the one goal: Which is of course fun.” – Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Geary Avenue Parkette – Toronto
“Approaching the maze,
Do not forget the one goal:
Which is of course fun.”
Posted in City of Labyrinths, Serendipity Tagged Fun, Geary Avenue Parkette, Green, Haiku, Painted, Scooter, TOhaiku, Toronto, Video, Wading Pool, Wading Pool Labyrinth Comments closed
“Coasting on my bike” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Ed McCleverty Equal Access Playground – Toronto
Wading Pools in Toronto’s Public Parks are much more than simply small scale swimming pools for little ones.
They can double as Labyrinths after I paint them.
When a little older, kids on skateboards may go round and round and round my wading pool Labyrinths.
One boarder told me how my Labyrinth lines help in his situational awareness when enjoying his ride.
Wading Pools are often used by parents to teach their children how to ride a bicycle.
Ergo, A Velodrome for Tricycles and Push Bikes!
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged Childhood, children, East Toronto, Ed McCleverty Equal Access Playground, Painted, push bike, Toronto, Wading Pool Comments closed
“Rainy day brings good luck right?” — Leigh Mitchell, Christie Pits Park Labyrinth
Posted in Labyrinth Walks, Serendipity Tagged Christie Pits, Christie Pits Park, High Park Labyrinth, Instagram, Leigh Mitchell, Rain, Wading Pool Comments closed
“We found the Labyrinth at Christie Pits Park. We’ve walked it twice now and it really is meditative.” — Kristi Fuoco
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“Exploring the hood at Kempton Howard Park. It was a wonderful day!” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Toronto
In the distance through the branches, you can see Earl Grey Senior Public School, where I spent Grades 7 and 8.
In the foreground, you can see the Labyrinth I painted in the Wading Pool in Kempton Howard Park, Toronto . . .
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged Earl Grey Public School, Kempton Howard Park, Painted, parkTO, Toronto, Wading Pool, Wading Pool Labyrinth Comments closed
“Playing on the splash pool!” – Sohail Bastani
This is the Wading Pool Labyrinth I painted, choosing blue for the circuits.
You can enjoy walking in Riverdale Park West, just steps away from the animals in front of the Riverdale Farm / Zoo.
Playing on the splash pool! #maze #Toronto #family #sunshine #happiness https://t.co/HO6avzQPui
— sohail bastani (@SohailBe) March 20, 2017
Posted in Serendipity Tagged Cabbagetown, Play, Riverdale Farm, Riverdale Park West, Sohail Bastani, Splash Pad, Toronto, Wading Pool Comments closed
“This week at Art Gallery of Ontario: see kids on March Break run about in a maze like little lab mice” – Downtown Toronto
Posted in Events Tagged AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Downtown Toronto, kids, March Break, Maze, Nadia Halim, Toronto Comments closed
“Traversing the Eglinton Park Labyrinth makes me Theseus for a day, right?” — Bob Georgiou
“Traversing the Eglinton Park labyrinth makes me Theseus for a day, right?”
— Bob Georgiou (@ScenesFromACity)
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