Toronto+Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project

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City of Labyrinths

Toronto & Vancouver City of Labyrinths is a Project to create public Labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian & Vancouverite.

Intended to create safe walking spaces for both play and contemplation.

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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Land Acknowledgements

Traditional: recognizes lands traditionally used and/or occupied by the People or First Nations in parts of the country.

Ancestral: recognizes land that is handed down from generation to generation.

Unceded: refers to land that was not turned over to the Crown (government) by a treaty or other agreement.

Tsí Tkaròn:to

Toronto / Tsí Tkaròn:to / Gichi Kiiwenging is‌ ‌part‌ ‌of‌ ‌Treaty‌ ‌13‌ ‌between‌ ‌the‌ ‌Crown‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌Mississaugas‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Credit‌ ‌First‌ ‌Nation.‌ ‌
This‌ ‌land‌ ‌is‌ ‌the‌ ‌traditional‌ ‌territory‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Anishinabek‌ ‌Nation,‌ ‌
the‌ ‌Haudenosaunee‌ Confederacy,‌ ‌
the‌ ‌Huron-Wendat,‌ ‌
and‌ ‌the‌ ‌Métis.‌
‌This‌ ‌territory‌ ‌is‌ ‌subject‌ to Sewatokwà:tshera, ‌‌the‌ ‌Dish‌ ‌With‌ ‌One‌ Spoon‌ ‌Wampum‌ ‌Belt‌ ‌Covenant.
This agreement, made between the Anishinaabe and the Haudenosaunee, was meant to ensure that the lands and resources around the Great Lakes were properly cared for, and that all nations sharing this territory would do so responsibly, respectfully and sustainably.

Metro Vancouver

Labyrinths are made on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples –

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish),

Stó:lō and

Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)

and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Labyrinths are made in traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of

the Kwantlen,

the Katzie,

the Semiahmoo

and Tsawwassen First Nations.

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Tag: Public Art

“Talk about amazing artwork on the streets! I’m so glad I got to experience the awesome vibes at last weekend’s Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market!” – Garrick The DJ

“Talk about amazing artwork on the streets! I’m so glad I got to experience the…

“This is to HïMY whom I accidentally met at Budapest Park creating his biggest ground Labyrinth in Canada (!!!)” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside – Toronto

Kseniya, Grateful for your Kind & Generous Acknowledgment. Thank you. View this post on Instagram…

“Splash Pad with a Heart. Lakeshore, TO” – Octagon Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Budapest Park – Sunnyside – Toronto

“Splash Pad with a Heart. Lakeshore, TO I have taken many photos on the Lakeshore…

So Long – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

This may be one the last photographs of my Labyrinth I painted in Robson Square,…

“Most of Canada plays Road Hockey, in Kensington Market Toronto we have Road Mazes and Road Art.”

In Vancouver, Canadians play Hockey ON Labyrinths ! View this post on Instagram Most of…

“AMAZEing things can happen… ” – Labyrinth Pier – Granville Island – False Creek Seawall – Vancouver

View this post on Instagram AMAZEing things can happen… #labyrinth #granvilleisland #publicart #falsecreekseawall #goplayoutside #exploreyourcity…

“This guy’s hobby is drawing large mazes on the streets of Vancouver using coloured chalks 😄” – Christmas Tree Labyrinth – Olympic Village – Vancouver

Large Labyrinths! Grateful for the portrait. I’m usually the one photographing, rarely the one photographed.…

“Nice Christmas Day surprise, a Christmas Tree Labyrinth !!” – Foot of Manitoba Street – Olympic Village – Vancouver

View this post on Instagram Nice Christmas day surprise, a Christmas Tree Labrynth !! A…

“Christmas Labyrinth, in chalk, being drawn up in Olympic Village” – Foot of Manitoba Street – Vancouver

Hey, that’s me underneath the Giant Christmas Tree Labyrinth. I was drawing boxes representing the…

“Honey, I want to do something nice for you, where do you want to go tonight?” – Labyrinth Pier – Granville Island – Vancouver

My hope for my Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver could become a Landmark, a unique Destination, with…

“Multiple Magical Mazes: encouraging kids to be active outdoors; way to go! Also providing colour on an otherwise plain walkway/deck” – Labyrinth Pier – Vancouver

Caption to this image succinctly sums up my aspirations for Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver. Video nicely…

Drone Video – Green Masking Tape Labyrinth – Hinge Park – Olympic Village – Vancouver

The Green Masking is slowly being worn away, yet the outline of the Labyrinth design…

“❤︎❤︎❤︎ Vancouver Street Art” – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

Hearts create Smiles . . . View this post on Instagram ❤︎❤︎❤︎ #robsonst #vancouverstreetart A…

“🖤Life’s arena🖤” – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

Whenever I visit my Robson Square Labyrinth, sometimes I find Street Furniture, Table and Folding…

“How do we get there? 👣” – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

View this post on Instagram How do we get there? 👣 #maze #vancuver #love #travel…

“Love. Starts here.” – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

Placing Hearts throughout my Labyrinths has forever changed my Giant Outstallation Art practice . .…

“Monday inspiration ❤️Take me to…the heart of Robson Square’s Labyrinth created by HiMY SYeD as part of an ongoing Toronto & Vancouver Labyrinths project”

Monday inspiration ❤️Take me to…the heart of Robson Square's Labyrinth created by HiMY SYeD as…

“💙…In awe of this tiny little human child & all his questions & comments👴🏼” – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

Jumping on the Heart at the Beginning of the Labyrinth . . . View this…

“Adequate raincouver street art.” – Underbrella – Chalk Labyrinth – Bill Curtis Square – Yaletown – Downtown Vancouver

The caption works for either the Underbrella hanging Umbrellas or for my Chalk Labyrinth below…

“So much art in this city 🙌🏻” – Chalk Labyrinth – Vancouver Mural Festival

This fourth image in the Instagram story below is of my giant half block long…

“We have created you from male and female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one other” (Qur’an 49:13) – Islamic Calligraffiti – Vancouver Mural Festival

Directions and process “I was commissioned by Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies to create this…

“Lovers in a Labyrinth” – Vancouver Art Gallery – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

My recent repainting of two of the green arcs to a bright red, to complement…

“Street view” – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

Heart to Heart. From this perspective, yesterday’s re-painting of the entrance heart red and the…

La vida es bella – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

The second image in this Instagram post wonderfully captures the moment of contemplation before one…

Leah Rasmussen – Robson Square Labyrinth – Downtown Vancouver

The Heart in The Centre of the Labyrinth I painted in Robson Square, Downtown Vancouver……

“Hop Skip” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Christie Pits Park – Toronto

Among my signatures in the Labyrinths I design and make, are empty canvas spaces created…

“I’m a sucker for a good piece of art 🎨 What you can do with a pile of rocks 🙌🏼” – Sabrina Vi – Olympic Village – Vancouver Public Labyrinth

Though this image was just posted, this is a wonderful photograph of the Vancouver Public…

“Impromptu maze” – Aron Bjornson – Green Masking Tape Labyrinth – Hinge Park – Olympic Village – Vancouver

Labyrinth I created in Vancouver’s Hinge Park upon the currently vacant public art cement podium…

“View of Downtown Vancouver from Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, BC, Canada” – Michael Sutcliffe – Vancouver Public Labyrinth

View of Downtown Vancouver from Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, BC, Canada • • • #falsecreek…

“Public Art – Colour Their World – Wading Pool Murals Aim To Inspire Wee Ones” – By Tatum Dooley – Spacing Magazine, Summer 2017, Page 17

‘…The idea that murals add a colourful element that enhances parks was echoed by artist…

“Can Street Art Calm Traffic & Create Safer Intersections?” – Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Kensington Market – Downtown Toronto

Of course, my answer is Yes . . . Can #streetart calm #traffic & create…

“A maze ing …. Pedestrian maze by Bourgie Hall, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal” – 2yens

A #maze ing …. Pedestrian maze by #museedesbeauxarts Bourgie Hall #Montreal A photo posted by…

Documentary Film about Mark Wallinger’s London Tube Labyrinths – Directed by Jared Schiller – Art on The Underground – 2014

“A film about Mark Wallinger‘s Labyrinth. Directed by Jared Schiller This 30 minute documentary explores…

“The kids painting a maze outside the store on Kensington Avenue with artist.” – Pedestrian Sunday – Kensington Market – Toronto

When curious young people hover around my Labyrinths-in-Progress, I often invite them to participate. Was…