“A film about Mark Wallinger‘s Labyrinth. Directed by Jared Schiller This 30 minute documentary explores the ideas behind Mark Wallinger’s major artwork commission for London Underground, From the influence of Harry Beck’s Tube map to the Guinness Book of Records’ Tube Challenge, Alongside personal responses to the artworks by travellers and Underground staff.” “2013 was […]
Growing up in Toronto, one invariably will travel the subway system. For years, just east of the Victoria Park station, I would spot this wading pool in the park officially known as Prairie Drive Park but most people think of it as the south end of Warden Woods. I always thought of the many thousands […]
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
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.
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.
