Darker Than Black Art Installation
Poem in park by Darker Than Black
“Beautiful girl
You don’t age like fine wine.
.
But the world is yours.
.
For now….”
I was trying to figure out how to explain this.. poetry and interesting art finds aren’t the most Instagram friendly. I’ll just try and explain this the best as I can.
February 18th
It was nice and sunny Monday afternoon (which was a holiday btw). It was only -7C (19F) and it was way colder with the windchill but as long as it’s sunny outside.. you can deal with the cold. Anyway, I decided to go the park when I had been exercising most of the summer and autumn. It snowed the night before.. so it makes everything look fresh.
At the top of the stairwell.. I noticed from the distance what appeared to be sign attached a tree. I’ve seen that particular tree hundreds of times.. so I knew something was different. When I got to the bottom of the stairs I realized it was an art installation.
The framed art contains a poem and it was secured to a tree. There was some wires and a button. I pushed the button but nothing happened. I thought it was pretty brilliant even without the light which must have run outta batteries.
The rest of the pictures in this post are all from the area where I found this.
Later Monday evening I looked up “Darker than Black” on Instagram who is a “Visual poet “.. and they have posted this back at the end of January.. I reposted their video for the last series in this post… so that you can see how it lights up.
I love finding stuff like this.. It’s really creative and original.. Two Thumbs Up for Darker Than Black.. I look forward to finding more poems in unexpected places !
Toronto Street Art Graffiti Found Here:
Other Street Art Finds
These are the rest of my finds from the last week.. in chronological order.
Humility Parrot Mural
I think that is bird was part of a larger mural.. it’s been tagged but this parrot still stands out.
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Spudbomb Oral Dental Care Mural
Spudbomb did this mural a couple of summers ago. It’s hard to get a picture of it in the summer because that tree blocks the views.
Winter is a good time to get pictures of street art.
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Less Tv Graffiti
“Less Tv More DMT” graffiti.. I have no idea what that means.. I just like the way the light was for this photo.
Bellam Sticker Graffiti
Bella LM is another artist I had not heard of until I found this sticker. She says “Artist || Graphic Designer || Alien. ” on her Instagram.
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Was Doh Street Art Mural
This is behind an art gallery in Parkdale.. usually there is more garbage than this in front of it than this. I do not know the artist.
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Massive Amounts Message
“Massive amounts of positive energy are coming to me as I read this”. You can see the artwork by Magic in the sign this time.
Murals by Marg Utility Box
Marg painted this back in the summer but it looks better with some snow around it.
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Margin of Eras Art Exhibit
Another art installation that I saw through the window.. Looked interesting..
Check out their site for details.
https://www.marginoferasgallery.ca/
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Bruno Smoky Eagle
I this mural by Bruno Smoky was an owl before..but it’s an eagle.
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Cos Graffiti
I just liked the way these graffiti tags looked.
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Frog Graffiti Art
This is a cartoon graffiti frog.. but it’s been tagged since the last time I posted it.
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Alfa Graffiti Street Art Mural
This is dedicated to Alfa who was considered to be the first graffiti artist in Toronto.. He died in 2005 and a lot of artist put “Alfa” in their work to pay homage to him
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Eye Sticker Graffiti
No idea who did this one.
777 Sticker Graffiti
These stickers by 777 were posted all over the city for his art show.
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Lippy Sticker Graffiti
Lippy B stickers are mostly in Liberty Village
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Signed Wall
Never noticed this before.. but it’s all been tagged by lots and lots of graffiti writers..
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I Hate Jocks Sticker Graffiti
I guess they don’t like jocks ?
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the80eight Street Art Mural
From his IG “(New Account) Toronto based artist. Recently discovered walls are my choice of canvas. Stay tuned for more content ???? ”
PETA Sticker Graffiti
Peta’s Anti Canada Goose keeps on going..
https://www.peta.org/blog/fall-winter-peta-ups-the-ante-against-canada-goose/
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Jon McTavish Utility Box
Jon McTavish did this box back in the summer.. with an extra bonus on the side..
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Divinatesta Graffiti
Another green lizard
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Young Jarus Mural
Another fave by Young Jarus... looks different in the winter..
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Mirror Graffiti
Someone tagged a mirror behind the mall.
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Listen Bird Graffiti
It’s the Listen Bird !
Urban Ninja Squadron Sticker
Another Urban Ninja !
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Why Worry Graffiti
Exactly
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Tcry Garage Mural
I found this behind the laundry place. It must have been done in the summer.. I’ve seen this before.. pretty amazing. I can only find “tcry ns” on the side.
Pandas Stencil Graffiti
Someone stencilled some pandas ???? near the garage mural.
Spudbomb Graffiti
And lastly some Spudbomb graffiti. ..
That cartoon frog is Yoshi from Super Mario Bros. I think he’s actually supposed to be a dinosaur, maybe.
Ah… cool.. thanks for letting me know !