Thimble art starts to measure up
A giant bronze thimble and two concrete buttons: As works of art go, Stephen Cruise’s
Uniform Measure/Stack seems pretty well indestructible. But when you leave art in the open, anything can happen. That’s what Mr. Cruise has learned as his public art piece at Spadina and Richmond has received a long-overdue finishing touch and an unauthorized addition in bright red paint.
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But then Victor Fraser came along in September to add his contribution: a 25-metre tape measure, painted on the sidewalk in bright red, that snakes around the street corner. Most passerby assume it’s an official part of the piece and was added along with the trees but in fact, the paint job is the unsanctioned work of the Toronto sidewalk artist, who signs his paintings “VicTor.”
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Biking through Toronto on a recent afternoon, Dawn Russell realized she urgently needed to pee. Six months into her pregnancy, she knew that each trip from her house would mean searching for a toilet, but the promise of city streets clear of cars proved too much of a temptation.
âThe pandemic has made the world so small, and itâs taken so many things away. To also lose the ability to go for a real walk was just a freedom I was not willing to give up,â said Russell, whose name was changed for privacy reasons. âI would rather risk peeing my pants than be confined at home.â
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Kate McCartney is dressed as a penguin. Not over Zoom but on her 40th birthday, which she celebrated last year during Melbourneâs hard lockdown.
âI donât know if youâre gonna be able to see this very well,â she says, flicking through the photos on her phone, which she is holding up to her computerâs camera.
Kate McLennan (left) and Kate McCartney get up close with the penguinâs at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium.