BY: Unknown LOCATION: Snake Island PHOTO BY: L. Payne FIELD NOTES: It looks like an arts-and-crafts session exploded onto this frenetic stump. One of the nice things about creating unsolicited art in secluded places is the freedom to spend more time on a creation. That being said, considering the non-traditional materials used here, we suspect [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Liberty Village PHOTO BY: Ben Roffelsen FIELD NOTES: We lied, last week, when we claimed the vampire piece would either burst into flames or get all sparkly. We forgot about the third option: turn into a cloud of bats and fly away. It seems to have done just that, and found a [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: College Street and Palmerston Avenue PHOTO BY: Mrs Captain Monkeypants FIELD NOTES: Despite being overexposed to the current vampire trend, we can really sink our teeth into this piece. In fact, we’re gushing over it! And for those who don’t like it, come sunrise it will burst into flames and disappear. That [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Bayview Avenue and Millwood Road PHOTO BY: Rosanne Maccormick-Keen FIELD NOTES: As the city thaws out, so do our frozen hearts, still cold from months of hibernation. But, lo, spring is here (for real, this time) and with every new blade of grass, sprouting bud, and cracked-open window our hearts fill with [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Trinity Bellwoods Park PHOTO BY: Jessy Kim FIELD NOTES: Few people have been lucky enough to spot the elusive Trinity Bellwoods Park albino squirrels. The many of us who haven’t had the pleasure can at least check out this colourful tribute to the area’s favorite furry friends. Once a week, Vandalist features [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Queen and Ossington PHOTO BY: Jason Cook FIELD NOTES: In a city as large as Toronto, a certain amount of change is inevitable. Stores close and new ones take their places, condos go up, the city sprawls. The stretch along Queen Street West between Ossington Avenue and Dufferin Street is a prime [...]

BY: Alec Monopoly LOCATION: King and Portland streets PHOTO BY: Ashton Pal FIELD NOTES: We know we’re in an affordable housing rut when not even Rich Uncle Pennybags can afford a home on King Street West. He’s had to resort to spinning just to make ends meet, poor fellow. That or he’s having some sort [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Queen Street East and Rhodes Avenue PHOTO BY: Michael Mitchener FIELD NOTES: As technology advances, so does our desire to make emotional connections with our electronics. From Siri to talking fridges to creepy robot sex partners, we’re well on our way to creating robots that can experience a whole range of emotions. [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Queen Street East and Ontario Street PHOTO BY: Lisa Dejong FIELD NOTES: Many people say there’s nothing funny about street art. In this case, we agree. Why, Toronto street artists, must you always create the creepy kind of clown—the kind that induces fear and nightmares? Why can’t we have the innocent, fun-loving [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Bloor Street West and Salem Avenue PHOTO BY: Martin Reis FIELD NOTES: Around the world, love locks are attached to public property. Each of them symbolizes enduring love between two people. (Toronto used to have a lot more of them.) With this cosmic lock, we’d like to think the artist is proclaiming [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Leonard Linton Park PHOTO BY: Bella Manu FIELD NOTES: Breaking news: There’s a snow monster on the loose! It’s been slumbering beneath Toronto, biding its time. Now, it has sprung from the earth, ready to douse us with spray paint and creativity! Thank goodness photographer Bella Manu captured the creature mid-emergence. No [...]

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Ossington Avenue and Essex Street PHOTO BY: Kate Roberts FIELD NOTES: Attention mysterious Bloorcourt street artist: you have an admirer. Over the past few months, if not longer, small knitted delights have been popping up near the intersection of Ossington Avenue and Essex Street. Now, the artist—who clearly admires that intersection—has garnered [...]