Walking An Ancient Labyrinth Path

Name: Walking An Ancient Labyrinth Path
Start: 2025-12-07T14:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-07T17:00:00-08:00
Location: 1398 E 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5N, Canada

Schedule

Sun Dec 07 2025 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

1398 E 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5N, Canada | Vancouver, BC

Playing with labyrinth 'seeds' and 'magic squares, we'll make and walk a classical labyrinth. With music and snacks!
In this participatory salon we’ll explore the 4,000-year history of labyrinths, an ancient form found in cultures around the world, with some astonishing similarities despite geographical distance. We’ll play with line drawings of labyrinth ‘seeds’ and the surprising mathematical possibilities that grow from them, and also explore the beauty of ‘magic squares’ and their potential connections. Together we’ll create a large-scale labyrinth in chalk on the floor and then walk and dance this ancient path, experiencing the ways these mysterious patterns affect us. With live music, tea & lanterns!
Presented by mathematical artist and musician Susan Gerofsky

Event Notes / Be Prepared:
● Tickets are available by sliding scale: $25-$35. Suggested value: $30.
● Doors open at 1:45 and the event will start promptly at 2:00 Please do your best to be on time as late arrivals will be disruptive to activities in progress.
● Space is limited to 20 participants so please register early.
Your donation contributes directly to supporting our programming to continue ongoing learning and cultural sharing. If you have financial barriers preventing you from purchasing a ticket, please email [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate. We thank you for your support.

About the artist:
Susan Gerofsky is a mathematical artist, squeezebox player, and UBC math education professor. Her research is in embodied, multisensory, multimodal mathematics education through the arts and outdoors. You'll often find her cycling around town with a melodeon or a baritone horn, on her way to the Saturday Math Club/ Re-Storying Math project at Secret Headquarters (home of the Secret Lantern Society)!

Secret Headquarters is gratefully situated on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. We honor, respect, and give thanks to our hosts.