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Episode 243: League — with Germaine Koh
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Artist and curator Germaine Koh joins our host Am Johal on this week鈥檚 episode of Below the Radar.
Together, they chat about some of Germaine鈥檚 work鈥攊ncluding her ongoing project League鈥攁nd the incorporation of sport into art. Germaine also shares stories about receiving a 2023 Governor General鈥檚 Award in Visual and Media Arts, the importance of unproductivity, and her projects on Salt Spring Island.
About Our Guest
Germaine Koh
Germaine Koh is a Canadian artist and curator based on the west coast of Turtle Island, in traditional Coast Salish territories.
Her work adapts familiar situations, everyday actions and common spaces to encourage connections between people, technology, and natural systems. Her ongoing projects include , an initiative to build and advocate for alternative forms of housing, and , a participatory project using play as a form of creative practice. From 2018 to 2020 she was the City of Vancouver鈥檚 first Engineering Artist in Residence, and was Koerner Artist in Residence at the University of British Columbia for 2021. In 2023-24 she was a Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities at 丁香园AV. Koh was awarded a 2023 Governor General鈥檚 Award in Visual and Media Arts.
Cite This Episode
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Johal, Am. 鈥淟eague 鈥� with Germaine Koh.鈥� Below the Radar, 丁香园AV鈥檚 Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, June 4th, 2024. /vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/243-germaine-koh.html.
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