Germaine Koh
04 Sep - 02 Oct 2010
GERMAINE KOH
"The Haunting"
Opening September , 3rd // 7 pm
Exhibition September 4th - October 2nd
tues - sat // 12 - 6 pm
The Haunting is a site-responsive installation with lamps, accelerometers and a custom circuitry.
A collection of old household lamps gathered from flea markets creates a cloud of light in the gallery space. This aura is animated by unseen (but felt) conditions in the surrounding urban environment: the vibrations from passing traffic outside. Some of the lamps flicker uncannily as sensors detect the vibrations from traffic or occasionally human movement. These unfashionable everyday objects, many burdened by age or ugliness, are revitalized and given a lightness by making them the medium that makes visible a certain kind of energy that permeates -- haunts -- the space.
The installation relates to a number of works by Germaine Koh that suggest reciprocal relationships between the natural environment and built space. Koh's work is generally conceptually generated and concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places.
Germaine Koh is an internationally active Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. Her exhibition history includes the BALTIC Centre (Newcastle), De Appel (Amsterdam), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Bloomberg SPACE (London), The Power Plant (Toronto), Seoul Museum of Art, Artspace (Sydney), The British Museum (London), the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Plug In ICA (Winnipeg), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), and the biennials of Liverpool, Sydney and Montréal. Koh lived in Berlin in 2004-05 as a resident of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Formerly an Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, she is also an independent curator and partner in the independent record label weewerk. Germaine Koh is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.
"The Haunting"
Opening September , 3rd // 7 pm
Exhibition September 4th - October 2nd
tues - sat // 12 - 6 pm
The Haunting is a site-responsive installation with lamps, accelerometers and a custom circuitry.
A collection of old household lamps gathered from flea markets creates a cloud of light in the gallery space. This aura is animated by unseen (but felt) conditions in the surrounding urban environment: the vibrations from passing traffic outside. Some of the lamps flicker uncannily as sensors detect the vibrations from traffic or occasionally human movement. These unfashionable everyday objects, many burdened by age or ugliness, are revitalized and given a lightness by making them the medium that makes visible a certain kind of energy that permeates -- haunts -- the space.
The installation relates to a number of works by Germaine Koh that suggest reciprocal relationships between the natural environment and built space. Koh's work is generally conceptually generated and concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places.
Germaine Koh is an internationally active Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. Her exhibition history includes the BALTIC Centre (Newcastle), De Appel (Amsterdam), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Bloomberg SPACE (London), The Power Plant (Toronto), Seoul Museum of Art, Artspace (Sydney), The British Museum (London), the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Plug In ICA (Winnipeg), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), and the biennials of Liverpool, Sydney and Montréal. Koh lived in Berlin in 2004-05 as a resident of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Formerly an Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, she is also an independent curator and partner in the independent record label weewerk. Germaine Koh is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.