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Available
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Publication
Vancouver : Vancouver International Center for Contemporary Asian Art, c2007.
Language
ISBN
0973271159 / 9780973271157
Call number
MON.KOG.07
Library's review
Catalogue for an exhibition held at Centre A from January 13 to February 17, 2007.
'For Overflow, Koh recycles bottles that are collected by binners, people who roam the streets and alleys of Vancouver, picking up recyclable material – be it bottles, cans, scrap metal, clothing – and then
With this humble gesture, Germaine Koh brings together an unusual team of partners and at the same time exposes some of the defining forces in Vancouver’s economic and cultural development, including ough questions relating to ecology, health and housing.'
(Abstract source: http://www.centrea.org)
'For Overflow, Koh recycles bottles that are collected by binners, people who roam the streets and alleys of Vancouver, picking up recyclable material – be it bottles, cans, scrap metal, clothing – and then
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trading or selling the items to for-profit or non-profit agencies. Koh is working with United We Can, well known in Vancouver for itscommunity based recycling service. The bottles are used to make processual sculptures and installations that change over the course of the exhibition.With this humble gesture, Germaine Koh brings together an unusual team of partners and at the same time exposes some of the defining forces in Vancouver’s economic and cultural development, including ough questions relating to ecology, health and housing.'
(Abstract source: http://www.centrea.org)
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Pages
11