The Games are Open by Köbberling & Kaltwasser

The Games are Open

Inside the pavilion on the front lawn of the main campus. Holly Schmidt will be on hand to share more about the project.

As South East False Creek begins its new life as Canada's largest `green' housing development, artist team Köbberling & Kaltwasser are working with materials recycled from the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Athletes’ Village to create a situation of exchange and cooperation. On this interim land, which lays fallow for the time being, the artists are creating a 6m x 7m x 14m artwork that invites the participation of new neighbours to liberate the discarded, share excess, and contribute to the building of new forms and meanings.

Wheat board panels from the Athlete's Village are re-purposed as a sculpture which will break down and decompose from exposure to the particular conditions of Vancouver’s weather. The decomposing sculptural form will provide fodder for new growth – a temporary plant nursery claimed and nurtured by South East False Creek residents.

Langara Centre for Art in Public Spaces is pleased to partner with Other Sights for Artist’s Projects to realize the Köbberling and Kaltwasser project “The Games are Open.” The Centre is making available The Pavilion a project by 2009-2010 artist-in-residence Holly Ward, to K&K for the purpose of experimenting with materials, disseminating information and hosting events.

For more information please contact hschmidt@ecuad.ca.