Köbberling & Kaltwasser: The Games Are Open

As South East False Creek began its new life as Canada’s largest ‘green’ hous­ing devel­op­ment, the Berlin-based artist team of Folke Köb­ber­ling and Mar­tin Kalt­wasser used mate­ri­als recy­cled from the 2010 Olympic and Par­a­lympic Win­ter Games Ath­letes’ Vil­lage to cre­ate a sit­u­a­tion of exchange and coop­er­a­tion. On lands slated for future devel­op­ment, the artists cre­ated a 6 x 7 x 14m art­work that invited the par­tic­i­pa­tion of new neigh­bours to lib­er­ate the dis­carded, share excess, and con­tribute to the build­ing of new forms and meanings.

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