HERE NOW OR NOWHERE

Presented by The Prairie Art Gallery & Curated by Micah Lexier

Germine Koh

Germaine Koh: Call, 2006
Germaine Koh (Vancouver, British Columbia): Call, 2006, telephone, interactive audio work
This work can be found on the counter at The Rabbit Hole, 10020 100 Avenue

Call is a vintage telephone (resembling a direct taxi-line or service-centre phone) that sits on a countertop in a public place accessible to a wide range of people. The phone’s dial has been replaced with an LCD screen that informs the viewer that when he picks up the receiver he will be connected with a random participant. Each time the handset is lifted, the phone dials at random one of the project participants, who have agreed to receive calls and have conversations with strangers at all hours of the day.

Germaine Koh is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.
germainekoh.com

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