Everyone was asked to bring a stick of some kind, and it was a funny sight to see people arriving at the field with brooms, umbrellas, lacrosse- and hockey sticks, branches, a mop, and a piece of bamboo. Others pulled
Upcoming play — Sunday 25 November — stickplay
Bring something stick-like: a branch, broomstick, sticks for playing, a club, a staff… Each object’s purpose will reveal itself. Sunday 25 November, noon to 4pm Elm Park
Highlights of the week: breathing, junkyard sports, origins of Monopoly, Checkered Chess, Paul Pfeiffer / James Naismith, and Sergio Romo’s fastball
A roundup of interesting projects and issues that recently crossed our desk. 1. Below the Belt from Vimeo user jiann Below The Belt is an interactive installation exploring the tensions between competitive contact sports and the inward focus of breathing
Played: Sunday 28 October 2012
Gölstrom A new game that organically emerged from goofing around with the equipment at hand, as we realized that everyone was up for some fairly physical play. It was very fun and natural and completely unrelated to the games that
Upcoming League play – 28 October
League play Sunday 28 October 12:00-4:00 Elm Park, Kerrisdale League is an open gathering for the purpose of playing games and sports invented by community members. Each game, its playing field and its strategies will evolve through trial and improvisation,
Played: Sunday 14 October 2012
Notes from kickoff day, a rainy Sunday, October 14. After realizing that the borrowed couch wouldn’t fit through the field house door, we strung up a tarp outdoors and tried three different activities: Couchie, Monkeying Around Training Program, and Massively
Press: Georgia Straight, “Vancouver artist Germaine Koh asks public to help invent new sports”
The Georgia Straight Vancouver artist Germaine Koh asks public to help invent new sports By Stephen Thomson, October 12, 2012 Germaine Koh wants to bring fun and games to a small park in Vancouver. The local artist is behind the
From the vault: “Checks and Balances” from Art Lies
When discussing play and art, I was reminded of this piece I was challenged to write four years ago for the art journal Art Lies. The theme of the edition, guest-edited by the curator Stuart Horodner, was “second acts” — the
News release
News release 9 October 2012, Vancouver Artist Germaine Koh launches “League” for invented sports and games in Elm Park Who: Germaine Koh, artist in Vancouver Park Board Field House Studio Residency Project What: “League”, a new group for playing invented
Games and critical invention
“What do you mean by invented sports and games,” you may ask. My own view is that play is at heart about invention, testing, and improvisation — potentially radical processes which can be lost when games become very regulated. We