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Germaine Koh: Home Made Home

It’s unsurprisingly cramped, the 160-square-foot area of Germaine Koh’s (2018)—the centrepiece of her solo exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery. The tiny house is intended as a viable proposition to the increasingly desperate lack of affordable housing in Metro Vancouver, though its sparse, unfurnished state is unexpectedly dismal. It feels even more confined due to the fact that the space is shared with an attendant who sits inside while visitors self-consciously explore the structure. Built on a flatbed trailer and unconnected to

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