George Rahi is an interdisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish territories. He works with experimental instruments and technologies as a method of exploring acoustic and digital anomalies, modes of listening, and spatial and architectural thinking. His work includes installations, instrument making, composition, solo + ensemble performance, and works for radio, theatre & public spaces.
His work has been supported by awards and grants such as the Lab30 Audience Award, Canada Council for the Arts Guest of Honour (Frankfurt), and the R. Murray Schafer Soundscape Award.
More About the Artist:
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Schedule & Activites
New West Culture Crawl: Studio Visit
Meet George Rahi at New Media Gallery for a studio visit and experience his work in progress.
Saturday Oct 4 – 12pm – 4pm, New Media Gallery
Residency Backround
The Art and Technology Artist in Residence invites artists to explore and experiment in response to Anvil Centre and its communities. The residency aims to support artists with time, space, and resources to further their research, interests, and overall artistic practice. Artists are invited to propose their own conceptual approaches to the residency that best meet the needs of their practice. Artists engage with publics and visitors in a way that is in keeping with their practice, while inviting reciprocal exchanges with the areas’ communities and staff, and reflecting upon this while sharing their thinking and working processes through public events/talks.
Artists are selected based on their experience working in public contexts and whose interests and artistic practice is fitting with the goals of the project. Artists for the 2025 residency program have been selected from the public art program artist roster.
During the residency, the Artist can examine and respond to Anvil Centre, its community, history, site, and programming activities. All interventions will be considered, and the artist can explore options with staff throughout their time in the residency.
PROJECT GOALS
– To provide an opportunity to immerse artists into a civic context and develop site-responsive public art;
– To extend the understanding of contemporary new media art, history of the site, and its significance to the communities it serves;
– To activate the New Media Art Gallery space and engage audiences with new media art; – To encourage meaningful engagement and responses to civic spaces;
– To facilitate shared dialogue between artists, community members, and visitors;
– To create programming and activations during the residency that provides a benefit to the public either through a reflection of them, engagement with them, or their involvement.