Ever Seen A Koi Fish on the Sidewalk?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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There's a hidden meaning behind the koi fish stencils, which can be found all over the Bay Area, and in some other cities too. In this episode, reporter Tamuna Chkareuli introduces us to artist Jeremy Novy's, the artist behind the koi, and we learn how to decode the hidden message within each design. Additional Reading: Web post: Ever Seen A Koi Fish on the Sidewalk? Artist Explains Hidden Meaning Read the transcript for this episode $1.99 e-book deal available during May at: Amazon. Apple. Barnes & Noble. Google Play. Kobo. Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Tamuna Chkareuli. This episode of Bay Curious was made by Olivia Allen-Price, Tamuna Chkareul, Pauline Bartolone, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Xorje Oliveras, Paul Lancour, Katie Fruit, Lusen Mendel, Jasmine Garnett, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:16.8	From K-QED. W wander around the Bay Area long enough and you are certain to stumble upon one of our most ubiquitous pieces of street art. Schools of playful graphic koi fish swimming through our urban landscape. Maybe the first one I saw was near my house. I've lived in two places in San Francisco and both of them have a coy like right outside the door.
0:30.0	My name is Lave Kachera and I am an interior designer and watercolor artist here in San Francisco.
0:38.0	Soon after Lafe noticed the coy for the first time, he started seeing them everywhere, usually on sidewalks, but sometimes on buildings.
0:46.4	They're anywhere from a few inches to a few feet long, and their colors high contrast.
0:53.0	Vibrant orange, white, black.
0:55.0	Lafe wrote in to Bay Curious wanting to know the backstory behind these fish,
0:59.0	which seemed to be spawning all over the place.
1:02.0	So today on the show, we'll meet the person behind them, learn
1:06.1	what inspired the coy, and decode the hidden message within each design. I'm Olivia
1:12.1	and Price, we'll be right back.
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1:36.1	For our question-asker, Lefkeuchera, the coy stencils often spotted in our region
1:41.2	have become a delight.
1:42.6	I think it's just great to see color in our gray cityscapes.
1:47.4	Once you see one, you kind of keep an eye out for other ones
1:51.9	and then they become a little treat.
1:53.6	They're also a treat for Tamuna Skarayoli,
1:56.3	a journalism fellow from the Republic of Georgia.
1:59.2	She's been embedded with the Bay Curious team
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