On November 18, join us for the second talk of our Spark series by Jayce Salloum, a multidisciplinary artist for his talk called “this time (beyond now): vulnerability, intimacy & discursivity into and out of the field(s) of practice and play..”
Title: this time (beyond now): vulnerability, intimacy & discursivity into and out of the field(s) of practice and play..
this time (beyond now): vulnerability, intimacy & discursivity into and out of the field(s) of practice and play..
At this time, at this talk I will be trying to expand our reach out into the fields of our practice(s). With spoken word, text-image, photography and video pieces focusing on producing meaningful work in this time of the pandemic, pondering how to tackle the point that we find ourselves in now, how we got here, how to move in the unforeseeable future, in other words - the politics of fear, regression, pain, and (sometimes) promise and hope that seem to surround us or appear and vaporize in the milieu of the quotidian indeterminate ennui.
This is a heavily pressurized time demanding an intimate and public response. How can we think through this period, this time, through into something useful, something better. Is there more to a form that becomes a sutured manifesto disguised as poetic ramblings and rants out into the void. How does your work perform it’s mandate, going hand in hand with the overarching displacements of time and space.
As if an itinerant geographer of conflicted territories (most everywhere), Salloum observes the world and creates/collects a subjective archive of images to make meaning from. Since arriving here - by no means of his own volition - he tries to go only where he is invited or where there is an intrinsic affinity, his projects being rooted in an intimate engagement with place. A grandson of Syrian or Lebanese immigrants he was born and raised on others’ land, the Sylix (Okanagan) territory.
After 21 years living and working elsewheres he planted himself on the unceded stolen lands of the Xʷməθkʷey̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh + Səíl̓wətaʔł. Recognizing and acting on this is an everyday practice, but let’s face it, he could do a lot more. In this context, not that it really matters, Salloum has lectured and published pervasively and exhibited peripatetically at the widest range of local and international venues possible and most improbable, from the smallest unnamed storefronts in his downtown eastside Vancouver neighbourhood to institutions such as the Musée du Louvre, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, National Gallery of Canada, Bienal De La Havana, Sharjah Biennial, Biennale of Sydney and the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
The Media Studies program is excited to present Spark, a series of virtual talks on Zoom featuring inspiring local artists, scholars, and performers in the field of media studies! This intimate and interactive series will spark your imagination, spark new perspectives, and spark important dialogues in the ever evolving and diverse discipline that is media. Each talk will be followed with a Q&A segment where you will have the opportunity to ask the speakers your questions.
With each talk's theme connected to Media Studies in its unique way, you'll have the exclusive opportunity to discover, and see how the theory and knowledge you have learned, and are continuing to learn in your courses impact, contribute, and change the world.
This event series is free, but please RSVP for Jayce Salloum’s talk below by Monday, November 16, 2020 to retrieve your Zoom link to attend.