Students and Faculty are invited to join u s for a discussion of M.A. Candidate in Critical and Curatorial Studies Kim Nguyen's exhibition Everything Is Not Lost.
Critica l and Curatorial Studies Track Critique: 7 May
Students and Faculty are invited to join us for a discussion of M.A. Candidate in Critic al and Curatorial Studies Kim Nguyen's exhibition Everything Is Not Los t. The exhibition features the work of Christian Nguyen\, Nhan Duc Ng uyen\, Pipo Nguyen-duy\, and Khanh Vo\, four contemporary artists who addre ss themes of family\, loss\, and the intricacies of memory. These artists i nterpret the thirty-year influence of the Vietnam War through autobiographi cal experiences\, narratives\, and postmemories. Working in a variety of me diums\, these four artists confront the socio-political and emotional compl exities of warfare and the events that consequently define who they are tod ay.
Invited guest to lead the discussion is Michael Turner.
Time: 10:30am
Place: Belki n Satellite\, 555 Hamilton St.
Michael Turner was born in North Vanco uver in 1962. He is the author of several books including Hard Core Logo (A rsenal Pulp Press\, 1993) and The Pornographer's Poem (Vintage Canada\, 199 9). His work has been adapted to radio\, stage\, television\, and feature-f ilm and has won or been shortlisted for a number of prizes\, including the BC Book Prize for Fiction and the Dorothy Livesay Prize for Poetry. His mos t recent book (co-authored with Grant Arnold) is Fred Herzog: Vancouver Pho tographs (Vancouver Art Gallery/Douglas & McIntyre\, 2007). His forthcoming work of fiction\, 8×10\, will be published in the spring of 2009. He lives in Vancouver.
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