[van-announce] CounterCulture Nov.24 Memory/Colonialism/Censorship/ Resistance

[fiona jeffries]

Thursday, November 24
Counter Culture series, SFU School of Communication presents

Memory/Colonialism/Censorship/Resistance
A Screening and Discussion with Jayce Salloum and Tania Willard on Hidden 
Histories and the Art of Resistance

video screening of:
untitled part 4: terra incognita
Jayce Salloum, 38:00, 2005, nSyilxcen Nation (Okanagan)

This videotapefocuses on fragments of histories, of pre-contact, contact, 
and settlement of the Kelowna area though the accounts of several nSyilxcen 
speakers. It traces connections and correlations between the periods of 
extermination/disintegration, assimilation, and marginalization to their 
present day and context of being First Nations.

This videotape was originally commissioned by the City of Kelowna as part 
of their 2005 Centennial celebrations. After viewing the tape, City 
officials deemed the historical and contemporary First Nations' accounts 
"not celebratory enough" and subsequently decommissioned the tape and 
cancelled the premiere screenings.

SFU Harbour Centre: 515 West Hastings St, Vancouver
6-8pm, Room 2270

All Welcome!

Jayce Salloum's video work exists within and between the very local, and 
the trans-national. He has worked in installation, photography, video, 
text, and performance since 1975, as well as curating exhibitions, 
conducting workshops and coordinating cultural projects. A media arts 
philosopher and cultural activist, his work critically engages in the 
perception of social manifestations and political realities. Salloum has 
lectured worldwide and has exhibited at the widest range of venues 
possible, from thesmallest storefronts & community centres to major 
institutions. His texts have appeared in many journals such as, Third Text, 
Documents, Pubic Culture, and Semiotext(e). His most recent essay, "sans 
titre /untitled: the video installation as an active archive" is 
forthcoming in : Migration and Location: Transcultural Documentary Practice 
(Wallflower Press: London, 2006). In 2006 his work will be featured in the 
15th Biennale Of Sydney.

Tania Willard is a Secwepemc (Shuswap) artist who works with print making 
and painting to create work that speaks to aboriginal experiences and the 
politics of the world we live in. Her work helped to shape Redwire 
Magazine, a national aboriginal youth publication for over 5 years, she 
currently is exploring Design work and living as an artist. Tania's work 
focuses on community collaboration, politics and storying or messaging, 
telling our stories is part of healing our communities, knowing our history 
and fighting for our rights.