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CUAG Panel Discussion: Art and Memory in Lebanon

Saturday, February 28, 2015
2:00 p.m.

CUAG invites you to join in a free public discussion organized in conjunction with our current exhibitions, Akram Zaatari: All is Well and Art on a Green Line with curator and artists Johnny Alam, Vicky Moufawad-Paul, and Jayce Salloum, moderated by Zainab Amery. The panelists will discuss many of the ideas raised in the current exhibitions, including how art negotiates memory and history, notions of home and exile, personal and collective trauma, and Lebanon’s complex history.

The first Canadian solo exhibition of internationally renowned artist Akram Zaatari, All is Well presents video installations and photography that focus on the act of letter writing. Art on a Green Line features artists of Lebanon’s “War Generation,” those born or raised during the 1975-1990 civil wars, known in Lebanon as the “Ahdeth” (events).

This event is free and everyone is welcome!

Participants:

Johnny Alam is a visual artist and PhD candidate in Cultural Mediations at Carleton University. Alam is interested in Photography, War, Memory, Technology, and Representation and he holds an M.A. in Art History, M.F.A in Applied Visual Arts, and B.A. in History. His research has been supported by several grants and awards, including a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and a TD fellowship in Migration and Diaspora Studies.

Zainab Amery teaches in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University. She has a Sociology Ph.D. at Carleton University. Her areas of interest include gender and sexuality, citizenship, race/ethnic and migration studies, international development, both globally and within the Middle Eastern context. She has been a consultant to both federal and provincial governments on issues of racism, multiculturalism, and immigrant integration policies. Ms. Amery has developed and directed a number of government-funded pilot projects and resources for community based organizations. She has worked extensively in several Arab countries as an international development consultant and educator.

Vicky Moufawad-Paul is a curator, video artist, and the Artistic Director at A Space Gallery. She holds an MFA from York University where she completed research on the visual culture of Palestine, a topic that she has published widely on. Most recently she has curated projects at Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Toronto), Inside Out Film Festival (Toronto), and 16 Beaver (New York City). She was the founding Executive Director of the Toronto Arab Film Festival, has been an advisor to both the Toronto Arts Council, and has worked at the Toronto International Film Festival. Moufawad-Paul has exhibited her videos nationally and internationally.

Jayce Salloum, born in Kelowna, BC in 1958, lives and works in Vancouver. Salloum’s practice exists within and between the personal, quotidian, local and transnational. His work engages in intimate subjectivity and discursive challenge while critically asserting itself in the perception of social manifestations and political realities. He has worked in installation, photography, drawing, performance, text, and video since 1978, as well as curating exhibitions, conducting workshops, and co-ordinating a vast array of cultural projects. Jayce Salloum is a recipient of the 2014 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.

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