Talks & Events

• There are reasons for looking and feeling and thinking about things that are invisible: A two day event on New Narratives in Art Writing.

  MARIA FUSCO, EILEEN MYLES, LYNNE TILLMAN, JACOB WREN
  April 4–April 5, 2014

  Building on the West Coast literary movement known as New Narrative, There are reasons for looking and feeling and thinking about things that are invisible brings together four writers at the edge of literary and contemporary art writing in the voices of Maria Fusco, Eileen Myles, Lynne Tillman, and Jacob Wren.

  As a literary genre, New Narrative addresses the structure of narrative by experimenting in fragmentation, poetic strategies, and autobiographical allusions. As a formal conceit, New Narrative is an embodied form of writing, a type of creative non-fiction that relies on presence as much as memory.

  As a weekend of readings and responses in Vancouver, British Columbia, There are reasons for looking and feeling and thinking about things that are invisible aims to re-contextualize the field of contemporary art writing as both a form and a labour of creative production. Developing alongside poetry, literary, and art histories, the field of art writing is in itself a spectrum of craft and praxis to be discussed and reflected upon critically.

  Schedule:

  April 4, 7–9 pm, Eileen Myles and Jacob Wren
  April 5, 2–5 pm, Lynne Tillman and Maria Fusco

  At the Western Front Grand Luxe Hall
  Doors will open half an hour prior. First come first serve seating. No latecomers.

  Co-presented by 221A, Artspeak, and Western Front. Organized by Amy Fung.

  The title for this event is a line from an Eileen Myles text on Martha Diamond.

• Summer Reading

  ELI BORNOWSKY, JEFF DERKSEN, MARIA FUSCO, KEN LUM, SVEN LUTTICKEN, JON PYLYPCHUK, CATE RIMMER, MARINA ROY
  August 1–August 31, 2011

  Please enjoy these summer reading “picks” from a selection of local and international artists and writers, including Eli Bornowsky, Jeff Derksen, Maria Fusco, Ken Lum, Sven Lutticken, Jon Pylypchuk, Cate Rimmer, and Marina Roy.

  The PDF is available here.
  

• Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism Forum

  JEFF DERKSEN, DIEDRICH DIEDRICHSEN, MARIA FUSCO, TOM MORTON, WILLIAM WOOD, TIRDAD ZOLGHADR
  February 27–February 28, 2009

  Emily Carr University of Art + Design
  Theatre 301, 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

  Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism, is a two-day forum on the state of contemporary art criticism co-organized by Artspeak and Fillip. Through a keynote address by Tirdad Zolghadr and two panels made up of international critics Diedrich Diederichsen, Jeff Derksen, Maria Fusco, Tom Morton and William Wood, the forum seeks to address what is at stake in the shifting value of judgment within contemporary art writing. A renewed interest in the efficacy and function of art criticism has arisen in the last decade, embedded in art market speculation, global conflict and recent economic crises. This forum will engage with the key issues produced from these conversations, specifically returning to the role of valuation in contemporary art writing.

  The forum will result in a book-length publication of papers and conversations derived from the event to be co-published by Artspeak and Fillip in late 2009.

  For more information see: www.judgmentandartcriticism.com

  FEBRUARY 27, 7PM / Keynote: Tirdad Zolghadr

  Tirdad Zolghadr podcast: http://fillip.ca/podcast/2009-07-10

  FEBRUARY 28, 10:30AM – 1PM / Panel One: Kristina Lee Podesva, Tom Morton, William Wood

  William Wood podcast: http://fillip.ca/podcast/2009-07-17

  Tom Morton podcast: http://fillip.ca/podcast/2009-07-24

  FEBRUARY 28, 2:30PM – 5PM / Panel Two: Jeff Derksen, Diedrich Diederichsen, Maria Fusco

  Diedrich Diedrichsen podcast: http://fillip.ca/podcast/2009-08-07

  Maria Fusco podcast: http://fillip.ca/podcast/2009-07-31