Talks & Events

• Speakeasy: Salon

  SOL HASHEMI
  October 23, 2021

  2-5pm
  In-person max capacity: 15

  Sol Hashemi will discuss the saloon as a significant space for the working class, and how it functioned as an informal place to gather – for leisure, to share ideas, and organize. This Speakeasy event will take place as part of the Vancouver Art Book Fair, to mark the launch of Hashemi’s photo book Excerpt From Baker’s Dozen.

  Speakeasy: Salon is a series of talks and presentations that interrogates Artspeak’s mandate to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. In this incarnation, speakers will present within the conversational salon format on wide-ranging subjects including art, music, literature, politics, popular culture, and science. Speakers select their own topics for discussion and are not expected to be experts in the subjects they present. Each session ends with a conversation between participants and speakers, creating an opportunity for the exchange of ideas and critical discourse, and a mutual scholarship of the topics explored. Speakeasy: Salon references both the demand for interdisciplinary learning in contemporary art and writing practices and an interest in the informal academic institution.

  RSVP to join in-person (first-come-first-served) for free via Eventbrite.

  The option to participate via Zoom may become available based on demand. Please RSVP to join online by emailing info@artspeak.ca with the subject line “Speakeasy: Salon RSVP” no later than Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 4:30pm PST.