2023 Festival ← Public Programs Artist Talk

Artist Talk: Jayce Salloum

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Jayce Salloum, burning no house, thinking of and from here to elsewheres, the hood (dtes) to the Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos today, 12-13,000 displaced – once again – from a ‘camp’ that was built to crowd 3,000 people and held 20,000 at one time, more than double-refugees, utter lack of respect for humanity, utter sheer lack of health-care, nothing provided, reports that tear-gas canisters fired by the police started the first fire, and utter anguish and desperation fueled the rage, lane off Gore St., Sḵwx̱wú7mesh + səíl̓wətaʔł land, aka dtes Vancouver, 8/31/20, 2020. From the series location/dis-location(s). Courtesy of the artist, © Jayce Salloum, 2020
Jayce Salloum, burning no house, thinking of and from here to elsewheres, the hood (dtes) to the Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos today, 12-13,000 displaced – once again – from a ‘camp’ that was built to crowd 3,000 people and held 20,000 at one time, more than double-refugees, utter lack of respect for humanity, utter sheer lack of health-care, nothing provided, reports that tear-gas canisters fired by the police started the first fire, and utter anguish and desperation fueled the rage, lane off Gore St., Sḵwx̱wú7mesh + səíl̓wətaʔł land, aka dtes Vancouver, 8/31/20, 2020. From the series location/dis-location(s). Courtesy of the artist, © Jayce Salloum, 2020

Artist Jayce Salloum will speak about his work during the opening reception (2–5pm) for his solo exhibition not the way things oughta be.

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