Current & Past Events
Beginning With Black & White An Artist Talk
In 1965, the public voices of both Malcolm X and J.D. Salinger went silent only 119 days apart but by drastically different means. Where one voice was silenced involuntarily, the other willingly retreated from public life – i.e. Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21 at the Audubon Ballroon in Harlem while J.D. Salinger published his last work, ?Hapworth 16, 1924,? on June 19 in The New Yorker, subsequently retiring to his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.An interest in the coincidences and differences between these two figures regarding voice has inspired a new project by Dan Starling, who investigates this relationship through a variety of media including a book work, photography, and video. For this colourschool session, Dan Starling will discuss recent projects including the Alliance for French & American Relations, photo-collage works, and his new project involving Malcolm X and JD Salinger.
- host:
- Dan Starling
- date & time:
- April 30th, 2007 at 7 pm
- location:
- 6363 Stores Road Studio 2A University of British Columbia
- contact:
- [info@colourschool.org]
Host Biographies
Dan Starling is a recent graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. His collaborative projects with Jillian Pritchard and Rachelle Sawatsky have primarily focused on the book as an object and narrative in fiction, performance, and video. His work has appeared in exhibitions held at the Helen Pitt Gallery, ECIAD, and most recently in the Group Search project curated by Lorna Brown for the Vancouver Public Library. He co-authored How to Write a Book of—Alliance for French & American Relations with Rachelle Sawatsky, which wryly brings together the writing of Abbie Hoffman and George Perec.