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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Jocelyne Junker - The Artist Beheads Her Muse
DESCRIPTION:Massy Arts Society is pleased to be presenting a solo exhibition featuring paintings and photographic works by Vancouver based artist Jocelyne Junker upstairs in the gallery at Massy Books.⁣ \nJocelyne Junker is a Metis artist born in Saskatchewan. Her practice explores how photography can become entangled in performative gestures that affect the formulation and construction self identity. Through photography she engages in the questioning of representation and identity in the public sphere.⁣ \nFeaturing new bodies of work\, The Artist Beheads Her Muse confronts the fluctuating constructions of parasocial relationships – an audience’s mediated encounter with public figures in mass media. Created during times of intense isolation\, these photographs and paintings confuse the responsibilities associated with myth-making and archiving that surround public perception. Deliberate interchanging of subject and object replicate the harmful tendencies that come with the idolization of public figures. Junker implicates the personal\, solitary experience of watching others from afar\, and how the mystification of people expands as our own personhood is built up in new realms. Junker’s poised imagery speaks to the history of portraiture\, where the affluent had the ability to commission a narrative of their liking to be introduced into the world\, and it’s evolution into the massive proliferation of images we are witness to today. \nAccessibility: \nThis exhibition takes place upstairs in the Massy Gallery\, which is only accessible by a flight of stairs. Unfortunately\, no audio or visual tours are available at this time.⁣\n⁣\nMasks are mandatory while in Massy Books.⁣
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/exhibition-jocelyne-junker-the-artist-beheads-her-muse/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Fool by Jessie Jones
DESCRIPTION:In tarot\, the Fool represents continual beginnings\, not being able to see or think past the excitement and potential of a new start. The Fool is also associated with zero — a literal loop.\n\nLike Anne Carson writing poetry in the style of the poet alchemist Arthur Rimbaud\, Jessie Jones renders her reflections with acerbic brilliance. In her debut collection\, she examines the sensual\, cruel\, pleasing\, and depraved state of being human in the twenty-first century. All pro\, she’s ready to stage a coup d’état. \nWe hope you will join us for a special evening of poetry and discussion with Jessie Jones\, Kayla Czaga\, and Michael Prior. \n\nRegistration mandatory. Please register here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-the-fool-by-jessie-jones-tickets-128882841047\n\nPurchase The Fool by Jessie Jones by clicking here. \n\nAbout the author: \nJessie Jones grew up on the Prairies\, spent a decade on Vancouver Island\, and now calls Montreal home. Her work has been shortlisted for the Malahat Review’s Open Season Poetry Award\, Arc’s Poem of the Year contest\, and PRISM International’s Poetry Contest. Her chapbook\, Nix\, was released in 2018 with Desert Pets Press. The Fool is her debut collection. \nAbout the guests: \nKayla Czaga is the author of For Your Safety Please Hold On and Dunk Tank\, which was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. She lives in Victoria\, B.C. and serves as the online poetry mentor for SFU’s The Writer’s Studio. You can read her work and learn more about her at kaylaczaga.com. \nMichael Prior is the author of Burning Province (McClelland & Stewart\, 2020) and Model Disciple (Véhicule Press\, 2016)\, which was named one of the best books of the year by the CBC. His poems have appeared in Poetry\, The New Republic\, Narrative Magazine\, Poetry Daily\, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day Series. \n 
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/book-launch-the-fool-by-jessie-jones/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Juggling Mother by Amanda Watson
DESCRIPTION:On November 19th\, we invite you to celebrate the launch of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 with author Amanda Watson. Moderated by May Friedman\, this reading and discussion explores the idealized version of motherhood that perpetuates established inequities of race\, gender\, class\, and ability.⁣ This event takes place online via Zoom.\n⁣\n𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 is not about work-life balance. It is about how the expectation to manage competing labour demands impossibly well is pinned to women’s desire for political visibility and social inclusion. This controversial study makes the case that unfair labour distributions are publicly celebrated\, intentionally performed\, and intimately felt.⁣\n⁣\nSigned copies of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 can be purchased through Massy Books. ⁣\nhttps://bit.ly/2HPxT6p⁣\n⁣\nAbout the Author: ⁣\n⁣\nAmanda D. Watson is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. Her work has been published in the 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴\, 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦\, and 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘭’𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦. She teaches courses on the culture of capitalism\, power and conflict in Canadian society\, and the politics of family. Amanda lives here in East Vancouver with her partner\, kids and dogs.⁣\n⁣\nAbout the Moderator:⁣\n⁣\nMay Friedman blends social work\, teaching\, research\, writing and parenting\, often in the same five minute period. May’s research looks at unstable identities\, including bodies that do not conform to traditional racial and national or aesthetic lines. Most recently much of May’s research has focused on intersectional approaches to fat studies considering the multiple and fluid experiences of both fat oppression and fat activism. May works at Ryerson University as a faculty member in the School of Social Work and in the Ryerson/York graduate program in Communication and Culture. \nZoom Information:\nYour participation will result in the disclosure of personal information to Zoom Video Communications.\nTo consent to this disclosure\, visit the link below.\nhttps://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/zoomprivacy\nHave questions about SFU’s Zoom privacy and security guidelines\, visit the link below.\nhttps://www.sfu.ca/…/videoconferencing/zoom/privacy.html \nTopic: Book Launch: The Juggling Mother\nTime: Nov 19\, 2020 07:00 PM Vancouver\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://sfu.zoom.us/j/85283492653…\nMeeting ID: 852 8349 2653\nPassword: 279077\nOne tap mobile\n+17789072071\,\,85283492653#\,\,\,\,0#\,\,279077# Canada\n+12042727920\,\,85283492653#\,\,\,\,0#\,\,279077# Canada\nDial by your location\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\nMeeting ID: 852 8349 2653\nPassword: 279077\nFind your local number: https://sfu.zoom.us/u/kz025cLxY
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SUMMARY:Chinatown Pretty Book Talk (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Chinatown Pretty is a storytelling project (and now book!) that documents the street style of seniors in Chinatowns across North America. Started by Andria Lo and Valerie Luu six years ago\, the collection of photos and interviews use the seniors’ outfits as a gateway to their stories of immigration and values. Vancouver is the only Canadian city included in their book. Join us and the authors in an in-depth Q&A. \nPurchase and follow along with your copy of Chinatown Pretty. Indigenous-owned\, Vancouver Chinatown-based Massy Books is offering 10% discount off the retail price ($35.95). You can pick up a copy in-store or order here. \nAuthor bios: \nValerie Luu is a writer and one-half of the Vietnamese pop-up restaurant Rice Paper Scissors. She lives in San Francisco. @valerieluu \nAndria Lo is a freelance photographer whose work has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle\, the New York Times\, and Wired. She lives in Berkeley @aweilo \nThis virtual event is co-hosted by Youth Collaborative for Chinatown (YCC)\, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHSBC)\, Massy Arts Society\, and Raincoast Books. \nAttend the Event:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/chinatown-pretty-book-talk-registration-124205819951
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/chinatown-pretty-book-talk-online/
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