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Jayce Salloum
Salloum working in Panjaw, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 2008
Born1958 (1958)
Kelowna, British Columbia
NationalityCanadian
EducationBanff School of Fine Arts (1975), Banff Centre for the Arts (1978-1979), San Francisco Art Institute (BFA, 1980), University of California, San Diego (MFA, 1988, Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, 1988
Known forContemporary art practices

Jayce Salloum[edit]

Jayce Salloum (b.1958) is a contemporary Canadian visual artist. A grandson of Syrian immigrants from the Beqaa Valley (Lebanon) he was born and raised on Sylix (Okanagan) territory in Kelowna, B.C. After 22 years living and working in San Francisco, Banff, Toronto, San Diego, Beirut, and New York he has been based in Vancouver since 1997.

He has a wide range of practice whereas his art production utilizes installation, photography, drawing, performance, text and video, he is also known for curating exhibitions, coordinating cultural projects and leading workshops.

Work / Projects[edit]

untitled video[edit]

The ‘untitled video’ is an ongoing video project that Salloum began working on in 1998, and showing publicly since Oct. 2001[1] at the former Canadian Musem of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec. The project consists of nine parts (till now) of videotapes that comprise interviews of people reflecting on their conditions of living, recent history or their situation as a member of a minority. Within theses stories the protagonists represent different forms of resistance. Reoccuring topics are social and political realities such as borders, nationalism and the polarities and tension of culture, geography and ideology. The video contains footage from former Yugoslavia, Lebanon, First Nation territories in British Columbia or Cuba. Although at first glance Salloum’s work has similarities to a documentary, he does not provide any information about his protagonists, their names or background in a journalistic way. No effort is taken to create objectivity. The people presented (artists, political activists, contemporary witnesses) are telling their individual stories, sharing their perspective and emotions in an intimate environment with the artist. Their stories are sublemented by experimental visuals. This archival and anthropological approach was seen as preserving the ‘history of the present’ by Jen Budeney[2]. (-> footnote catalogue).

An arrangement of screens continously playing the looped tapes in an exhibition space creates an atmosphere of visual contrast or mutual existence. These varying installations lead to the experience of the underlying subjecitvity of individual perception. 

untitled photographs[edit]

'Untitled photographs' is the umbrella term for a series of photographs. These include 'location/dislocations'[3] (1996- ongoing), subjective affinities[4] (2004- ongoing) or TO THE TRADE (1988 -1998).  Salloum’s research and archival practices are a reccuring theme, visualized within a street photography snap shot aesthetic[5].

locations/disclocation ( 1996- ongiong)

The series 'locations/dislocations'[6] depicts urban, suburban or so-called natural environments, exploring the construction of these terms and a way to visualize them. Salloum finds his subjects in shop windows, street scenes or natural environments while traveling or in his current place of residence. The natural objects appear to be untouched but at second glance they are influenced by the human presence.[3]

كان يا ما كان (Kan ya ma Kan) There was and there was not[edit]

The installation '(Kan ya ma kan) There was and there was not'[7] (1988-1998) analyses perceptions of Lebanon[8]. Salloum presents his research to a subject that holds personal meaning for him. Consisting of photographs, videotapes, books, postcards, calendars, maps, files, objects collected in Lebanon, this work shows a collective imagination without denying the individual and subjective understanding. A table with gloves, books, folders and various other materials gives the impression of a scientific research studio. Salloum is focusing on three main topics: Analyzing how the pictures of Lebanon have been used from the west and the middle east. He makes reference to specific points in the history of Lebanon and public figures or personal contacts. In addition, he reflects about his own subjective relationship to the country. Salloum questions our idea of research and history methodology and the steps taken in order to understand another culture.

“This archive brings together objects that usually circulate in different contexts and places [and] that seldom occupy the same space"[9] - Wallid Raad

 (sites +) demarcations

Other works[edit]

Exhibitions (selected)[edit]

  • 2016: do it Arab, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist & Hor Al Qasimi, Bait Al Shamsi, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE[10]
  • 2015: The 1990’s – Jayce Salloum: کان پا ها کان There Was and There Was Not (refux/fragments), AUB Art Gallery, American University of Beirut, Lebanon (solo)[11]
  • One Immaterial Collection: Figures upon Landscape, curated by Jim Quilty, Beirut Art Centre, Lebanon Art on a Greenline, curated by Johnny Alam, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
  • 2014: The Militant Image: Picturing What Is Already Going On, Or The Poetics Of The Militant Image, curated by Urban Subjects: Urban Subjects (Sabine Bitter, Jeff Derksen, Helmut Weber) & Camera Austria, Graz, Austria[12]
  • The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa[13] (solo)
  • 2011: Récits alternatifs (du Liban à l’Afghanistan, par la Vallée de l’Okanagan.), Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris[14] (solo)
  • 2010: Bamiyan (the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart), Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto[15] (solo)
  • 2010: Politics of Art, National Museum Of Contemporary Art, Athen[16]
  • 2008: L’Image Matière: Histoires visuelles de l’injustice et de la falsification, Musée du Louvre[17]
  • 2006: 15th Biennale Of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney[18]
  • 2006: everything and nothing and other works from the ongoing project ‘untitled’, 1999-2005, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany[19] (solo)

Screenings[edit]

  • 2005: Introduction to the end of an argument.., Kino der Kunst, Munich, Germany[20]

Public Art[edit]

Artist Jayce Salloum displayed a selection of his 'untitled photographs' series on different transit shelters in the city of Vancouver[21] in 2016. This installation was part of the cities public art program Coastal City.

Writings[edit]

Salloum tends to write and publish at least one major essay about each body of work, otherwise his occurs in brief_____

Others' Publications[edit]

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Curatorial & Related Work[edit]

Workshops[edit]

Salloum taught a variety of classes and led several workshops. In 2007 he began an art project for native youth together with Meeka Morgan[22] in Vancouver. At the international summer academy of fine arts in Salzburg he was invited to be in charge of the photography class in 2015[23].

Awards[edit]

Salloum was given the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts[24] in 2014 and he is a finalist of the 2016 ScotiaBank Photography Award.

Other awards/residencies/grants (selected):

  • 2016: Artist in Residence, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver[25]
  • 2010: Images Prize for Bes Canadian Media Artwork, Image Festival, Toronto[26]
  • 2009: Studio Residency Program, Artspace, Sydney, Australia[27]
  • 2008 Govett-Brewster Gallery, International Visiting Artist Residency, New Zealand 2007 Canada Council Long Term Grant (Visual Arts)[28]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fillip. "sans titre/untitled (Jayce Salloum)". Fillip. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  2. ^ Budney, Jen. "Speaking my truth" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "MKG127 | JAYCE SALLOUM  locations/dis-location(s)". www.mkg127.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 23 (help)
  4. ^ admin (2011-05-09). "Occupied Territories: Mapping the Transgressions of Cultural Terrain - an interview/essay with Jayce Salloum and Molly Hankwitz". www.experimentaltvcenter.org. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. ^ Ammiel Alcalay (Contributor), Dana Claxton (Contributor), Rawi Hage (Contributor), Jamelie Hassan (Contributor), Jen Budney (Editor) (2009). Jayce Salloum: History of the Present. Kamloops Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1896359694. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ krashhazzard (2013-11-12), Jayce Salloum - location/dis-location(s), retrieved 2017-01-13
  7. ^ "The 1990s- Jayce Salloum: There was and there was not" (PDF).
  8. ^ "AUB - Current - The 1990s – Jayce Salloum". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  9. ^ Raad, Wallid (1996). "On Jayce Salloum´s There was and There was not". Montreal: Optica, un centre en art contemporain.
  10. ^ "exhibitions - Sharjah Art Foundation". www.sharjahart.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  11. ^ "AUB - Current - The 1990s – Jayce Salloum". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  12. ^ "The Militant Image - Momus". Momus. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  13. ^ "2014 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts - A stunning selection of works by the recipients on view at the National Gallery of Canada. | National Gallery of Canada". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  14. ^ "Jayce Salloum — Récits Alternatifs (du Liban à l'Afghanistan, par la Vallée de l'Okanagan…) — Centre culturel canadien — Exposition". Slash Paris. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  15. ^ admin (2010-03-22). "Bamiyan (the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart)". Royal Ontario Museum. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  16. ^ "Politics of Art - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  17. ^ "Le remploi au cinéma | Musée du Louvre | Paris". www.louvre.fr. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  18. ^ "15th Biennale of Sydney: Zones of Contact". Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  19. ^ "Museum Villa Stuck: Stasi". www.villastuck.de. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  20. ^ "Kino der Kunst: Screening Jayce Salloum and Elia Suleiman | Lothringer 13 Halle". www.lothringer13.com. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  21. ^ "Platforms Coastal Cities- Artist Spotlight: Jayce Salloum". Our City. Our Art. Our Vancouver. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  22. ^ "Gallery Invites Native Youth To Participate In New Art Project with Professional Artists - KamloopsCity.com". KamloopsCity.com. 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  23. ^ SUMMERACADEMY.AT. "SUMMERACADEMY.AT | History". www.summeracademy.at. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  24. ^ Arts, Government of Canada, Canada Council for the. "The Canada Council for the Arts - Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". ggavma.canadacouncil.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ "Jayce Salloum | VIVO Media Arts Centre". www.vivomediaarts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  26. ^ critic, About The Author Jovana Jankovic Jovana is a; Worker, Cultural; Afterimage, student of media aesthetics Her writing has appeared in; Magazine, C.; Studies, the Canadian Journal of Film; cinema, among other publications In addition to; Cheese, Her Interests Include; wine; etymology. "2010 Images Festival Wraps Up With Awards". Toronto Film Scene. Retrieved 2017-01-14. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  27. ^ Digital, Atlas. "Artspace". www.artspace.org.au. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  28. ^ "Residencies". www.govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 2017-01-14. {{cite web}}: Text "Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre" ignored (help)

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