Vancouver Flying University
Inverted Education: Alternative Knowledge Production
Gallery Gachet. September 21, 6pm.
Panel discussion with Nathan Allen, Hendrik Beune, Kristina Podesva, Stefanie Ratjen, Jayce Salloum
Kristina Lee Podesva is an artist, writer, and curator based in Vancouver. She is the founder of colourschool, a free school within a school dedicated to the speculative and collaborative study of five colours (white, black, red, yellow, and brown). She is cofounder of Cornershop Projects, and an Assistant Editor at the Fillip Review.
Jayce Salloum has been working in installation, photography, new media, and video since 1975, as well as curating exhibitions, conducting workshops and coordinating cultural events. Recent exhibitions and screenings include Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand and E-flux Video Rental.
Nathan Allen is the coordinator of Insite for Community Safety, the non-profit organization which ran the campaign to save Insite, Canada’s only safe injection site.
Stefanie Ratjen is the Vice President of External Affairs for the Alma Mater Society at the University of British Columbia is a member of Students for a Democratic Society.
Hendrik Beune is a community activist and new media developer, whose activities focus on the DTES. Locally he is active with the Fearless media, Fearless TV clusters and the Fearless Writers Circle as well as with the W2 group. His main interest are social justice, community building and new media ethics.