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SUMMARY: What is Thinkable is Also Possible: Surrealists on the Northwest C
 oast (Public Talk by Colin Browne)
DESCRIPTION: In this talk\, Browne will reflect on the journeys of surreali
 sts Kurt Seligmann (Swiss)\, Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian)\, Alice Paalen (Fre
 nch)\, and Eva Sulzer (Swiss)\, to Alaska and British Columbia in 1938 and 
 1939 to experience firsthand the monumental and ceremonial arts of the Indi
 genous cultures of the Northwest Coast.
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 full" src="https://cene.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/02
 /IMG_6304.jpg" alt="" width="2079" height="2204" /></p><p>In this talk\, co
 -sponsored by the <a href="https://migration.ubc.ca/research/research-group
 s/narratives/">UBC CMS Narratives Research Group</a>\, Colin Browne will re
 flect on the journeys of surrealists Kurt Seligmann (Swiss)\, Wolfgang Paal
 en (Austrian)\, Alice Paalen (French)\, and Eva Sulzer (Swiss)\, to Alaska 
 and British Columbia in 1938 and 1939 to experience firsthand the monumenta
 l and ceremonial arts of the Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast. Wh
 at were they seeking\, what did they find\, who did they meet? How were the
 ir lives and their work impacted by their experiences? And what are the cha
 llenges associated with writing a book about these pilgrimages?</p><p><img 
 class="wp-image-18554 size-thumbnail alignleft" src="https://cene.cms.arts.
 ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/02/IMG_6456-150x150.jpg" alt="" wid
 th="150" height="150" /><strong>Bio:</strong> Colin Browne is a poet\, edit
 or\, documentary filmmaker\, film historian\, and Professor Emeritus in the
  School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU. His book about Paalen will be pub
 lished by Talonbooks next year.</p><hr /><p>Featured image: Alice Paalen at
  the foot of a Tlingit pole\, Wrangell\, Alaska (Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw)\; Photo
  by Eva Sulzer\, with permission by Andreas Neufert.</p><p> </p>
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