In this talk\, co-sponsored by th e U BC CMS Narratives Research Group\, Colin Browne will reflect on the jou rneys of surrealists Kurt Seligmann (Swiss)\, Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian)\, Alice Paalen (French)\, and Eva Sulzer (Swiss)\, to Alaska and British Colu mbia in 1938 and 1939 to experience firsthand the monumental and ceremonial arts of the Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast. What were they see king\, what did they find\, who did they meet? How were their lives and the ir work impacted by their experiences? And what are the challenges associat ed with writing a book about these pilgrimages?
Bio: Colin Browne is a poet\, editor\, documentary filmmaker\, film historian\, and Professor Emeritus in the School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU. His book about Paalen will be published by Talonbooks next year.
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Featured image: Alice Paalen at the foot o f a Tlingit pole\, Wrangell\, Alaska (Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw)\; Photo by Eva Sul zer\, with permission by Andreas Neufert.