[BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Philosophers' Café, Wed. Oct. 13th, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - EVENT

October 4, 2010

 

 

Philosophers' Café with the Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia

Can Documents Become Monuments? Snapshots in the Digital Age

 

 

Vancouver, BC - The Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia welcomes Bill Jeffries for a Philosophers' Cafe discussion of: Can Documents Become Monuments? Snapshots in the Digital Age on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm in the Snider Adult Lounge, located on the 1st floor of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (950 W. 41st Ave, Vancouver). 

 

Time has an impact on everything, but the way it changes the value and meaning of photographs is riddled with inversions. A snapshot of Shakespeare would be a huge monument, if it existed and today's throwaway picture will, similarly, be valuable in several hundred years, if it survives.  Today's monuments, conversely, will have deteriorated, and be known to future generations only through documentary evidence.  What does this situation have to say about the pictures we take today and how their meaning changes over time?

 

The Philosophers' Café program is a series of gatherings featuring high level public conversation. No philosophical training or expertise is required. The Philosophers' Café promotes open, meaningful dialogue on the discussion topic, enabling participants to share their own ideas and to broaden their perspective by considering the views of others. No philosophical training or expertise is required. 

 

About the moderator:

Bill Jeffries is currently the Director of the SFU Art Gallery. His involvement with photography goes back several decades, first as an artist in the 1977 to 1983 period & then as owner of the Coburg Gallery, from 1983 to 1987,  at the time the main space for photography exhibitions in Vancouver. He was Director/Curator at Presentation House Gallery from 2001 to 2005

 

Admission: $5.00/person at the door. Refreshments by donation. No RSVP required, everyone is welcome.

 

The 2010-11 Philosophers' Cafe series is presented in collaboration with Simon Fraser University Department of Continuing Studies.

 

For more information, contact the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC at info at jewishmuseum.ca or call (604)257-5199. 

To view the full Philosophers' Café schedule of events, visit www.jewishmuseum.ca/cafes.

 

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Media Contact:

Molly Winston, Education Coordinator

Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia

(604) 257-5199 | mwinston at jewishmuseum.ca

 

 

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