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Chromatic

Ten Meditations on Crisis in Art and Letters

by (author) Purang Abolmaesumi, Jennifer Black, Lara Boyd, Carrie Jenkins, Hoi Kong, M.V. Ramana, Steven Reynolds, Michelle Stack, Sheila Teves & Y-Dang Troeung

Publisher
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Initial publish date
Oct 2021
Category
Essays, Canadian, Essays
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781775276654
    Publish Date
    Oct 2021
    List Price
    $15.00

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Chromatic: Ten Meditations on Crisis in Art and Letters is a collection of essays and illustrations as diverse as the subject of crisis itself. Imagined and brought to life by leading UBC scholars in collaboration with local artists, Chromatic asks what it means to be in crisis and grapples with the personal and societal impacts of crisis during a time of unprecedented global upheaval. Each contributor to this diverse collection takes a profoundly different approach yet fascinating and unexpected connections emerge. The result is a book that juxtaposes gorgeous, colourful artwork with writing that will surprise and challenge you, outrage and enlighten you.

About the authors

Purang Abolmaesumi's profile page

Jennifer Ilse Black lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She achieved her B.A. and M.A. in English, Film and Theatre from the University of Manitoba, where she studied for 10 years. Black spent the majority of her time at the U of M as a student activist, working in feminist, queer, and anti-racist collectives, and serving terms on the campus students' union council and executive. Black was a student at Cartae Open School 2016-17, where she studied healing and meaning-making through the ritual and labour of textile artistry.

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Carrie Jenkins is a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia and the author of What Love Is (and What it Could Be) and Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning. She holds a PhD in philosophy from Trinity College, Cambridge, and an MFA in creative writing from UBC. She has been featured in The Atlantic, the New York Times, the Globe and Mail and the Telegraph, among others.

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Hoi Kong's profile page

M.V. Ramana's profile page

Steven Reynolds' profile page

Michelle Stack is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Michelle Stack's profile page

Sheila Teves' profile page

Y-Dang Troeung's profile page

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