Faculty Sabbatical Talks

Arni Haraldsson has exhibited his photographic work nationally and internationally, he has also written extensively about art. Recent exhibitions include 'C.1983' at Presentation House Gallery and 'The Biography of Images' at the Audain Gallery in Vancouver and an upcoming residency at Skriduklaustur in Iceland. Much of his work has concerned the lost aspirations of the utopian principles of Modernism, in terms of the design and social life of the city. As well, he has concentrated on various urban spaces and peripheral suburban landscapes in transition. His work poses architecture and landscape as emblematic of larger social forces, and as a symbolic system instrumental in the formation of human relations.

Dennis Burke has been an Associate Professor in Media Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design since 1987. Among his many activities at Emily Carr, Dennis has developed a series of courses that investigate the creative possibilities of sound in Design, Media, and Visual Art practice. In addition to his administrative and teaching duties Dennis' research interests center on acoustic communication and the relationship of sound to the moving image. Dennis is an multi award-winning composer and sound designer for film and television with over 100 films to his credit. His work can be seen regularly on network and cable television, film festivals, galleries and commercial theatres world wide. Dennis has been a professional musician for the past 30 years, performing extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

John Wertschek is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Culture + Community, specializing in the Foundation Program, where he teaches Creative Processes and Photography. He was Chair of Education Council (now Senate) for six years and is currently serving a three year term on the Board of Governors. He studied Honours Mathematics and Physics as an undergraduate before receiving his degree in Architecture (University of British Columbia, 1973) and Masters of Business Administration (Simon Fraser University, 2002). He has worked as an architectural designer, an urban planner, has built houses and has exhibited as an artist and photographer. He is the recipient of a Canada Council Grant and the City of Vancouver Heritage Award. In 1979, he founded the Vancouver League for Studies in Architecture and the Environment and initiated the Alcan Lectures in Architecture (Vancouver).