Murals, Malangatana Ngwenya (1967, 1987) (EMPIRE LINES x Tate Modern and The Africa Centre Interview)
We're celebrating fifty episodes of EMPIRE LINES, with three specials recorded offline and in the museum space – this time in the Tate Modern, in London, for their latest exhibition Surrealism Beyond ...
19 Elo 202242min
Memorial to Lost Words at the Lahore Museum, Bani Abidi (2016/2018)
Dr. Sonal Khullar sounds out how the Long Partition shapes Indian and Pakistani identities, through Bani Abidi's 2016 audio installation, Memorial to Lost Words. Memorial to Lost Words has been seen a...
11 Elo 202216min
The Dark Dancer, Balachandra Rajan (1958)
Dr. Nalini Iyer rereads South Indian and diasporic experiences of Partition, through Balachandra Rajan's 1958 novel, The Dark Dancer. Born in British India but educated at Cambridge University, V. S. ...
4 Elo 202217min
Colonial Days: We Demand Colonies For Poland Poster, Maritime and Colonial League (1938)
Dr. Piotr Puchalski depicts interwar Poland's imperial aspirations, through the Maritime and Colonial League's 1938 poster, Colonial Days: We Demand Colonies For Poland. Facing economic crises and the...
21 Heinä 202216min
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (18th Century)
Hooda Shawa rewrites the fairytales in England's 18th century country houses, exposing the Indian and Palestinian foundations of Derbyshire's Kedleston Hall. Nestled amidst acres of rolling hills, Der...
7 Heinä 202219min
Ivory Statue of St. Michael the Archangel, Basilica of Guadalupe (17th Century)
Dr. Stephanie Porras carves out the Chinese connection between Spain's colonies in Mexico City and Manila in the Philippines, in a 17th century ivory statue of St. Michael the Archangel. With gently c...
23 Kesä 202217min
Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam, John Greenwood (c. 1752-1758)
Dr. Jared Hardesty picks up the party debris littered by New England's illegal imperialists, via John Greenwood's 1750s painting, Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam. Drinking, gambling, and debauchery ...
9 Kesä 202215min
Map of Endowments for 'Colonial' University, New Zealand (1873)
Dr. Caitlin Harvey maps out land transfers from Indigenous communities to European education institutions, through an 1873 Map of New Zealand’s 'Colonial' University. Depicting the North Island of Aot...
26 Touko 202216min
