Listening to Empire: Making Podcasts with Producer Jelena Sofronijevic (EMPIRE LINES x Retrospect Live Event)
Retrospect Journal is joined by Audio Producer Jelena Sofronijevic to unpack their ongoing series, EMPIRE LINES. EMPIRE LINES uncovers the unexpected, often two-way flows of Empires through art. From ...
22 Apr 202147min
The Magnificent Seven (Port of Spain), Trinidad (c. 1902-1910)
Historian Gérard Besson uncovers the colonial foundations of Caribbean cosmopolitanism, through the Magnificent Seven (Port of Spain), in Trinidad. Seven magnificent buildings, each unique in design a...
8 Apr 202117min
Two Islamic Bronzes with Al-Mulk Inscription (c. 10th Century)
Dr. Glaire Anderson traces artistic and intellectual interpretations of sovereignty within Islam, through two 10th century bronzes bearing the inscription, al-mulk. Bronzes bearing the Arabic word for...
25 Mar 202112min
Self-Portrait of the Artist in Macau, George Chinnery (c. 1844)
Art critic Laura Gascoigne portrays the connections between British colonial and cultural opportunism, through George Chinnery’s 1840s Self-Portrait, of the Artist in Macau. George Chinnery (1774-1852...
11 Mar 202115min
Replica of the Kudara Kannon, Niiro Chunosuke (1931-1932)
Dr. Angus Lockyer detonates bids to define imperial Japan’s historical and artistic identities, through Niiro Chunosuke’s 1930s replica of the Kudara Kannon. 6000 miles from home, in the British Museu...
25 Feb 202113min
Ceylonese Tea Pickers, Edward Atkinson Hornel (c. 1907)
Ben Reiss exposes Britain’s colonial gaze, contrasting Edward Atkinson Hornel’s photography and painting, Ceylonese Tea Pickers. Edward Atkinson (E.A.) Hornel’s Ceylonese Tea Pickers boldly depicts Ta...
11 Feb 202114min
Azulejos for a Portuguese Church Altar (17th Century)
Dr. Céline Ventura Teixeira shines light on the fusion of Eastern motifs and European iconography, in a set of azulejos – or decorative tiles - produced for a church altar in 17th century imperial Por...
28 Jan 202113min
The Czartoryski Polonaise Carpet (17th Century)
Dr. Paulina Banas unravels the purported Persian roots of 17th century Polish identities, through the Czartoryski Polonaise Carpet. Imported from the Safavid Persian Empire, Polonaise carpets were hig...
14 Jan 202114min
