Possession Island (Abstraction), Gordon Bennett (1991)
Dr. Desmond Manderson lashes new layers atop Australia's colonial founding myths, through Gordon Bennett's 1991 painting, Possession Island. When Captain Cook planted the Union Jack on Possession Isla...
27 Jan 202218min
a preponderance of aboriginal blood, Judy Watson (2005)
Jeremy Eccles etches out the colonial and continued denial of discrimination against Australia's Indigenous communities, through Judy Watson's 2005 series, a preponderance of aboriginal blood. Sixteen...
13 Jan 202217min
Teak Column of al-Qalis, Mecca (6th Century)
Dr. Lily Filson reroutes religious loot through the 6th and 8th centuries, via the Teak Column of al-Qalis, produced in Yemen, and plundered for Saudi Arabia. A tall wooden column towers over pilgrims...
30 Dec 202118min
Linen Market, Dominica, Agostino Brunias (c. 1780)
Dr. Tessa Murphy retouches European renderings of colonial Caribbean commerce in the 18th century, through Agostino Brunias' oil painting, Linen Market, Dominica. Painted around 1780, Linen Market, Do...
16 Dec 202115min
Cashew Nuts for the Mozambican Revolution Poster, Alexandre Milhafre (c. 1979) (EMPIRE LINES x SOAS Interview)
For EMPIRE LINES’ 30th episode, we’re heading offline and out into the museum space - to SOAS’ Brunei Gallery, in London. Richard Gray is co-curator of their latest exhibition, Our Sophisticated Weapo...
2 Dec 202139min
Fifth Edition of Les Mille et Une Nuit (The Thousand and One Nights), Antoine Galland (1729)
Dr. David Damrosch intertwines imperial expectations in 18th century Europe with Middle Eastern realities, in Antoine Galland's Les Mille et Une Nuit, or The Thousand and One Nights. Filled with flyin...
18 Nov 202116min
Knotted Pile Carpet, Lahore Central Jail (c. 1880)
Dr. Dorothy Armstrong untangles British efforts to redefine colonial Indian culture, through a 19th century knotted pile carpet woven in Lahore Central Jail. Produced with the low-cost labour of India...
4 Nov 202118min
'White Buddhist' Statue of Theosophist Henry Steel Olcott, Colombo (c. 1970s)
Jessica Albrecht busts the founding myths of 19th century Buddhist revivalism, through a Statue of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott at Fort Railway Station in Sri Lanka, the former British colony of Ceylon....
21 Okt 202114min
