Can objects from the past make us see the present in a new light? How does art reframe things that carry histories of oppression? To find out, listen to this episode where artist Nari Ward is in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At Sharjah, Ward installed a work called Duty Colossus (2023). A large-scale project modelled on fish traps and pl ... Show More
May 2025
EP14: Kapulani Landgraf x Megan Tamati-Quennell
Kapulani Landgraf is a Kānaka Maoli artist from Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. In this episode, she speaks about the responsibility to engage in creative forms of resistance against the destruction and erosion of the ‘āina’—which encompasses her peoples’ land and its living entitie ... Show More
17m 45s
Feb 2024
Episode 08: Backstory: Untitled (2023)
Join Elizabeth Giorgis as she tells us about some of the symbols and imagery that appear in Melkamzer’s paintings, such as faces, vines, suns and moons, to gain insight into reading telsem. Backstory is available in both audio and video formats. To view this episode in video, cli ... Show More
7m 10s
Dec 2023
Episode 01: The Diasporic Imagination
How do the concepts of home, longing and belonging resonate through works by artists Etel Adnan, Lubaina Himid, Rashed Aereen and Saloua Rouda Choucair? In this episode, Hoor Al Qasimi speaks with curator Omar Kholeif about the themes that percolate through the exhibition ‘In the ... Show More
24m 14s
Jan 2024
Episode 06: Backstory: Untitled (1990)
In this episode of Backstory, curator and art historian Salah Hassan elaborates on the historical significance of Untitled (1990), a painting by Gavin Jantjes, and how it contributes to the discourse and representation of African and African Diaspora art. Backstory is available i ... Show More
6m 54s
Apr 2020
66 — Zaha Hadid — 1/4 — AA Days
In our first episode on Zaha Hadid, we dive into the spell-binding work of one of the most famous, controversial and interesting architects of her generation. We begin by imagining the unique atmosphere of the Architectural Association in the 1970s, where Zaha was a student, taug ... Show More
58m 26s