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The Jewelers of the Ummah, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (2024, 2026) (EMPIRE LINES x Shed Publishing, House of European History) (opens the original)
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In this special episode, author, filmmaker, and jewellery-maker Ariella Aïsha Azoulay details shared, intertwined histories of Jewish and Muslim life in Algeria and North Africa, and how they have been fractured through French colonialism and Zionism, in their book, The Jewelers of the Ummah: A Potential History of the Jewish Muslim World (2024, 2026). This episode was recorded at Shed Publishing in Marseille as part of Peripheries and Horizons , a public programme curated by Jelena Sofronijevic
Electricity, Asad Raza (2026) (EMPIRE LINES x E-WERK Luckenwalde) (opens the original)
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Contemporary artist Asad Raza performs within the industrial infrastructures and ecologies of East Germany, conducting the development of electricity from Ancient Greece through the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR) in the 20th century, via the dramaturgy and exhibition, Electricity (2026). Asad Raza: Electricity is at E-WERK Luckenwalde until 25 April 2027. This episode was recorded in advance of Berlin Art Week 2026. Asad Raza’s commission for the new Art Hall a
Pasqyra e Lëndës (Sommarium), Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj (2025-Now) (EMPIRE LINES Live at Summit Photo 2026) (opens the original)
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In this special episode, contemporary artist Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj joins EMPIRE LINES live, to discuss memory, displacement and the politics of image-making in Albania and the Western Balkans, through their ongoing photography project, Pasqyra e Lëndës (Sommarium, or 'mirror of matter'). This episode was recorded live as part of the public programme for Summit Photo 2026, organised by the Royal Geographical Society, Photoworks, and the Royal Photographic Society, and supported by the Italian Cu
Tomorrow, again, Mona Benyamin (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Triangle-Astérides, Jaou Tunis 2026) (opens the original)
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Curator and translator Line Ajan observes time, language, and humour as an aesthetic, political, and coping strategy in Palestinian collective experiences, reviewing the traumas of the Nakba and Israeli settler colonialism throughout Mona Benyamin’s artistic practice, and video, Tomorrow, again (2023). Mona Benyamin: Like Clockwork is at Triangle-Astérides at La Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille until 27 September 2026. The exhibition is part of the Mediterranean Season 2026 (Saison Méditerran
ZED LOVE, Libita Sibungu (2026) (EMPIRE LINES Live at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange) (opens the original)
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In this special episode, contemporary artist Libita Sibungu joins EMPIRE LINES live, to explore the layers, energies, and geologies that connect people to place, and African diasporic, mixed and multi-racial, and working-class experiences in Cornwall, through their installation, ZED LOVE (2026). This episode was recorded live as part of the public programme for Libita Sibungu: ZED LOVE at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange in Penzance in July 2026. The exhibition continues until 31 October 2026:
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