French artist Nathalie Muchamad, of Indonesian descent, integrates global history and personal memory within her artistic practice to critically examine the historical role of the European slave trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as the ways in which colonialism and migration have shaped her family history. Muchamad reflects on her family’s experience as forced labourers in New Caledonia, contrasting the island’s ongoing struggle for independence with the political and social realities of Mayotte, where she currently lives and works. In this episode, she also addresses the devastating impact of a recent cyclone in Mayotte, offering a critical assessment of the French government’s inadequate disaster response and its long-standing, systemic neglect of overseas territories. Through installation, narrative strategies, and speculative fiction, Muchamad’s practice seeks to recover marginalised or erased histories, including the global displacement of plants and people within the plantation economy. By foregrounding the intertwined botanical and human costs of imperial expansion, her work engages with collective memories that remain absent from official historical narratives. We invite listeners to delve into Muchamad’s artistic practice and to reflect on questions of temporality, displacement, and historical responsibility within the complex terrain of global history.

#cyclone #chido #breadfruit #planetarity #indoneisa #MarlonBrando

法國藝術家娜塔莉・穆恰馬德 (Nathalie Muchamad) 具有印尼血統，其藝術實踐結合全球歷史與個人記憶，批判性地檢視歐洲奴隸貿易在印度洋與太平洋地區所扮演的歷史角色，以及殖民與遷徙如何形塑她的家族歷史。穆恰馬德回顧家族作為新喀里多尼亞強迫勞動者的經驗，並將該島持續至今的獨立運動，與她目前居住與工作的馬約特島之政治與社會現實進行對照。此外，本集節目中穆恰馬德亦反思近期重創馬約特的熱帶氣旋災害，並對法國政府在災後應變上的不足，以及其對海外領地長期存在的結構性忽視提出批判。透過裝置、敘事策略與推想式虛構書寫，穆恰馬德的創作試圖召回那些被邊緣化或抹除的歷史，包括種植園經濟體系下，植物與人群在全球尺度上的流離與遷移。藉由揭示帝國擴張所造成的植物性與人類生命成本之交織關係，她的作品試圖回應那些缺席於官方歷史敘事中的集體記憶。我們邀請您一同深入穆恰馬德的藝術實踐，在全球歷史的複雜脈絡中，思考時間性、流離經驗與歷史責任等關鍵議題。

關鍵字：#熱帶氣旋 #奇多 #麵包果 #行星性 #印度尼西亞 #馬龍白蘭度

☯ Nathalie Muchamad ☯

Nathalie Muchamad is a French visual artist born in Nouméa, New Caledonia. She currently lives and works in Mayotte, a French overseas territory in the Comoros archipelago. Working across textiles, smell, video, drawing, text, and installation, Muchamad investigates the concept of multiplicity within a globally connected and multipolar world. Her practice examines the historical role of the European slave trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, while also engaging with her own family history, shaped by displacement resulting from colonisation and systems of contract labour on coffee plantations.

✦ More Information ✦https://nathaliemuchamad.com/

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☯ About the hosts ☯

Lou Mo is a Chinese-Canadian artist and curator whose research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary exchanges between Asia and Africa, as well as the works of Third World artists. She is also interested in the dynamics of center and periphery, diaspora, identity, and the perceptual differences emerging from post-colonial history.

Musquiqui Chihying is a Taiwanese visual artist. Specialising in the use of multimedia such as film and sound, he investigates the human condition and environmental system in the age of global capitalisation and engages in the inquiry of and research on issues of subjectivity in contemporary social culture in the Global South.

☯ 關於娜塔莉・穆恰馬德 ☯

娜塔莉・穆恰馬德為出生於新喀里多尼亞首府努美亞的法國藝術家，現居住並工作於馬約特島，位於葛摩群島的法國海外領地。她以紡織、氣味、影像、繪畫、文字與裝置作為創作媒介，探討在彼此連結且呈現複雜結構世界中的「多重性」。她的創作關注歐洲奴隸貿易在印度洋與太平洋地區所扮演的角色，並回溯自身家族因殖民歷史與咖啡種植園契約勞動制度而經歷的遷徙與流離，試圖在個人記憶與全球歷史之間建立對話。

☯ 關於主持人 ☯

莫奴是加拿大籍華裔藝術家和策展人，他的研究主要側重在現當代的亞非交流與第三世界藝術家的創作，也對中心與邊緣、後殖民的歷史中產生的離散、身份認同與感知差異剛興趣。

致穎是臺灣視覺藝術工作者，他擅長運用聲音及影像等媒材進行創作，以探討全球資本化時代人類生存語境與環境體系之關聯，並多方關注全球南方當代社會之主體性研究與探查。

The curators Asli Seven and Merv Espina—members of the 9th Asian Art Biennial team—together with Fang Yen Hsiang, Anne Davidian, and Haeju Kim, offer valuable insights into the research and artistic projects exploring the meanings and entanglements of the Afro-Asian oceanic regions. Through their curatorial and artistic practices, they illuminate critical perspectives reflected in several of the projects featured in this edition of the Biennial, hosted by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. These include remarkable works by artists such as Nathalie Muchamad, Tao Leigh Goffe, Richard Fung, and Gary Zhexi Zhang, among others. We invite you to join us in delving into these layered inquiries and curatorial approaches, and to revisit the Biennial through an oceanic lens.

#Asia #BlackAtlantic #Breadfruit #CIA #Dalpuri #Zanzibar

策展人艾斯莉・西文（Asli Seven）與墨夫・艾斯賓納（Merv Espina），作為第九屆亞洲藝術雙年展策展團隊的成員，聯同方彥翔、安妮・戴維狄安（Anne Davidian）與金海主（Haeju Kim），共同為我們帶來關於非亞海域藝術研究的深刻見解。透過他們珍貴的策展與藝術實踐，呈現出多樣且富有當代意涵的藝術計劃與方法。本屆雙年展由國立臺灣美術館主辦，展出了眾多精彩作品，包括娜塔莉・穆恰馬德（Nathalie Muchamad）、陶・雷伊・高佛（Tao Leigh Goffe）、馮理查（Richard Fung）與張哲熙（Gary Zhexi Zhang）等藝術家的創作。我們誠摯邀請您一同深入這場結合藝術研究與策展實踐的旅程，並從海洋的視角重新觀看本屆雙年展。

關鍵字：

#亞洲 #黑色大西洋 #麵包果 #中央情報局 #豆普里 #尚吉巴

☯ About Asli Seven ☯

Asli Seven is an independent curator, researcher and writer based between Istanbul and Paris. Her research and curatorial projects focus on art, ecology and social change through studies around diaspora and displacement, infrastructures, landscape, pedagogy and performativity of documents, with an emphasis on fieldwork, ficto-criticism and co-creation. Since 2014 she has collaborated as curator and writer with museums, foundations, public galleries, residency programs and non-profit spaces in Turkey, France, Spain, UK, UAE, the US, the Philippines and Taiwan.

☯ About Merv Espina ☯

Merv Espina is an artist and researcher. He has exhibited, intervened and performed in ad-hoc and informal initiatives, as well as institutions and the occasional perennial art event, like Jakarta Biennale 2015, Yokohama Triennial 2020, and Colomboscope 2024. He is a curator for WSK Festival of the Recently Possible (est. 2008), a sound and media art festival. WSK co-initiated Nusasonic (2018-2022), a platform for sound cultures research and experimental music exchange between Europe and Southeast Asia. Until 2020, he was curator and program director of artist-run space Green Papaya Art Projects (est. 2000).

☯ About the hosts ☯

Lou Mo is a Chinese-Canadian artist and curator whose research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary exchanges between Asia and Africa, as well as the works of Third World artists. She is also interested in the dynamics of center and periphery, diaspora, identity, and the perceptual differences emerging from post-colonial history.

Musquiqui Chihying is a Taiwanese visual artist. Specialising in the use of multimedia such as film and sound, he investigates the human condition and environmental system in the age of global capitalisation and engages in the inquiry of and research on issues of subjectivity in contemporary social culture in the Global South.

☯ 關於艾斯莉・西文 ☯

艾斯莉・西文是一位往來於伊斯坦堡和巴黎之間、致力於虛構與真實之界線的獨立研究員、策展人和作家，其關注為基礎建設、地景與另類教習法，同時強調田野調查與共同創作的方法。從2014年起，她以策展人和作家的身份與土耳其、法國、西班牙、英國、阿聯酋、美國、菲律賓和台灣的博物館、基金會、畫廊、駐村計畫和非營利空間合作。

☯ 關於墨夫．艾斯賓納 ☯

墨夫．艾斯賓納是一名藝術家兼研究員。他透過即興或非正式行動，以及機構和常年藝術活動（例如：2015年雅加達雙年展、2020年橫濱三年展和2024年可倫坡三年展）展出、介入及表演。他是WSK聲音與媒體藝術節策展人之一，WSK也與歌德學院策略合作，共同發起「島嶼之聲」（2018～2022）這個致力於歐洲與東南亞之間的聲音文化研究暨實驗音樂交流平台。

☯ 關於主持人 ☯

莫奴是加拿大籍華裔藝術家和策展人，他的研究主要側重在現當代的亞非交流與第三世界藝術家的創作，也對中心與邊緣、後殖民的歷史中產生的離散、身份認同與感知差異剛興趣。

致穎是臺灣視覺藝術工作者，他擅長運用聲音及影像等媒材進行創作，以探討全球資本化時代人類生存語境與環境體系之關聯，並多方關注全球南方當代社會之主體性研究與探查。

伊朗薩法維王朝為什麼要在十七世紀時派遣使團出訪泰國呢？而鴉片貿易和季風又是如何塑造出印度洋海域早期的交流樣貌呢？本期節目我們從2023年出版的《連結印度洋世界》（Connecting the Indian Ocean World）論文集來討論當代如何開始以印度洋作為區域主體的研究對象，並且介紹書中有趣的篇章。

關鍵字：季風、鴉片貿易、薩法維王朝、藍染、腹地

Why Did the Safavid Dynasty of Iran Dispatch a Diplomatic Mission to Thailand in the Seventeenth Century? How Did the Opium Trade and Monsoons Shape Early Patterns of Exchange in This Maritime Region?

In this episode, we delve into these questions through the lens of Connecting the Indian Ocean World, a collection of essays published in 2023. We explore how contemporary scholarship has increasingly centred the Indian Ocean as a distinct regional framework for historical inquiry, while also introducing some of the volume’s most intriguing chapters.

#Monsoon #Opium Trade #Safavid Dynasty #Indigo Dyeing #Hinterland

☯ 關於本書 ☯

《連結印度洋世界》探討了從近代到殖民時代存在的許多跨文化交流境況，幫助我們釐清十九世紀橫跨印度洋與大西洋的經濟網絡。本書以批判的歷史視角，討論了當時最大的馬來-印尼群島鴉片貿易市場、薩法維王朝對暹羅的使團以及與西非洲間的經貿關係等。

☯ About the book ☯

Connecting the Indian Ocean World examines the many overlapping linkages that existed from the early modern period and into the colonial era. It offers a clear understanding of the economic networks that extended across the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic during the 19th century. With a critical historical lens, the volume discusses themes like the opium trade in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago – the biggest opium trade market at the time; the Safavid mission to Siam; and the economic relationship between Pondicherry and West Africa, via France.

☯ 關於編者 ☯

拉德希卡·塞山

拉德希卡目前是浦那共生文理學院的客座教授。他的研究關注中世紀印度歷史連結的貿易和海上網路。

島田龍登

東京大學人文社會學研究院亞洲史系副教授。他透過日語與英語發表了大量關於近代印度洋世界網絡相關的論文。

☯ About the editors ☯

Radhika Seshan

Radhika retired as Professor and Head of the Department of History, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly the University of Pune). She is now Visiting Faculty at the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune. Within the broad area of medieval Indian history, her research focuses on trade, especially in textiles, and maritime networks.

Ryuto Shimada

Ryuto is associate professor, Department of Asian History, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo. he has published extensively in Japanese and in English on aspects of the networks of the Indian Ocean world in the early modern age.

☯ 關於主持人 ☯

莫奴是加拿大籍華裔藝術家和策展人，他的研究主要側重在現當代的亞非交流與第三世界藝術家的創作，也對中心與邊緣、後殖民的歷史中產生的離散、身份認同與感知差異剛興趣。

致穎是臺灣視覺藝術工作者，他擅長運用聲音及影像等媒材進行創作，以探討全球資本化時代人類生存語境與環境體系之關聯，並多方關注全球南方當代社會之主體性研究與探查。

☯ About the hosts ☯

Lou Mo is a Chinese-Canadian artist and curator whose research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary exchanges between Asia and Africa, as well as the works of Third World artists. She is also interested in the dynamics of center and periphery, diaspora, identity, and the perceptual differences emerging from post-colonial history.

Musquiqui Chihying is a Taiwanese visual artist. Specialising in the use of multimedia such as film and sound, he investigates the human condition and environmental system in the age of global capitalisation and engages in the inquiry of and research on issues of subjectivity in contemporary social culture in the Global South.

The anthropologist Dr Derek Sheridan shares his fascinating experiences conducting field research in Tanzania. His study explores how martial arts, or Kung Fu, serve as a lens to examine the interplay between individual experiences, relationality, and geopolitical imaginaries. Of particular interest is the connection between East Africa and East Asia, offering fresh insights into their cultural and historical interactions. We invite you to join us for this compelling interview. Below, you’ll also find additional resources on Dr Sheridan’s research for those eager to delve deeper.

#Anthropology #Tanzania #Chinese #Immigrants #KungFu

人類學家謝力登(Derek Sheridan)博士分享了他在坦尚尼亞進行田野研究的精彩經歷。他的研究探討了武術（或功夫）如何成為檢視生命經驗、社會關係性以及地緣政治想像交互作用的媒介，尤其是東非與東亞地區間鮮少被關注的聯繫，為兩地的文化與歷史提供了不同的觀點。在這場引人入勝的訪談影片下方，我們亦附上更多關於 謝立登博士的研究資料，供有興趣深入了解的讀者參考。

關鍵字：#人類學 #坦尚尼亞 #華人 #移民 #功夫

☯ About Dr Derek Sheridan ☯

2024年10月英國宣布放棄查哥斯群島主權，並移交給模里西斯，但是島上的美軍基地依然照常運作。查哥斯群島怎麼了？這裡的軍事基地又是如何影響美軍在中東戰事的佈局呢？

關鍵字：查哥斯群島、迪亞哥加西亞島、驅逐查哥斯人、美軍、阿富汗

In October 2024, the United Kingdom announced its relinquishment of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, transferring it to Mauritius. However, the U.S. military base on the islands continues to operate as usual. What has happened to the Chagos Archipelago? How does the military base here influence the U.S. military's strategic positioning in the Middle East?

#Chagos Archipelago #Diego Garcia #Displacement of the Chagossians #U.S. military #Afghanistan

About the Chagossian artist Audrey Albert

Audrey Albert is currently based in Manchester after studying photography at the Manchester Metropolitan University between 2015 – 2018. Her main creative mediums are digital and analog photography. Audrey’s main body of work Matter Out of Place sheds a light on an unfair and shameful page of Mauritian and British history in which the entire population of The Chagos Archipelago was forcefully displaced from their homeland due to political agendas between 1968 – 1973. 

 https://bio.site/audreyalbert

☯ About the hosts ☯Lou Mo is a Chinese-Canadian artist and curator whose research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary exchanges between Asia and Africa, as well as the works of Third World artists. She is also interested in the dynamics of center and periphery, diaspora, identity, and the perceptual differences emerging from post-colonial history.Musquiqui Chihying is a Taiwanese visual artist. Specialising in the use of multimedia such as film and sound, he investigates the human condition and environmental system in the age of global capitalisation and engages in the inquiry of and research on issues of subjectivity in contemporary social culture in the Global South.☯ 關於主持人 ☯莫奴是加拿大籍華裔藝術家和策展人，他的研究主要側重在現當代的亞非交流與第三世界藝術家的創作，也對中心與邊緣、後殖民的歷史中產生的離散、身份認同與感知差異剛興趣。致穎是臺灣視覺藝術工作者，他擅長運用聲音及影像等媒材進行創作，以探討全球資本化時代人類生存語境與環境體系之關聯，並多方關注全球南方當代社會之主體性研究與探查。

潮汐辯證用以描述一種關於歷史、時間與身份的替代性思考，與線性的、以歐洲為中心論的歷觀形成對比，本集節目我們即從不同的時間性概念來思考全球南方地域與海洋連結的可能性。

關鍵字：群島、關係詩學、海底根莖、潮汐、時間

Tidalectics describes an alternative way of thinking about history, time, and identity, symbolising a cyclical, fluid, and rhythmic approach in contrast to the linear, Eurocentric view of history and progress. This episode explores possibilities for connecting the Global South with the ocean through different concepts of temporality.

#Archipelago #Poetics of Relation #Submarine Rhizome #Tide #Time

Reference

Hessler Stefanie (Editor),Tidalectics: Imagining an Oceanic Worldview through Art and Science, MIT Press, 2017

Hau’ofa Epeli, We Are The Ocean, University of Hawaii Press, 2008

蕉色海聲（Sallow Sea Sound）是一系列探索亞洲與非洲海域歷史與文化交流境況的研究。本集節目由兩位主持人莫奴與致穎介紹內容構想與未來展望，同時也分享了他們近期到留尼旺考察華人社群的心得。

關鍵字：苦力、客家、模里西斯、留尼旺、達喀爾雙年展

莫奴是加拿大籍華裔藝術家和策展人，他的研究主要側重在現當代的亞非交流與第三世界藝術家的創作，也對中心與邊緣、後殖民的歷史中產生的離散、身份認同與感知差異剛興趣。

致穎是臺灣視覺藝術工作者，他擅長運用聲音及影像等媒材進行創作，以探討全球資本化時代人類生存語境與環境體系之關聯，並多方關注全球南方當代社會之主體性研究與探查。

Sallow Sea Sound is a series of studies exploring the historical and cultural exchanges across the seascape of Asia and Africa. In this episode, the hosts, Lou Mo and Musquiqui Chihying, introduce the concept of the podcast, discuss its future outlook, and share their recent field research on Chinese communities in Réunion.

#Coolie #Mauritius #Réunion #Dakar #Biennale

Lou Mo is a Chinese-Canadian artist and curator whose research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary exchanges between Asia and Africa, as well as the works of Third World artists. She is also interested in the dynamics of center and periphery, diaspora, identity, and the perceptual differences emerging from post-colonial history.

Musquiqui Chihying is a Taiwanese visual artist. Specialising in the use of multimedia such as film and sound, he investigates the human condition and environmental system in the age of global capitalisation and engages in the inquiry of and research on issues of subjectivity in contemporary social culture in the Global South.