Salt Cosmologies
Location
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA
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This exhibition runs from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Sunday 27th April 2025.
An ambitious multi-dimensional project by Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) exploring the complex weave of histories and myths around Britain’s imperial salt monopoly in India, featuring a striking open-air installation paired with a poignant indoor exhibition occupying spaces formerly used to administer Britain’s colonial-era salt tax.
Courtyard Installation: namak halal/namak haram
At the heart of the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court, a fabric installation scaling 80 metres in length and 2 and a half meters in height will replicate the Inland Customs Line, a monumental 2500 mile-long ‘hedge’ composed of living vegetation created by the British to enforce salt taxation during colonial rule. This reinterpretation will feature organic cotton printed with botanical dyes from the hedge's original plants, juxtaposing colonial botanical order with chaotic stamps and termite motifs. The title of the installation ‘namak halal’ (in accordance with salt, a term used to describe a loyalist of the British Empire) and ‘namak haram’ (against the salt, a traitor of the Empire) equally highlights the hedge's dual nature as both an instrument of colonial extraction and a site of resistance to colonial occupation, as ideas of liberation were smuggled through and over the British-built barrier.
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Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA
This exhibition runs from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Sunday 27th April 2025.
This event runs over several days/weeks. Dates include:
February 2025
- Thu 20th Feb 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 21st Feb 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 22nd Feb 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 23rd Feb 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 24th Feb 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 25th Feb 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 26th Feb 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 27th Feb 2025
(10:00am to 5:30pm) - Fri 28th Feb 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing)
March 2025
- Sat 1st Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 2nd Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 3rd Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 4th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 5th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 6th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 7th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 8th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 9th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 10th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 11th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 12th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 13th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 14th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 15th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 16th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 17th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 18th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 19th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 20th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 21st Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 22nd Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 23rd Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 24th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 25th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 26th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 27th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 28th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 29th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 30th Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 31st Mar 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm)
April 2025
- Tue 1st Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 2nd Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 3rd Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 4th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 5th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 6th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 7th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 8th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 9th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 10th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 11th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 12th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 13th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 14th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 15th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 16th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 17th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 18th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 19th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 20th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Mon 21st Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Tue 22nd Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Wed 23rd Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm) - Thu 24th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Fri 25th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sat 26th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 8:00pm - Late closing) - Sun 27th Apr 2025
(10:00am to 6:00pm)