#modern south asia

[arc-hus]

Inwang Guard Post Forest Retreat, Jongno-gu, South Korea - Soltozibin Architects + SN Architecture

[truckowner]

2023 PETERBILT Conventional - Sleeper Truck, Tractor

[cinematic-phosphenes]

Portrait of a Prince with a Hawk | 18th Century Mughal miniature, gum tempera and gold on paper 

[consumeroflemoans]

Which myths would you be particulary excited about working into the superfox verse

Greek myths are always a classic. I’ve already mentioned things like centaurs, harpies, sirens, and dryads. But tbh them in a modern setting has already been thoroughly explored by stories like Percy Jackson so they’re not the most exciting to explore.

I think what I’m most anticipating is Celtic folklore. It’s always been one of my favorite mythos. I kind of want to include Kelpies somehow because I love those murder horses but I’m not sure how. I just love how many of their creatures are just slightly inhuman like with the fae, leprechauns, werewolves, bodach, the dullahan, vampires, and a bunch of unique ghosts like the banshee. It would be fun to find ways to integrate them into modern society.

I think I just have a weakness for myths about tricksters

[fumblingmusings]

Here's a fun(?) thing to do on a Wednesday evening - compare the US Embassy versus the Canadian High Commission to London.

The Canadian is this beautiful grand Neo-Grecian building directly on Trafalgar Square and is shining and beautiful and look at all those maple leaves...

Then the US meanwhile has been punted to south of the river (gasp! the only one south of the river ohoho aren't you special) and it... Well.

All hail the cube.

[thegirlwholeftthefridgeopen]

'Composing a Poem in Response' by Lee Yootae

[life-spire]

Seoul, South Korea (by Janis Rozenfelds)

See more of South Korea | Asia.

[ahopefulsoul]

South Korea 🇰🇷

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[robobee]

I have to run back to work so I'll drop this here. if anyone has any resources for any subcontinental 1800s-1940s language movements (I.e anti hindi/anti urdu motions from either side) I would LOVE the data ty!!

[theindustryinsiderstuff]

Maritime Superiority

With the aid of cutting-edge technology and efficient management, South Asia Gateway Terminals ensures maritime services of the highest quality.

[postcards-and-postcrossing]

Sunday Stamps: Modern Architecture

Austria – 2023 Linz Lentos Art Museum Switzerland – 1974 Europa – “Continuity” by architect Bill Max China – 1998 Architecture in Macao China – Hangzhou Bridge. The longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world, Hangzhou Bridge sits with aplomb on the Qiantang River.  S, Korea – Seoul post Office Building, a 21 story government building, known also as Post Tower and the “Zipper Building”, is…

[arc-hus]

IH House, Bandung, Indonesia - Andramatin

[truckowner]

U1186A / 2019 Freightliner CA126 316K Miles!

[alfedena]

People do not realize that when we say Israel is a settler-colonial state, we mean it was literally devised in junction with European imperialism around the turn of the century.

Political Zionism was founded by Theodore Herzl. Originally, Zionists were not specifically interested in the land of Palestine as a colonial project. In fact, Herzl was debating making Argentina the focus of mass Zionist migration, which is quite ironic considering Argentina's colonial and Aryanist past. British-controlled Uganda was also offered as a possibility by Joseph Chamberlain, a Conservative imperialist.

To encourage mass Jewish migration to Palestine, he worked with the British, who had recently drove the Ottoman Empire out of the Levant, and now boasted political dominance in the region, thanks to the Sykes–Picot Agreement between the UK, France, Italy, and Russia which covertly authorized British influence in Palestine, which had become a target of colonial expansion. He specifically wished to collaborate with Cecil Rhodes, a British imperialist who played a lead role in colonizing Zimbabwe and Zambia, and later took inspiration from his time spent extracting wealth from Africa as the founder of mining conglomerate the British South Africa Company.

Herzl’s personal goals for Zionism were colonial. He said in a letter to Rhodes:

“You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews […] How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial […] I […] have examined this plan and found it correct and practicable. It is a plan full of culture, excellent for the group of people for whom it is directly designed, and quite good for England, for Greater Britain [...]”

At that time, Palestine was predominately populated with Arab Muslims and Christians, as well as Arab Jews (Old Yishuv) and Druze. Jews made up around 6% of the population. The Ottoman government specifically released a manifesto at the start of Zionist migration condemning the colonization, stating:

“[Jews] among us […] who have been living in our province since before the war; they are as we are, and their loyalties are our own.”

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 on behalf of parliament, officially established the British Mandate of Palestine, sowing the seeds for the modern state of Israel, by means of the UK's ongoing occupation of the region.

Zionism was never about promoting Jewish culture or safety; it has always been tied up in Western (settler-)colonial expansion. !من النهر إلى البحر

[suchananewsblog]

Art Dubai and geopolitical positioning

This year’s edition of Art Dubai, West Asia’s most significant art fair (which ended on March 5), was its strongest yet, with 130 galleries from 40 countries participating. Now in its 16th edition, the fair positions itself as a window into the world of the Global South — an oft contentious term for countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania — whose visual artistic practices would be…

[shreyaajmani]

Exploring Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art at Bonhams with Priya Singh

What is the biggest challenge and joy of auctioneering?

The biggest challenge and joy are the same. It’s not knowing what is going to happen. With the ubiquity of the internet, and the various ways, clients can now bid; phone, absentee bids, via the app, through our partner websites, the Saleroom and Invaluable, it’s such a guessing game. One has an idea of which works are strong and which ones can sell, but on the day you never know who's watching/ turns up to bid last minute to turn the tables. That’s what keeps the entire process so fascinating. It’s a joy because you don’t know what's going to happen until the moment we land on the work, but it's also a challenge as it's nerve-wracking.

Excerpt from Priya Singh’s interview.

Text by Shreya Ajmani