Illuminating Artefacts: From Java to Myanmar

Name: Illuminating Artefacts: From Java to Myanmar
Start: 2025-02-19T19:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-02-19T20:00:00+08:00
Location: 1 Empress Place, Singapore, Singapore 179555

Schedule

Wed Feb 19 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

1 Empress Place, Singapore, Singapore 179555 | Singapore, SG

𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫
𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧
S. P. Shaw Curator for Southeast Asia, British Museum
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 7–8pm
ACM Ngee Ann Auditorium
This talk is free. Registration (with $10 refundable deposit) is required.
Click here to register: https://illuminatingartefacts.peatix.com/

Objects lead interesting lives. They are made and owned, have roles in exchange and prestige, and some arrive in museums and become displays. This talk explores the ways in which objects contribute to an understanding of the world around us and how they both uncover and shape history. Specifically, Alexandra Green will look at two projects based on the Southeast Asian collections at the British Museum: The recent Burma to Myanmar exhibition and current research into eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Javanese shadow puppets. Although materially and culturally separate, the artworks demonstrate the major roles that objects play in making history.
𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳
𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 is S. P. Shaw Curator for Southeast Asia in the Departments of Asia and Money & Medals at the British Museum. Recent publications include 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳 (2023), 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘈 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 (2023), and 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 (2022).