Episode 06
Brown Atlantis Radio feat. Sancintya Mohini Simpson
Episode Date: 30 April 2021
Guest: Sancintya Mohini Simpson
Listen to EpisodeIn this episode of Brown Atlantis we follow Sancintya Mohini Simpson’s exploration of her family’s experience of indenture that took them from Madras to apartheid Durban to Brisbane; the power of the matrilineal and the unique stories of women who survived indenture; of celebrations of voice against archival erasure; and of alternate archives: the sounds of wind chimes, lotas, and the smell of sugarcane.
Sancintya Mohini Simpson is an artist and researcher based in Brisbane, Australia. Her work navigates the complexities of migration, memory and trauma through addressing gaps and silences within the colonial archive. Her practice moves between painting, video, poetry and performance to develop narratives and rituals. As a descendent of indentured labourers sent from India to South Africa to work on colonial sugar plantations, she grounds her work in collaboration, connecting wider narratives surrounding descendants of indenture and their diaspora communities.
