Sancintya Mohini Simpson, the Reconciler

As a descendant of indentured laborers brought from Southern India to South Africa between 1860 and 1911, Sancintya Mohini Simpson tells in her art the stories of her ancestors, the world they came from, and the places they lived in their diaspora. The room dedicated to her hosts three particularly significant works - Vessel (iteration no. 5), Jahajin and Ṭāpū - which testify to the stories of the often exploited workforce of the colonial sugar industries and the legacy that this system has left in today's world. Sancintya works in a variety of media, including installation, performance, video, experimental sound, poetry, and painting influenced by South Asian miniature painting. Working with layers of research, materiality and metaphor, she creates connections between history, memory and the displacement of communities across oceans.