
Episode #172
Tomorrow, again, Mona Benyamin (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x La Friche la Belle de Mai, Jaou Tunis 2026)
Curator and translator Line Ajan observes time, and humour as an aesthetic, political, and coping strategy in Palestinian collective experiences, reviewing the traumas of the Nakba and Israeli settler colonialism throughout Mona Benyamin’s artistic practice, and video, Tomorrow, again (2023). Mona Benyamin: Like Clockwork is at Triangle-Astérides at La Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille until 27 September 2026. The exhibition is part of the Saison Méditerranée 2026 (Mediterranean Season 2026) , which continues across France until 31 October 2026. Dress Rehearsal (2026) iterates at Jaou Tunis 2026 , presented with the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement (BIM), from 23 October 2026. Listen out for more from Marseille, with author and jewellery-maker Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, coming soon. For more from Haifa, listen to journalist, photographer, and filmmaker Ahmad Al-Bazz, capturing the depopulation and destruction of Palestinian villages and towns, and the continuation of colonial histories into the present, through their photography book, The Erasure of Palestine (2026) : pod.link/1533637675/episode/NDlkZjI5MDctNmYyYi00NTgyLWIwY2EtYjU4YTkwNGQ2YWIy For more about studio photography in Palestine through the Ottoman Empire and British Mandate, hear curator Rachel Dedman’s EMPIRE LINES episode about an UNRWA Dress from Ramallah, Palestine (1930s) : pod.link/1533637675/episode/92c34d07be80fe43a8e328705a7d80cb And read into the exhibition, Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery , at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge and the Whitworth in Manchester, in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/textiles-in-cambridge-palestinian-embroidery-at-kettles-yard Read about the Art Encounters Biennial 2025 in Timișoara, in Art Monthly: instagram.com/p/DFdBW0eoE55 PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines EMPIRE LINES is a project within the ecosystem of Radical Ecology (2026-2027).






