Salt Lines: Hylozoic/Desires
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum Byculla East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaSalt Lines is an exhibition by artist duo Hylozoic/Desire that excavates the forgotten history of the Inland Customs Line, a 4,000-kilometre colonial barrier imposed by the British in the nineteenth century to enforce their monopoly on salt. Part living hedge and part guarded frontier—often referred to as The Great Hedge of India—the line traversed […]
