Zinnia Naqvi’s "Biscuits and Empire" @ Museum London

Name: Zinnia Naqvi’s "Biscuits and Empire" @ Museum London
Start: 2026-09-18T11:00:00
End: 2026-10-04T17:00:00

In-person

Sculpture & installation Museum Visual arts History & heritage Photography

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Date and time

Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

Location

Museum London

421 Ridout Street North

London, ON

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

About

In Biscuits and Empire: Reframing Colonial Photography, biscuits, photographs, and popular culture converge in an installation that traces unexpected links between everyday objects and imperial histories. Colonial images of British India from Museum London’s collection reveal how industry, photography, and power once travelled together, while Zinnia Naqvi’s work Heart-shaped Box offers an intimate counterpoint grounded in self-representation and lived experience. Moving between archive and home video, the installation unsettles familiar ways of seeing, opening space for complexity, contradiction, and reimagined narratives beyond the colonial frame.

Organizer

Ontario Culture Days

Ontario Culture Days is a not-for-profit organization that celebrates artists and cultural groups across the province. Through an annual festival that champions arts, culture, and heritage, we connect the public with local creators while highlighting the rich diversity of Ontario’s cultural sector. Operating at the local level, we empower diverse organizers from small hamlets to large cities year-round by providing high-impact resources and networking opportunities.