🎭 Culture Apr 14, 2026 · Kate Mothes

LR Vandy’s Rope Sculptures Disentangle Histories of Colonialism and Transportation

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LR Vandy’s Rope Sculptures Disentangle Histories of Colonialism and Transportation
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For millennia, humans have navigated seas, rivers, and oceans as avenues for trade, exploration, conquest, and colonization. During the Age of Discovery—an era interwoven with what’s known as the Age of Sail—European explorers and traders embarked on journeys around the world to map previously uncharted continents, trade commodities, and establish new socio-political outposts. Imperial forces competed with one another to control as much as they could, all in the name of wealth and power, a

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