2021. Film & sound installation. 'EMPIRE' is an investigation of what we consider public space. The film questions the relevance and utility of preserved places, by following the journey of a South Asian elder walking home from an ethnic grocery store close to Scarborough Museum (the home of Scarborough’s earliest European-descendant settlers). An audio interview with the artist’s mother provides context into western imperial housing design(s), its role in the memory of people of colour, as well as the ways that these structures have been re-claimed and re-constructed as spaces of joy and cultural preservation. Learn more at www.toronto.ca/museums.