Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox(2018)

Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox is a documentary series that examines how Western contact transformed Pacific cultures and art. Art historian Dr James Fox travels across the region to uncover the profound legacy of exploration, encounter, and exploitation. The series reveals how European arrival reshaped indigenous artistic traditions, trade networks, and societies, while exploring the complex ways Pacific peoples responded to and were changed by these encounters. Through artifacts, historical sites, and cultural insights, Fox traces the artistic and cultural consequences of colonialism in the Pacific, offering a nuanced perspective on this pivotal period of global history.