<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;How do we begin to understand how civilians felt in a time of war? We often look to diaries and poetry - but today we look to the surrealist artists that sought to make sense of the most extreme times imaginable.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar is taken on a specially curated tour of the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Gallery by Iris Vasey - to discover  history's most private thoughts as their society descends into war. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Joining them both is  an expert in the psychological impact of warfare; from the First World War right up to today's drone wars, Dr Beryl Pong.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Objects discussed:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/86334"&gt;Beatrice Viola Fergusson, 'Snapshots' sketchbook, 1938&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/26541"&gt;Keith Vaughan, Echo of the Bombardment, 1942&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/26541"&gt;Julien Trevelyan, Premonitions of the Blitz, 1940&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/3918"&gt;Edward Burra, Blue Baby: Blitz Over Britain, 1941&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/86330"&gt;Chisty, By the Moonlight, 2013&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong id= "docs-internal-guid-1b85960a-7fff-0371-abc4-de0331b06f28"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Narrator:  James Taylor. Producer: Matt Hill at &lt;a href= "http://rethinkaudio.com"&gt;Rethink Audio&lt;/a&gt;, with support from Eleanor Head, Daniel BenChorin, and the IWM Institute team at Imperial War Museums&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Conflict of Interest

Imperial War Museums

Sanjeev Bhaskar on Dreams and Nightmares

FEB 8, 202530 MIN
Conflict of Interest

Sanjeev Bhaskar on Dreams and Nightmares

FEB 8, 202530 MIN

Description

How do we begin to understand how civilians felt in a time of war? We often look to diaries and poetry - but today we look to the surrealist artists that sought to make sense of the most extreme times imaginable.

Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar is taken on a specially curated tour of the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Gallery by Iris Vasey - to discover history's most private thoughts as their society descends into war.

Joining them both is an expert in the psychological impact of warfare; from the First World War right up to today's drone wars, Dr Beryl Pong.

Objects discussed:

Beatrice Viola Fergusson, 'Snapshots' sketchbook, 1938

Keith Vaughan, Echo of the Bombardment, 1942

Julien Trevelyan, Premonitions of the Blitz, 1940

Edward Burra, Blue Baby: Blitz Over Britain, 1941

Chisty, By the Moonlight, 2013

Narrator: James Taylor. Producer: Matt Hill at Rethink Audio, with support from Eleanor Head, Daniel BenChorin, and the IWM Institute team at Imperial War Museums