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“Silent Empress” documents a public intervention in Wakefield, United Kingdom. In agreement with the Council of Wakefield a sound-tag was attached to the statue of Queen Victoria in the city centre. The work highlights the period of world history when Victoria reigned and Britain had an extensive Empire. The audio monologue is a quasi apology for Great Britain’s colonial past and quotes from journals and letters of Queen Victoria as well as speeches and texts by Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, David Cameron, Lin Zexu, William Gladstone, Lord Salisbury, Winston Churchill and Somerset Maugham. The statue spoke only for half an hour before the council decided it was an “inappropriate action” and needed to come down. ‘Silent Empress’ looks at the question of commemoration and post colonial identities in the U.K. It addresses different meanings public statues hold for different groups in society, as well as the question of restitution and apology.