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1. www.facebook.com › BritishCouncilKenya › videosIntroducing Sir John Akomfrah RA | Introducing Sir ... - Facebook

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   Introducing Sir John Akomfrah RA, the British-Ghanaian artist whose groundbreaking work is captivating audiences from around the world at the 60th...

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   Nov 30, 2019 · Got a favourite #ArtFunded work of 2019? On our shortlist is John Akomfrah, Mimesis: African Soldier, 2018. A powerful addition to Bristol and Glasgow Museums’ collections, visibly telling the...

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   Oct 16, 2019 · Through his work Mimesis: African Soldier, John Akomfrah aims "to offer a very necessary corrective, which is that people of colour, African and Asian,...

5. www.royalacademy.org.uk › name › john-akomfrah-raSir John Akomfrah | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts

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   John Akomfrah is a widely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, postcolonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explores the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.

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   Flashback to last week in Venice… Honoured to have been the 2nd Unit DOP on Sir John Akomfrah's powerful "Listening All Night To The Rain" installation. A must-see at the #VeniceBiennale! ...

7. www.ft.com › content › f22750cf-14fe-460e-8d4d-268a4John Akomfrah: ‘I want to say something about ordinary blackness’

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   Nov 7, 2020 · Akomfrah photographed on the roof of his London studio, October 2020 © Adama Jalloh. One day I realised that Godard, Truffaut and all the rest were in a kind of private conversation that didn’t...

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   Who is John Akomfrah?

   • John Akomfrah is a widely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, postcolonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explores the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.

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   Who is Akomfrah and what kind of work does he do?

   • John Akomfrah is a Ghanaian-born artist known for his art films and multiscreen video installations. He is recognized for exploring issues such as racial injustice, diasporic identities, migration, and climate breakdown. Next year, his work will fill the British pavilion at Venice from April until November.

   John Akomfrah to represent Britain at Venice Biennale

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   What does Akomfrah do for a living?

   • In May 2019, Akomfrah participated in the inaugural, critically acclaimed Ghana Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, with his latest work Four Nocturnes. In 2017 Akomfrah was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to art and film making in The Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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   What is Akomfrah's 'mimesis'?

   • More recently, Akomfrah debuted his work Mimesis: African Soldier (2018) at the Imperial War Museum in London, commissioned by 1418 Now. The piece explores the often overlooked role of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from across continental Africa in the First World War and features rarely seen archive material.

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   What was Akomfrah's first film?

   • Their first film, Handsworth Songs (1986) explored the events surrounding the 1985 riots in Birmingham and London through a combination of archive footage, still photos and newsreel. The film won several international prizes and established a multi-layered visual style that has become a recognisable motif of Akomfrah’s practice.

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   What is Akomfrah's 'mimesis' video installation about?

   • The six-channel video installation addresses climate change, human communities and the wilderness. More recently, Akomfrah debuted his work Mimesis: African Soldier (2018) at the Imperial War Museum in London, commissioned by 1418 Now.

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   Artist and Filmmaker. Sir John Akomfrah is a hugely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-Colonialism, temporality and aesthetics, and often explore the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.