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1. art.newcity.com › 2024/10/09 › sublime-hauntology-aReview: "John Akomfrah: Four Nocturnes" at Wrightwood 659

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   Oct 9, 2024 · Conceived as the third piece for a trilogy, after “Vertigo Sea” (2015) and “Purple” (2017), “Four Nocturnes” is a continuation of Akomfrah’s wrought investigation into the colonial history and migratory journeys on the continent of Africa, against the backdrop of a worsening climate and hardened racial injustice over the world.

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2. www.frieze.com › disenchanting-world-john-akomfrahThe Disenchanting World of John Akomfrah | Frieze

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   His creeping sense of disenchantment came from growing to understand the complexities of emancipation: the freedom he thought he would gain on arrival didn’t entirely come to fruition.

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3. www.artnews.com › feature › john-akomfrah-best-filmsJohn Akomfrah’s Best Films, Ranked: Strange Futures, Black ...

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   Jun 16, 2020 · John Akomfrah ’s films are dizzying, strange, and absolutely essential artworks that explore histories of displacement, people living in oppressive states, landscapes on the verge of...

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4. 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.

5. www.theartnewspaper.com › 2024/04/16 › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah: ‘What are the histories, the questions, the ...

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   Apr 16, 2024 · John Akomfrah is known for his dramatic, richly layered multiscreen video installations that use archive material and newly shot footage to challenge the conventions of film-making, and explore...

6. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionArtist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | Smithsonian

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   Oct 24, 2023 · Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment. The works of the recently knighted filmmaker address contemporary issues in two different Smithsonian museums

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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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   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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   Is it a coincidence that Akomfrah was asked to do something?

   • “Nor is it a coincidence that when I was asked to do something I was like, ‘Yes!’” It was in 1982 that Akomfrah, who had moved to the United Kingdom with his family as a child, co-founded the Black Audio Film Collective. One of the collective’s significant early works was the single-channel piece Handsworth Songs, which Akomfrah directed.

   Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | At the Smithsonian

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   When does John Akomfrah 5 Murmurations open?

   • “John Akomfrah: Purple” continues at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. through January 7, 2024. “John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations” opened October 14 at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Its closing date hasn’t been determined.

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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'?

   • 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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8. artreview.com › artist › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah - ArtReview

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   John Akomfrah. Artist - Black Audio Film Collective cofounder representing the UK in the next Venice Biennale. 33 in 2023