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John Akomfrah is no stranger to the Venice Biennale, but this year’s appearance – his third in just under a decade – feels different, he tells me: weightier, with more pressure and expectation. Now tasked with representing the UK, he admits that it ‘feels more urgent and demanding’.
Wael Shawky. 2010. On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society.
Sep 27, 2024 · Wrightwood 659 hosts two installations by distinguished artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah, whose work investigates memory, post-colonialism, temporality, and the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
Jul 2, 2015 · John Akomfrah talks about his practice as a filmmaker, how he navigates between the gallery and cinema, what compelled him to make his Vertigo Sea 2015, and the influence of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA (born 4 May 1957 [1]) is a Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".
John Akomfrah CBE is a Ghana-born pioneering filmmaker and artist based in London. He is internationally known for his collaboratively produced films and multi-screen video installations exploring memory, temporality, colonialism and post-colonialism, and experiences of global diaspora.
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Oct 24, 2023 · Photography by Jack Hems. Our daily immersion in a bombardment of images, in repeated patterns, at a fraught moment in contemporary history, makes the multichannel work of the artist John...
