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     Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment

     24 Oct 2023

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     John Akomfrah | Director, Writer, Camera and Electrical Department

     27 Jan 2010

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     John Akomfrah: Precarity - Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

     15 Feb 2018

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     John Akomfrah. A Space of Empathy | SCHIRN INTERVIEW

     27 Nov 2023

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     Talking to our Time: John Akomfrah

     15 Jun 2023

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     Sir John Akomfrah on Receiving ‘the Ultimate Accolade in an Artist’s Life’ | 60th Venice Biennale

     21 May 2024

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     John Akomfrah discusses his new immersive climate change video installation

     7 Oct 2017

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     John Akomfrah: Future History

     25 Feb 2020

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     John Akomfrah: Purple | Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

     21 May 2019

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2. www.youtube.com › watchJohn Akomfrah • Purple - YouTube

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   Nov 23, 2022 – Jan 07, 2024"John Akomfrah: Purple introduces the artist’s largest ever video installation, an immersive six-channel work, to Washington D.C. ...

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3. www.youtube.com › watchArtist Salon: John Akomfrah - YouTube

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   Aug 7, 2019 · Ghana-born British artist John Akomfrah sits down with SFMOMA Curator of Media Arts Rudolf Frieling to discuss the intersections of race, history, and the ev...

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5. www.youtube.com › watchJohn Akomfrah in "London" - Season 10 - "Art in the ... - YouTube

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   Watch now on PBS and the PBS Video app: https://www.pbs.org/video/london-8x7jrh/ Since the early 1980s, the groundbreaking filmmaker John Akomfrah has created enormous,...

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6. mackenzie.art › exhibition › john-akomfrah-the-lastJohn Akomfrah: The Last Angel of History - MacKenzie Art Gallery

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   Jan 14, 2017 · Presented to coincide with Black History Month in February 2017, his acclaimed film The Last Angel of History (1996) introduces audiences to the “data thief,” a mysterious figure who travels through space and time in search of a key to the future of black culture.

7. 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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   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.

   Sir John Akomfrah | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts

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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.

   Sir John Akomfrah | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts

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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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   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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9. hirshhorn.si.edu › explore › talking-to-our-timeTalking to our Time: John Akomfrah - Hirshhorn Museum and ...

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   Watch. On Culture and Climate: John Akomfrah and Olafur Eliasson. Visit. John Akomfrah: Purple (2017) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, on view through January 2024. John Akomfrah’s Five Murmurations (2021) at the National Museum of African Art, on view October 2023 through 2024.