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     John Akomfrah: Purple | Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

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     at home: Artists in Conversation | John Akomfrah and Trevor Mathison

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     John Akomfrah: Future History

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2. www.youtube.com › watchTalking to our Time: John Akomfrah - YouTube

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   This year, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn and National Museum of African Art will host major exhibitions of his work. Akomfrah is a widely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works investigate ...

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3. www.youtube.com › watchJohn Akomfrah: Purple | Institute of Contemporary ... - YouTube

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   Co-commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and making its U.S. premiere at the ICA Watershed, Purple is an immersive six-channel video insta...

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4. www.youtube.com › watchJohn Akomfrah on Remembrance - YouTube

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   Nov 9, 2018 · Artist John Akomfrah reflects on what Remembrance means to him.See his work Mimesis: African Soldier at IWM London https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/mimesis-afri...

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5. www.youtube.com › watchJohn Akomfrah in Conversation - YouTube

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   A conversation with celebrated artist/film-maker John Akomfrah. The release of The Unfinished Conversation marks 30 years since John Akomfrah established his...

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6. 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...

7. www.theartnewspaper.com › 2024/01/04 › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah: the film-maker exposing the colonial ...

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   Jan 4, 2024 · In the run-up to this year’s Biennale, Akomfrah has released a new work, Arcadia (2023), exhibited first at the Sharjah Biennial and now in an edited form at The Box in Plymouth, UK. The film ...

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   What is Akomfrah doing now?

   • This follows on from his 2019 contribution to the inaugural Ghana pavilion in Venice. In the run-up to this year’s Biennale, Akomfrah has released a new work, Arcadia (2023), exhibited first at the Sharjah Biennial and now in an edited form at The Box in Plymouth, UK.

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   Who is John Akomfrah?

   • Get your copy of The Year Ahead - your essential art world companion. The British-Ghanaian artist John Akomfrah has been pushing the boundaries of film for more than four decades.

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   What does John Akomfrah create?

   • John Akomfrah creates stirring, layered narratives by weaving together original footage with archival material. His work juxtaposes personal and historical memory, past and present, and environmental and human crises. How can history matter in the present? Using objects, images, or written material from the past, artists like Akomfrah create a window into our present.

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   Where are Akomfrah's works found?

   • [ 13 ] Akomfrah's works are included in the permanent collections of museums worldwide such as the Smithsonian 's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, [ 14 ] the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, among many others.

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   Why did Akomfrah win the Artes Mundi prize?

   • In 2017, Akomfrah won the biennial Artes Mundi Prize, the UK's biggest award for international art, [ 39 ] having been chosen for the award for his "substantial body of outstanding work dealing with issues of migration, racism and religious persecution", including his work Auto Da Fé. [ 24 ]

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   Will Akomfrah represent Great Britain at the Venice Biennale 2024?

   • Akomfrah was knighted last year, and 2024 brings yet another major milestone as he prepares to represent Great Britain at the Venice Biennale. This follows on from his 2019 contribution to the inaugural Ghana pavilion in Venice.

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   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".