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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".
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.
Jan 4, 2024 · Fateful crossing: the film Arcadia (2023), screened across five channels set out as a crucifix. The film, exploring the story of European colonialism, was premiered at the Sharjah Biennial last...
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.
Nov 9, 2023 · The artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has vivid memories of the coup that ousted Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana in 1966, when he was eight. His pan-Africanist father was an Nkrumah loyalist who “died...
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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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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...
