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Jun 15, 2023 · Hirshhorn. 5.89K subscribers. Subscribed. 32. 2.1K views 1 year ago. John Akomfrah RA is having a moment. Earlier this year he was knighted in recognition of his contribution to the arts, and...
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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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 2015 work Vertigo Sea, and the influence of Andrei...
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Nov 6, 2023 · How John Akomfrah’s Videos Tell a Story of Migration and Belonging. The acclaimed filmmaker, who will represent the United Kingdom in the 2024 Venice Biennale, speaks about the restless ghosts of Ghana’s history. John Akomfrah, London, 2023. Photograph by Liz Johnson Artur for Aperture.
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...
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Sir John Akomfrah is a hugely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-Colonialism, temporality and aesthetics, and often explore the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
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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...
