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     John Akomfrah – Why History Matters | TateShots

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     John Akomfrah: Future History

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     The Last Angel of History (John Akomfrah) - Legendado

     7 Feb 2022

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     John Akomfrah in Conversation

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     Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment

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     John Akomfrah: Precarity

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     John Akomfrah: Purple | Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

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     Artist Salon: John Akomfrah

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     Jon Akomfrah - Four Nocturnes, 2019

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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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   1.4K views 10 months ago. John Akomfrah RA is having a moment. Earlier this year he was knighted in recognition of his contribution to the arts, and soon after it was announced that he will...

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   Feb 25, 2020 · Weaving a tapestry of moving images, John Akomfrah’s video essays address the questions of our time in an exhibition unlike any before at SAM. "Future History" brings together three...

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Purple_(2017_videoPurple (2017 video installation) - Wikipedia

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   Purple is a 62-minute immersive six-channel video installation created by the British artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah in 2017. [1] It draws from hundreds of hours of archival footage and combines with newly shot film, spoken word, and original music to explore climate change and its effects on human communities, biodiversity and the wilderness. [2]

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   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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   John Akomfrah is a respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterized by their investigations into memory, post-colonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explore the experiences of migrant diasporas globally. Akomfrah was a founding member of the influential Black Audio Film Collective, which started in London in 1982 ...

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   Who is John Akomfrah?

   • 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 in the upheaval”, he says. “My whole life changed — the innocence went.”

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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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   Is it a coincidence that Akomfrah was asked to do something?

   • “Nor is it a coincidence that when I was asked to do something I was like, ‘Yes!’” It was in 1982 that Akomfrah, who had moved to the United Kingdom with his family as a child, co-founded the Black Audio Film Collective. One of the collective’s significant early works was the single-channel piece Handsworth Songs, which Akomfrah directed.

   Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | At the Smithsonian

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   When does John Akomfrah 5 Murmurations open?

   • “John Akomfrah: Purple” continues at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. through January 7, 2024. “John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations” opened October 14 at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Its closing date hasn’t been determined.

   Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | At the Smithsonian

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   Who is Akomfrah's friend Stuart Hall?

   • An “immortal” presence is his friend, the late cultural theorist Stuart Hall about whom Akomfrah made the installation “The Unfinished Conversation” (2012) — on show in Frankfurt — and “The Stuart Hall Project” (2013), a film of archival footage set to a Miles Davis soundtrack.

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   How long does Akomfrah's 'Handsworth Songs' take?

   • It was in 1982 that Akomfrah, who had moved to the United Kingdom with his family as a child, co-founded the Black Audio Film Collective. One of the collective’s significant early works was the single-channel piece Handsworth Songs, which Akomfrah directed. Like the artist’s other works on display in Washington this year, it runs about an hour.

   Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | At the Smithsonian

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   Oct 24, 2023 · 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 Akomfrah both familiar and...