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1. whitewall.art › art › cantos-of-time-sir-johnSir John Akomfrah at the Venice Biennale | Whitewall

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   Oct 7, 2024 · The British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale radiates with Sir John Akomfrah's monumental installation "Listening All Night to the Rain." Inspired by the poetic methods of Su Dongpo and the historical introspections of Ezra Pound, Akomfrah creates a landscape of song-like movements that invite contemplation and active listening as forms of ...

2. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk › culture › 67230Multiple lives, one John Akomfrah - Prospect

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   Jul 10, 2024 · It was almost entirely empty when I entered, save for a long white table in the central space where the artist John Akomfrah—in a black mandarin collar shirt, an olive scarf draped, louche, over one shoulder—had been holding court for the day, one journalist at a time.

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

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   Jan 14, 2017 · John Akomfrah is a ground-breaking British artist and filmmaker of Ghanaian descent who brings to the fore questions of race and post-colonial identity in his installations and films. 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 ...

5. 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.

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. tique.art › features › john-akomfrahArtist Feature: John Akomfrah * Tique | publication on ...

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   Born the son of Ghanaian political activists, artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah unapologetically tackles thorny debates around post-colonialism, diasporic memory and black identity in his praised and prized video works.

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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.

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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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   What is Akomfrah's work about?

   • Fusing archival material, readings from classical sources and newly shot footage, Akomfrah’s piece focuses on the disorder and cruelty of the whaling industry and juxtaposes it with scenes of many generations of migrants making epic crossings of the ocean for a better life.

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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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   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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   What is Akomfrah's 'Four Nocturnes' about?

   • 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. In May 2019, Akomfrah participated in the inaugural, critically acclaimed Ghana Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, with his latest work Four Nocturnes.

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9. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionArtist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | 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...