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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.
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 ...
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...
Oct 7, 2024 · 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 aesthetic and political engagement.
Through this “image taking”, Akomfrah creates fragmentary dialogues, the gaps of which are to be filled in by the audience’s empathy. Stylistically the works are grappling processions of images that stick in the mind, usually gorgeously shot and rather slow-paced, nearly transforming them into haunting tableaux vivants.
Jan 4, 2024 · The Venice Biennale-bound artist discusses his latest video work exploring the so-called Columbian exchange and tells us why his films owe a debt to cinema but are “rendered slightly strange”
Apr 16, 2024 · “I’ve never been interested in bashing or pointing fingers”: John Akomfrah says his work, often centring on race, colonialism and identity, is about reflections on the national past Photo ...
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