Filmmaker John Akomfrah recounts his artistic beginnings and contextualizes the greater forces that have shaped his life and work while visiting the Tate Britain. “When you're a kid, you're made by paintings because they teach you to be a human being,” says the artist in our “London” episode. “They didn't teach me to be a Black person, but they taught me to be a human being.” Watch → http://a21.tv/AkomfrahLondon | Art21
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Celebrated artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah breaks down "Purple," now on view at the Watershed, discussing its relevance today, the complexity of its soundscape, and bringing the work to life in this reclaimed space --> bit.ly/akomfrah | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
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Through video installations that blend archival and original materials, John Akomfrah connects the global legacies of slavery and colonialism to environmental degradation and his personal biography. "There's no causality between the March on Washington and my poisoning as a teenager," says Akomfrah in our newly-released "London" episode. "But the connective tissue is me. I lived through this. I experienced this. So by implication, I am this weird product of these disparate elements." Watch → htt
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Known for his multichannel video installations, John Akomfrah shares a lesser acknowledged, but equally vital part of his work: sound. “I'm interested in just the conversation between noise,” says John Akomfrah in our newest “Extended Play” film. “The ways in which noise suggests direction for images.” While aware that early critics of his work found his use of sound and music "vulgar," Akomfrah retorts, "I like the vulgarity of it. That's the point. The new comes into being via the pathway of v
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