Format:
118 Seiten
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ISBN:
9783949973444
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3949973443
Content:
John Akomfrah (b. 1957) creates thoughtful video works of haunting audiovisual intensity. He tells of the radical changes and crises of the present and past on characteristic large-format screens. From November 9, 2023 to January 28, 2024, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting for the first time a comprehensive overview of the artist’s work in Germany, featuring a selection of three major multichannel installations from recent years: The Unfinished Conversation (2012), Vertigo Sea (2015), and Akomfrah’s new work, Becoming Wind (2023). A co-founder of the influential London-based Black Audio Film Collective (established in 1982), Akomfrah’s work interweaves newly shot film sequences with archival material to create multilayered, at times associative collages, frequently in the form of simultaneous narrative structures. Akomfrah’s immersive installations critically examine colonial pasts, global migration, and the climate crisis. He addresses one-dimensional historical representations by allowing multiple perspectives to emerge in the narrative, disrupting the notion of linearity and the illusion of a one and only truth
Note:
Impressum: Dieser Katalog erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung "John Akomfrah - A space of empathy", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 9. November 2023 - 28. Januar 2024
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Text deutsch und englisch
Language:
German
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Akomfrah, John 1957-
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Akomfrah, John 1957-
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Videokunst
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Bildband
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Author information:
Akomfrah, John 1957-
Author information:
Baden, Sebastian 1980-
Author information:
Grosse, Julia 1976-
