Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Signs of empire
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| Other authors / contributors: | Gioni, Massimiliano, curator.
Carrion-Murayari, Gary, curator.
Ballard, Thea, editor.
Kopel, Dana, contributor, editor.
New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| ISBN: | 9780915557189
0915557185
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| Notes: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition "John Akomfrah: Signs of Empire" at the New Museum, New York, N.Y., June 20-September 2, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | Since the early 1980s, Akomfrah's moving image works have offered some of the most rigorous and expansive reflections on the culture of the black diaspora. Zoe Whitley and Aram Moshayedi survey Akomfrah's early work as part of Black Audio Film Collective. Tina Campt explores the sonic resonances of Akomfrah's installation The Unfinished Conversation (2012), which focuses on the life of cultural theorist Stuart Hall. Diana Nawi examines the recent work Transfigured Night (2013/2018), considering how Akomfrah continues to find new languages for film, representation and narrative. T.J. Demos and Okwui Enwezor look at Vertigo Sea (2015), Akomfrah's monumental work exploring the concept of the black Atlantic, using the work to articulate the visual and philosophical underpinnings of Akomfrah's work across his career. Exhibition: New Museum, New York, USA (20.06.-02.09.2018).
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