Film
Listening All Night to the Rain
2024 · Documentary
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Overview
Listening All Night To The Rain continues John Akomfrah’s abiding interest in post-colonialism, ecology and the politics of aesthetics with a renewed focus on the sonic. Drawing its title from Chinese writer and artist Su Dongpo’s (1037 - 1101) poetry that meditates upon the transitory nature of life during a period of political exile, the exhibition is seen as a manifesto that encourages the act of listening as a form of activism. Conceived as a single landscape or artwork organised into song-like movements or ‘cantos’ that are inspired by American poet Ezra Pound’s (1885 - 1972) journey through history in The Cantos (1925), the exhibition brings together eight multimedia and sound installations.
Crew
- John AkomfrahDirector
- Lina GopaulProducer
- David LawsonProducer
- Ashitey AkomfrahProducer
- Sally Mumby CroftEditor
- Sergio Vega BorregoEditor
- Lara Garcia-ReyneEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 20, 2024
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Genres
- Documentary
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