John Akomfrah
John Akomfrah
Purple
texts John Akomfrah

Auteur(s)
Harald Kunde, John Akomfrah
Uitgever
Kleve (Ge) : Museum Kurhaus Kleve, 2019
Omvang
34 p., geïllustreerd, col. 14,5 cm.

Leaflet / catalogue accompanying the screening of Purple (2017), Akomfrah’s immersive, six-channel video installation about global warming presented at Museum Kurhaus Kleve(Ge), March to September 2020. More than once, Akomfrah describes Purple as “a response to the Anthropocene”. A major source of inspiration for the video installation is Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology After the End of the World, written by Timothy Morton (2013). It posits the idea that global warming is the most dramatic illustration of a “hyperobject” – an entity of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that it baffles our traditional ways of thinking about it and, by extension, doing something about it. The texts by Akomfrah were transcribed from the video’s John Akomfrah on Creating ‘Purple’ and John Akomfrah. Why History Matters.


Persoon als onderwerp
John Akomfrah
Trefwoorden
film , anthropocene , installation - immersive
Locatie in de bibliotheek
Kast 11 - 2: Video ; Film
Opmerkingen
Incl. Biography