British artist John Akomfrah joins Forum to discuss his cinematic video installation “Vertigo Sea.” The work uses documentary film, literary texts and new footage in a meditation on the whaling industry, the slave trade and the current migrant crisis. The work, first seen at the 2015 Venice Biennale, premieres in the U.S. on March 3 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
John Akomfrah's 'Vertigo Sea' Explores Sea's Beauty and Cruelty
British artist John Akomfrah joins Forum to discuss his cinematic video installation “Vertigo Sea.” The work uses documentary film, literary texts and new footage in a meditation on the whaling industry, the slave trade and the current migrant crisis. The work, first seen at the 2015 Venice Biennale, premieres in the U.S. on March 3 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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(John Akomfrah)
