Fonseca, Journal of Communication

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John Akomfrah and Isaac Julien: Migrating between ideas, formas and exhibition platforms

Abstract

The Afro-diasporic artistsan Isaac Julien (Londres, 1960) and John Akomfrah (Ghana, 1957) have overtaken international museums and galleries in recent years. Their writings, their public presentations, and their extensive careers, with works that travel across numerous spaces (cinema, television screen, white cube) have reached a unique position among those of the black diaspora, have allowed them to devote themselves freely to multi-screen works. In their recent manifesto works ‘Purple’ (Akomfrah, 2018) and ‘Playtime’ and ‘Kapital’ (Julien, 2013-4), they reveal strategies and formal tools that resituate our perceptions, inviting us to reflect on an array of contemporary emergencies: the ecological crisis, global warming, and racialized global capitalism. The transformed audiovisual language that emerges from their essayistic works in the multi-screen format creates new critical and radical forms of perception among audiences.
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Leal Riesco, B. (2019). John Akomfrah and Isaac Julien: Migrating between ideas, formas and exhibition platforms. Fonseca, Journal of Communication, (19), 99–116. https://doi.org/10.14201/fjc20191999116

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Beatriz Leal Riesco

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Investigadora independiente
Profesora en la UNED (Tudela)
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