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REBIRTH IS NECESSARY Neither without the other

enn Nkiru’s , 2017, was exhibited in the group show at London’s 180 The Strand from October to December 2019. In those last months before shows shut down globally – that time which now feels so sweet and viscous, in retrospect – Institute of Modern Art (IMA) Director Liz Nowell saw the Nigerian-British filmmaker’s work in the gallery space. The piece will be installed at the IMA from May as it was in London: “As an immersive two-channel installation, with blue carpeted walls, a scent diffused through the space and a vinyl text on to wall

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