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John Akomfrah at the Venice Biennale + mentors in art and life + Zeno Sworder

John Akomfrah at the Venice Biennale + mentors in art and life + Zeno Sworder

FromThe Art Show


John Akomfrah at the Venice Biennale + mentors in art and life + Zeno Sworder

FromThe Art Show

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
May 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Daniel meets the British filmmaker and artist Sir John Akomfrah, who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale with his work Listening All Night to Rain.Mentors can have many guises. For Miriwoong artist Jan Griffiths, Tiwi artist Johnathon World Peace Bush and Gomeroi Yinarr  artist Sophie Honess, they each chose someone who could offer them artistic guidance as well as cultural knowledge. The resulting works were commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria for a show called My Country.Producer Stacy Gougoulis visits the home studio of children's book illustrator Zeno Sworder, whose book My Strange Shrinking Parents was a hit of 2023.
Released:
May 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Artists tell us how they create and why they do it. From artists’ studios, exhibitions, and live issues, we take art out of the white cube and into your ears.