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This exhibition, “A Space of Empathy,” featured three of his works—The Unfinished Conversation, 2012; Vertigo Sea, 2015; and Becoming Wind, 2023—accompanied by a reading room with books reflecting the libraries of the artist and the curator, Julia Grosse.

Aesthetica speaks to renowned multidisciplinary artist John Akomfrah on his latest installation, Arcadia, now on display at The Box, Plymouth.

The Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting for the first time a comprehensive overview of the artist’s work in Germany, featuring a selection of three major multichannel installations from recent years.

John Akomfrah (b. 1957) creates thoughtful video works of haunting audiovisual intensity. He tells of the radical changes and crises of the present an