Talk:
Larry Achiampong

3 October 2024

Join us for the talk, have a drink, see UNITe 2024, have a chat. Thursday 3rd October, 6pm - 8pm. Free. Everyone is invited! // Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer sgwrs i gael diod, gweld UNITe 2024, a chael sgwrs. Am ddim. Mae croeso i bawb!

Larry Achiampong will spend the day with us, working with the UNITe artists and reflecting on his work in an informal public talk in the evening.

Thursday 3rd October, 6pm - 8pm.

His film A Letter, is part of the Jarman Award shortlist this year. In it we witness the story of a man facing sectioning. The unfolding narrative collapses time to reveal the impact of history, immigration and geographical separation on two brothers living in Britain and Ghana.

Achiampong's projects employ film, still imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance, objects, sound and game design to explore ideas surrounding class, gender, cross-cultural and digital identity.

With works that examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between popular culture and the residues of colonisation, Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of ‘the self’ through the activity of splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal the deeply entrenched inequalities in contemporary society.

The event is free and there will be refreshments and a chance to meet the UNITe 2024 artists.

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