Listening All Night to the Rain (2024)
Listening All Night To The Rain continues John Akomfrah’s abiding interest in post-colonialism, ecology and the politics of aesthetics with a renewed focus on the sonic. Drawing its title from Chinese writer and artist Su Dongpo’s (1037 - 1101) poetry that meditates upon the transitory nature of life during a period of political exile, the exhibition is seen as a manifesto that encourages the act of listening as a form of activism. Conceived as a single landscape or artwork organised into song-like movements or ‘cantos’ that are inspired by American poet Ezra Pound’s (1885 - 1972) journey through history in The Cantos (1925), the exhibition brings together eight multimedia and sound installations.
Director: John Akomfrah
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: April 20, 2024
Editing: Sally Mumby Croft, Sergio Vega Borrego
Production: Smoking Dog Films
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Listening All Night to the Rain about?
- Listening All Night To The Rain continues John Akomfrah’s abiding interest in post-colonialism, ecology and the politics of aesthetics with a renewed focus on the sonic. Drawing its title from Chinese writer and artist Su Dongpo’s (1037 - 1101) poetry that meditates upon the transitory nature of life during a period of political exile, the exhibition is seen as a manifesto that encourages the act of listening as a form of activism. Conceived as a single landscape or artwork organised into song-like movements or ‘cantos’ that are inspired by American poet Ezra Pound’s (1885 - 1972) journey through history in The Cantos (1925), the exhibition brings together eight multimedia and sound installations.
- Who directed Listening All Night to the Rain?
- Listening All Night to the Rain was directed by John Akomfrah.
- What genre is Listening All Night to the Rain?
- Listening All Night to the Rain is a Documentary film.
- Where was Listening All Night to the Rain produced?
- Listening All Night to the Rain was produced in United Kingdom.