John Akomfrah walks us through the British Pavilion

Commissioned by the British Council for the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, John Akomfrah’s most ambitious commission to date, Listening All Night To The Rain, draws its title from 11th century Chinese writer and artist Su Dongpo’s poetry, which explores the transitory nature of life during a period of political exile. Organised into a series of song-like movements or ‘cantos’, the exhibition, curated by Tarini Malik, brings together eight interlocking and overlapping multimedia and sound installations into a single and immersive environment that tell stories of migrant diasporas in Britain. The exhibition is the result of decades of extensive research by the artist and his team, using historical records to contextualise our experience of the present day.

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