Podcast appearances and mentions of larry achiampong

Michael Ohajuru is a London-based art historian who returns to the podcast to discuss the John Blanke project, a large gathering of artists and historians who have come together to re-imagine John Blanke, the black trumpeter to the courts of Henry 7th and Henry 8th and the first person of African descent in British history that we have both a visual and written record of. The participating artists include Keith Piper, Wole Lagunju, Phoebe Boswell, Paul Dash and Larry Achiampong. David Olusoga Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester says of the project:"The John Blanke Project redefines historical exploration by merging practical scholarship with innovation and critical imagination. Anchored in social justice, it reveals the overlooked narratives of Black Tudor England, enriching our grasp of diversity and British identity. By blending art and history, it encourages a deeper, empathetic engagement with our shared past, advocating for a more inclusive and equitable understanding of history."Thanks for listening to this independent podcast. You can support this work by reviewing and sharing the podcast or becoming a Shade Art Review subscriber.Read Shade Art Review Shade Art Review Series 10 | 20% discount codeShade Podcast InstagramShade Podcast is Executive produced and hosted by Lou MensahMusic King Henry IV for Shade Podcast by Brian JacksonEditing and mixing by Tess DavidsonEditorial support from Anne Kimunguyi Help support the work that goes into creating Shade Podcast. https://plus.acast.com/s/shadepodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest artist OLUKEMI LIJADU joins curator and PHD researcher PELUMI ODUBANJO  to discuss her multi-media art practice through the prism of 'The Stranger' (aka 'The Outsider' aka 'The Foreigner') by Nobel Prize winning writer Albert Camus. Published in 1942, the novella tells of an indifferent French settler who, soon after his mother's funeral, commits the senseless murder of an unnamed Arab man on a Algerian beach. Heralded in the west as a classic text which explores the absurd, their exchange questions the mono-critique which underlies this status, through their personal and uniquely individual experiences. For Olukemi, this is being Nigerian born and raised, where she was educated in the British system, going on to study philosophy at Stanford, USA. While Pelumi is British with Nigerian heritage.   Olukemi and Pelumi's discussion also encompasses psychoanalysis, philosophy, elusive racism, European critique, American critique, contradictory affection, self knowledge, segregated Algeria, compilation of memory, disregard for women, disregard for black people, anonymous Arab characters, ancestors speaking in the first person, the presence of absent women, who can make claims of objectivity, who can make claims of the absurd, women fading from the novel as male desire for them fades, the assumption that one must divorce one's positionality from how they engage with work for their opinion to be valid, the black woman as photographer and therefore narrator, as well as the radicalised and colonised body.    Please support the production of this podcast via https://www.patreon.com/ARTFICTIONSPODCAST Contact Art Fictions via artfictionspodcast@gmail.com Follow Instagram @artfictionspodcast OLUKEMI LIJADU olukemilijadu.com insta @kemlij contact@kemkemstudio.com 'Guardian Angel' commissioned by ICA 2022 ARTISTS + EXHIBITIONS  Atong Atem Kahlil Joseph 'BLKNWS' 2018 ongoing Theaster Gates Wura-Natasha Ogunji 'A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography' at Tate Modern til 14 Jan 2024 'Genetic Automata' by David Blandy and Larry Achiampong at Wellcome Collection til 11 Feb 2024 BOOKS + AUTHORS + FILM Frantz Fanon Fred Moten 'Black and Blur' 2017 Harper Lee 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 1960 James Baldwin 'The Fire Next Time' 1963 Jane Austen 'Pride and Prejudice' 1813 Lola Olufemi Paul Gilroy 'The Black Atlantic' 1993 Saidiya Hartman 'Lose Your Mother' 2006 Saint Omer 2022 director Alice Diop Timothy Ogene 'Seesaw' 2021 Toni Morrison MUSICIANS Aretha Franklin Bob Marley Christopher Williams Frankie Knuckles Lee Scratch Perry Rokia Traoré Whitney Houston GALLERIES + INSTITUTIONS Sanford University Institute of Contemporary Art Tate Modern V.O Curations      

In this first episode of a new series of A brush with…, Ben Luke talks to Larry Achiampong about his influences—from writers to film-makers, musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Achiampong was born in London in 1984 to parents from Ghana, and he explores his personal and communal heritage through media including film, sculpture, installation, sound and performance. He uses diverse visual languages, drawn from popular culture like gaming, comics and Hollywood movies, as well as video art and conceptualism, to explore the legacies of colonisation and entrenched inequalities in contemporary society relating to class, gender and race. He veers from documentary to speculative fiction, often within the same piece. Achiampong discusses the profound early influence of Adrian Piper's art and the films of Spike Lee, the poetry of Claudia Rankine, how he draws on video games and comics as well as art, and his rejection of the term Afrofuturism. Plus, he gives insight into his life in the studio, and reflects on our usual questions, including the ultimate: what is art for?Larry Achiampong: Wayfinder, BALTIC, Gateshead, UK, until 29 October 2023; Larry Achiampong and David Blandy: Genetic Automata, Wellcome Collection, London, until 11 February 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Larry Achiampong is a British Ghanian, Jarman Award nominated artist. In 2020 he was awarded the Stanley Picker fellowship and in 2019 he received the Paul Hamlyn Artist award in recognition for his practice. Larry's most recent solo exhibition Wayfinder showed this summer at the Turner Contemporary Gallery. He serves on the Board of Trustees at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and The Elephant Trust. Join Larry & I in exploring the impact of race on arts education and access to the arts sector. We highlight the urgent need for change as set out in The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation research into access into the visual arts for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse students in the UK. It's the first research project of this scale in the UK. The project was launched in July 2022 with a ‘Call for Evidence inviting contributions from students, teachers, art educators, artists and the wider sector. Read about how the evidence will be implemented and contribute by submitting your evidence here.The final report will be published in early 2023.Guest Larry Achiampong This podcast was produced and hosted by Lou MensahEditing Mae Li Evans Music composed for Shade Podcast by Brian JacksonThe Runnymede Trust website This episode was supported by Freelands Foundation Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/shadepodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Exclusive Interview with Artist/Writer and director Larry Achiampong whose film 'Wayfinder' (2022) is released in the UK. We discuss the film, as well as the influences from video games to Hollywood /Bollywood/Ghallywood Cinema& TV. We also discuss his work and the journey and the jump to a first feature release, and working methods in writing and editing.Wayfinder is released that follows one girl's journey across an empty UK. It sifts through empire and the black experience and is directed by British-Ghanian Larry Acheampong. It has received positive reviews from The Guardian, The Observer and I newspapers to name a few.

June Episode of Completely Machinima podcast  https://completelymachinima.com/2022/06/08/completely-machinima-s2-ep-39-films-june-2022/) – go to time stamp 18:57 for discussion of How to Fly 5:40 Backgrounds (released 19 February 2013), collaboration with John Blandy, father 7:08 Franz Fanon series, Finding Fanon 2 (Grand Theft Auto, released 11 September 2015), collaboration with Larry Achiampong  14:12 Reflecting on the cultural forces represented by games, meaning in games, cultural capital and the importance of shared memories through games 23:15 Telling alternative stories in ways such as to deal with the social anxieties intertwined in them eg., Henrietta Lacks and John Edmonson 25:06 Discussing How to Fly (released 22 April 2020) and How to Live (released 21 May 2020), pandemic project – and why the cormorant? 32:14 Discussing Androids Dream and the use of a voice trained AI to create a meditative effect 35:13 Discussing Henrietta Lacks and the film A Lament for Power (released 20 July 2020), also being shown at WORLDBUILDING at the Julia Stoschek Foundation between June 2022 and December 2023  38:49 Reflecting on different types of creative practice, objectivity, collaboration, space, happy accidents and found objects 55:53 Reflecting on future practice using machinima Credits:Speakers: David Blandy, Tracy HarwoodEditor/Producer: Ricky GroveMusic: Freesound.org  Intro/Outro by Snapper4298

Robert Diament, co-host of the Talk Art podcast, explores Turner Contemporary in Margate with his friend Naomi Evans, co-founder of Everyday Racism. As they bring their perspectives to different exhibitions in this visually striking gallery, they discuss their love of Margate, how the arts scene has developed in the town, and how their work and interests led them to each other. They also consider how some of the artists on show respond to the sea, following in the steps of the gallery's namesake, artist JMW Turner. Notes: The exhibition Wayfinder: Larry Achiampong & JMW Turner curated by Larry Achiampong is at Turner Contemporary until 19 June 2022. The exhibition Sirens: Sophie von Hellermann and Anne Ryan is on until spring 2023. Visitors with a National Art Pass enjoy 10% off in the shop at Turner Contemporary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Front Row goes to the seaside and sends a sonic cultural postcard. The first major solo exhibition by British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong opens at the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate on Saturday. The artist shows Samira Ahmed around, but Achiampong's isn't the only show in town. Margate has become a destination for artists and art lovers, and Tracey Emin is opening a new space for artists to work in. Samira finds out from curator Rob Diament what else is happening in this happening place, and hears from members of the People Dem Collective, artists and activists of colour who live and work in Margate. Thomas Sanderling has stepped down from his position at the helm of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra in protest of the ongoing Russian conflict in Ukraine. He talks to Samira about the Russian dilemma facing the arts world. Zinnie Harris joins Samira to discuss her play The Scent of Roses. Playing at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh it's a study of how secrets and lies can corrode relationships. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Jodie Keane

Welcome to the third and final episode of our podcast series, Gaining Ground, hosted by our curator-in-residence, Annie Jael Kwan. In this episode, Annie chats with artist duo Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, whose work is currently on display at FACT in an exhibition called Future Ages Will Wonder. Both Gaining Ground and Future Ages Will Wonder are supported by Artsformation. To find out more information about this podcast series, the exhibition or us, visit our website fact.co.uk

John Powell-Jones, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley and David Blandy talk about how computer and role playing games help us make sense of the world: unpacking our perceptions of reality, our understanding of morality and our awareness of different communities. They discuss their inspirations, working instinctively with different digital technologies and how embracing difficulty is integral to their work. Find out more about CYBERJUNK here Artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley uses the forms and imagery of video games to create works that consider "what archives have left out and how we can archive now.” Danielle works predominantly in animation, sound, performance and Video Games to communicate the experiences of being a Black Trans person. Danielle's practice focuses on recording the lives of Black Trans people, intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell Trans stories. Spurred on by a desire to record the "History of Trans people both living and past" their work can often be seen as a Trans archive where Black Trans people are stored for the future. "Throughout history, Black queer and Trans people have been erased from the archives. Because of this it is necessary not only to archive our existence, but also the many creative narratives we have used and continue to use to share our experiences." Brathwaite-Shirley Brathwaite-Shirley's work has been exhibited at: ICA, London; Arebyte Gallery, London; David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles; Quad, Derby; Science Gallery, London and TATE Modern, London. www.daniellebrathwaiteshirley.com David Blandy investigates the stories and cultural forces that inform and influence our behaviour. Collaboration is central to his practice, examining communal and personal heritage and interdependence. He has developed a gaming art practice writing original RPG's, examining social justice, climate change and posthuman futures. He works in installation, performance, writing, gaming and sound, and has had national and international solo exhibitions of his work. Nominated for the Film London Jarman award with Larry Achiampong in 2018. He has exhibited & performed at venues nationally and worldwide such as Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Art Tower Mito, Tokyo; Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki; Tate Modern, London; The Baltic, Gateshead; Turner Contemporary, Margate; Spike Island, Bristol; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany; MoMA PS1, New York, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. He is represented by Seventeen Gallery, London. www.davidblandy.co.uk

New Talk Art!!! Russell & Robert meet leading artist Larry Achiampong (b. 1984, UK). Larry Achiampong's solo and collaborative projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance and sound to explore ideas surrounding class, cross-cultural and post-digital identity.With works that examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between pop culture and the postcolonial position, Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of ‘the self' by splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal entrenched socio-political contradictions in contemporary society.Achiampong has exhibited, performed and presented projects within the UK and abroad including Tate Britain/Modern, London; The Institute For Creative Arts, Cape Town; The British Film Institute, London; David Roberts Art Foundation, London; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation, Accra; Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago; Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans; Diaspora Pavilion – 57th Venice Biennale, Venice; and Somerset House, London. Achiampong's recent residencies include Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle; Praksis, Oslo; The British Library/Sound & Music, London; Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge; and Primary, Nottingham and Somerset House Studios (London).Achiampong is a Jarman Award nominated artist (2018) and completed a BA in Mixed Media Fine Art at University of Westminster in 2005 and an MA in Sculpture at The Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. In 2020 Achiampong was awarded the Stanley Picker fellow and in 2019 received the Paul Hamlyn Artist award in recognition for his practice. He lives and works in Essex, and has been a tutor on the Photography MA programme at Royal College of Art since 2016. Achiampong currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) facilitating art policies in the UK and internationally and also holds a place on the board of trustees for Elephant Trust and is represented by C Ø P P E R F I E L D. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stance is an independent award-winning arts, culture and politics podcast run by journalist and curator Chrystal Genesis. Guests so far include musicians Four Tet, Jamila Woods, Chassol, Róisín Murphy, Amber Mark, Caribou, Ebo Taylor, Kaytranada, Jessie Ware and Nao, authors Yaa Gyasi, Elif Shafak, Saidiya Hartman, Sayaka Murata & Valeria Luiselli, lawyer & campaigner Gina Miller, politician Bobi Wine, poets Fatimah Asghar, John Cooper Clarke & Kae Tempest, actor Riz Ahmed, Me Too founder Tarana Burke, playwrights Inua Ellams & Natasha Gordon, writer and activist Janet Mock, choreographers Akram Khan, Deborah Colker and Hofesh Shechter, fashion designer Duro Olowu, Philosophers Kwame Anthony Appiah & Angie Hobbs, and visual artists Shirin Neshat, Larry Achiampong, The Singh Twins, Hassan Hajjaj, JR & Juliana Huxtable. Topics covered include Is This for Real?, Black in the Time of Corona, Manchesters LGBTQ+ Story, On Beauty, The Class Ceiling in the Arts, Modern Mumbai, Sex, The Female Prison Experience, Revolutionary Mothering, Demystifying Yoga & Donald Glover’s Atlanta. Stance loves to explore and has visited locations including Mumbai in India, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Bergen in Norway, Kingston in Jamaica, Paris in France and New York, LA, SF & Philadelphia in the US in search of original stories and fresh perspectives. Stance won Bronze for Best Current Affairs at The British Podcast Awards 2020. Stance won Best Arts & Culture Show and Rising Star in the Mixcloud Online Radio Awards 2018, nominated for Best Arts and Culture and Best Current Affairs as part of the British Podcast Awards 2019, included in The Observer and The Times annual Best Podcasts list, and has been Podcast of the Week in publications including The FT, Grazia, The Guardian and The Independent. Visit stancepodcast.com for more info and @stancepodcast on socials.

An hour long segment of reflections and music from Beatrice Dillon alongside the artists she invited to contribute to AGM – DeForrest Brown, Jr., Rian Treanor and Sarra Wild. Somerset House Studios celebrated four years of its dynamic resident artist community with the first online edition of its annual building takeover series AGM. Featuring performances broadcast live from Somerset House, as well as from across the UK and beyond, AGM 2020 premiered five new commissions from a specially curated line-up of artists and writers, including Aida Amoako, DeForrest Brown, Jr., Josiane M.H Pozi, Rian Treanor, Tyreis Holder, plus a performance from Sarra Wild; a line-up selected by a panel of existing and alumni resident artists: Beatrice Dillon, Jesse Darling, Klein and Larry Achiampong.  

The most recent statistics released by the Church of England reveal record cathedral attendance, despite falling numbers in many Anglican parish churches. Cathedrals are increasingly programming cultural events and art installations as a way of engaging with wider communities. We discuss the evolving role of contemporary art in churches as well as different approaches to conserve the art that already exists within them. With author and former chairman of the National Trust Simon Jenkins; Becky Clark, director of Cathedral and Church Buildings for the Church of England; Peter Walker, artist-in-residence at Lichfield Cathedral, and Rachel Turnbull, Senior Collections Conservator at English Heritage. We also hear from British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong, who explains how his childhood churchgoing experiences to Pentecostal and Catholic churches have inspired his video art installation Sunday’s Best. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Edwina Pitman

Novelist and poet Ben Lerner discusses how his new book, ‘The Topeka School’ explores language, masculinity and violence in Trump’s America. Plus: Eleanor Pinfield, head of Art on the Underground, unpacks the project’s mission to bring colour to London’s transport network, and artist Larry Achiampong discusses his upcoming commission.

1-54 Forum London 4 -7 October 2018 Artist Talk Harold Offeh (Artist) leads a conversation with multi-disciplinary artist Larry Achiampong on Achiampong's immersive installation at Somerset House. The mixed-media installation explored syncretism in religion and domesticity in diasporic communities living in the global West and the dynamics that unfold through the complex amalgamation of beliefs and cultures. Image: © Katrina Sorrentino www.1-54.com

A panel discussion with contributions from artist Larry Achiampong, writer and academic Margaret Byron, Matthew Ryder (Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility, Community Engagement), Sharon Watson (Artistic Director, Phoenix Dance Theatre) and chaired by presenter Brenda Emannus which explores issues of race, immigration and culture: exploring immigration in and before the 1940's with SS Empire Windrush and the continuing impact in contemporary arts and culture in the UK. An event inspired by the new production of Nine Night by Natasha Gordon.

In the April 2018 edition of Suite (212), returning host Juliet Jacques talks to artist, musician and filmmaker Larry Achiampong and dancer/performer Alexandrina Hemsley (of Project O) about race, racism and the arts. (Cover image: 'Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features' by Adrian Piper, 1981) WORKS REFERENCED: LARRY ACHIAMPONG & DAVID BLANDY: Biters - http://www.larryachiampong.co.uk/list-of-artworks/biters LARRY ACHIAMPONG & DAVID BLANDY: Finding Fanon, parts I-III - https://vimeo.com/138951543 LARRY ACHIAMPONG: Relic Traveller - http://larryachiampong.co.uk/list-of-artworks/voyage-of-the-relic-traveller ALEXANDRINA HEMSLEY: Feminist Shakedown - http://feministshakedown.tumblr.com/ ALEXANDRINA HEMSLEY & SEKE CHIMUTENGWENDE: Black Holes - www.blackholes.co.uk JAY BERNARD: Surge - Side A - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/05/speaking-out-jay-bernard-surge-side-a-poet BLACK AUDIO FILM COLLECTIVE: Handsworth Songs, Part I (1986) - http://unrealisedfutures.tumblr.com/post/134049237625/black-audio-film-collective-handsworth-songs RENI EDDO-LODGE, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People abour Race [2014 blog post] - http://renieddolodge.co.uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race/ STUART HALL & MAGGIE STEED: It Ain't Half Racist Mum - http://unrealisedfutures.tumblr.com/post/133964781230/stuart-hall-it-aint-half-racist-mum-1979 CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS: Women Who Run with the Wolves - https://medium.com/@kami_leon/13-reasons-why-you-should-read-women-who-run-with-the-wolves-instead-36435ea32b4 ADRIAN PIPER: 'Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features' - http://adrianpiperarted.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/self-portrait-exaggerating-my-negroid.html NIKESH SHUKLA (ed.): The Good Immigrant - https://unbound.com/books/the-good-immigrant/ Sutapa Biswas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutapa_Biswas Sonia Boyce: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/sonia-boyce-ra Octavia Butler: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/16/guardianobituaries.bookscomment Lubaina Himid: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/lubaina-himid-2356/turner-prize-2017-biography Sabrina Mahfouz: http://www.sabrinamahfouz.com/ Pauline Mayers: https://paulinemayers.wordpress.com/ Wangechi Mutu: http://www.ubu.com/film/mutu.html Network 11 (Junior Boakye-Yiadom, Beverly Bennett and others): https://ntwrk11.wordpress.com Kamile Ofoeme: https://vimeo.com/user35307978 Selina Thompson: http://selinathompson.co.uk/ Akeim Toussaint Buck: http://www.toussainttomove.com/ Priyamvada Gopal's response to the Daily Mail - https://medium.com/@zen.catgirl/my-heartfelt-thanks-to-the-hundreds-of-people-who-have-sent-their-solidarity-and-support-via-email-5f9739ec5dba Ash Sarkar on the BBC and Enoch Powell - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-enoch-powell-rivers-of-blood-racism-brexit-wrong-to-run-it-a8302766.html Kit de Waal interview (Guardian) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/24/kit-de-waal-interview-the-trick-to-time Tate, 'The Other Story' exhibition (1989) - http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/no-12/the-other-story-and-the-past-imperfect Tate Modern, 'Soul of a Nation' exhibition (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/16/soul-of-a-nation-art-in-the-age-of-black-power-tate-modern-review

We start the new year by exploring our complex and glorious relationship to Food with writer and Great British Bake Off finalist, Ruby Tandoh, plus, the former Young Poet Laureate for London, Selina Nwulu; and other important voices. We cover food fads, in relation to class and body image; we analyse the language and labels we hear around food, and we ask whether politicising food is all too much. We profile one of Britain's most exciting young visual artists, Larry Achiampong, who has exhibited at London's Tate Britain / Modern, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts in Texas and is currently showing at the 57th Venice Biennale. Finally, we speak to the feminist print collective, See Red Women's Workshop, founded in 1974. We sit down with two original members of this collective to hear more about their new book and the significance of their work for second-wave feminism in the UK. Stance Podcast covers arts, culture and current affairs.

Audio recording of Larry Achiampong and Brian Shimkovitz in conversation