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Video: John Akomfrah on sea-migration, borders, and art

Acclaimed British artist John Akomfrah speaks on his new installation Vertigo Sea and explains the impact of recent migration on his art.

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Duration: 21:28

“I’m for the blur. I’m about trying to blur these boundaries and borders because I think more resonance comes out of things, narratives conversant with each other, than not.”

In Border/Talks: a conversation with John Akomfrah on sea migration, borders, and art, Maurice Stierl, an assistant professor at University of California Davis, engages in a conversation with the critically acclaimed artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah at the Smoking Dogs Films studio in East London.