“Wrightwood 659 hosts two installations by distinguished artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah, whose work investigates memory, post-colonialism, temporality, and the experiences of migrant diasporas globally. Four Nocturnes is a three-screen video installation which explores the complex relationship between humanity’s destruction of the natural world and its self-destruction.
“Using Africa’s declining elephant populations as its narrative spine, Four Nocturnes is a meditation on mortality, loss, fragmented identity, mythology, and memory through poetic visuals that survey the landscape of African cultural heritage.
“Four Nocturnes was commissioned for the inaugural Ghana Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019. Toxic Cloud, an installation comprising hundreds of plastic jugs suspended overhead, capturing the sense of our polluted atmosphere, will also be on view at Wrightwood 659.”
Wrightwood 659 presents
“John Akomfrah: Four Nocturnes”
Sept. 27, 2024 to Feb. 15, 2025
659 W. Wrightwood
Chicago, IL 60614