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John Akomfrah at the Venice Biennale + mentors in art and life + Zeno Sworder

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Published
Wed 15 May 2024
Episode Link
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/john-akomfrah-zeno-sworder/103744344

Daniel meets the British filmmaker and artist Sir John Akomfrah, who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale with his work Listening All Night to Rain.

Mentors can have many guises. For Miriwoong artist Jan Griffiths, Tiwi artist Johnathon World Peace Bush and Gomeroi Yinarr  artist Sophie Honess, they each chose someone who could offer them artistic guidance as well as cultural knowledge. The resulting works were commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria for a show called My Country.

Producer Stacy Gougoulis visits the home studio of children's book illustrator Zeno Sworder, whose book My Strange Shrinking Parents was a hit of 2023.

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