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Vertigo Sea

AKOMFRAH, John

© Smoking Dogs Films, All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Vertigo Sea explores the beauty of nature and the destruction wrought by humans to the environment and to ourselves.

Dizzying in scope and presentation, the three-screen film explores a broad sweep of human history. The whaling industry, the current refugee crisis and the transatlantic slave trade are major themes. Peppered throughout the film is the personal narrative of Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), a former slave and abolitionist.

These images are stills from a film or video artwork. Artist films are often created with specific experiences or physical spaces in mind. As a result, and for additional copyright reasons, we’re currently unable to show the full work as it was intended online.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 24957

Creation/Production

AKOMFRAH, John
Date: 2015

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of Art Fund & DWT, 6/2/2020
Purchased in partnership with Towner Art Gallery with the support of Art Fund and the Derek Williams Trust, 2019

Measurements

Material

video

Location

Currently on loan

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  • Akomfrah, John
  • Animals And Plants
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Arts And Entertainment
  • Communities And Society
  • Film And Video
  • Film/Video/Dvd
  • Fine Art
  • Fish And Marine Creatures
  • Hunting And Fishing
  • Landscape Features
  • New Media
  • Power And Politics
  • Refugee
  • Seascape
  • Slavery
  • Sport And Leisure

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