(Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire)

Content: Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire is the first of a two-part 35mm slide-tape text entitled Expeditions; part two is entitled Images of Nationality. The work toured England from November 1984 to March 1985, using a Kodak dissolve unit to sequence images into narrative. The soundtrack to Signs of Empire, which consisted of tape loops of musique concrete and political speeches, was amplified to create a powerful environment of dread.

Countries:

United Kingdom,

Ghana

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

21 minutes

Year:

1983

Directors:

John Akomfrah

Production companies:

Black Audio Film Collective

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