The Unfinished Conversation

The Unfinished Conversation
Directed byJohn Akomfrah
Produced byLina Gopaul
David Lawson
Smoking Dogs Films
Release dates
  • September 2012 (2012-09) (London Biennial)[1][2]
  • 26 October 2013 (2013-10-26) (Tate Britain)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Unfinished Conversation is a 2012 multi-layered three-screen installation directed by John Akomfrah, co-founder of the Black Audio Film Collective. Through his celebrated technique of juxtaposing and layering archive footage with text, music and photographs, Akomfrah crosses the memory landscape of Stuart Hall, Jamaican-born founder of British Cultural Studies, to reflect on the nature and complexities of memory and identity.[3] The Unfinished Conversation was commissioned by Autograph ABP.[4] It opened at Tate Britain, London, on 26 October 2013, following its premiere at Bluecoat during the 2012 Liverpool Biennial.[5]

  1. ^ "John Akomfrah - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art". www.biennial.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ^ "The Unfinished Conversation • Smoking Dogs Films". Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. ^ Hudson, Mark (15 October 2012). "The Unfinished Conversation by John Akomfrah: a beautiful paean to identity". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Exhibitions/Commissions |John Akomfrah: The Unfinished Conversation", Autograph ABP.
  5. ^ "John Akomfrah’s film installation ‘The Unfinished Conversation’ opens at the Tate Britain", ARC Magazine, 25 October 2013.