Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
1983, English. Directed by John Akomfrah.
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.
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- 1 January 1983
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Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire (1983) was directed by John Akomfrah.