Museums

John Akomfrah: Tropikos at Pérez Art Museum Miami
Fri 24 Feb, 2017 - Sun 17 Sep, 2017

John Akomfrah: Tropikos presents the artist’s 2016 film Tropikos, which examines the original encounter between European explorers and the people of Africa in the 16th century. This large-scale video installation was filmed in the Tamar Valley and Plymouth, England—a location with significant, if often forgotten, ties to the slave industry: it is where the first British slaving excursion set sail for Africa. … +