VERTIGO SEA

Dir. John Akomfrah Prod. Smoking Dogs Films 2015 48 min. UK

Vertigo Sea, a three-screen film, first seen at the 56th Venice Biennale as part of Okwui Enwezor’s All the World’s Futures exhibition.

The film is a sensual and poetic meditation on man's relationship with the sea and an exploration of its role in histories of slavery, migration and conflict. Blending archival footage, readings from classic sources and newly shot footage, the work explicitly highlights the greed, horror and cruelty of the whaling industry.

• 58th International - Venice Biennale - 2015

• ARNOLFINI - Bristol - 2016

• Turner Contemporary - 2016

• TOI MOROKI Center of Contemporary Art - New Zealand - 2016

• NEW MUSEUM - New York - 2018

• MoMA San Francisco - 2018

• The Store X, London - UK - 2018

• THE ROOMS, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador - 2020

• CAAC - Sevilla - 2020

• ANTONIO TÀPIES FOUNDATION - Spain - 2021

• MAC - Montréal - 2021

• NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA - 2022

• SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE Frankfurt - 2024

• MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - Boston - 2025