Ayo Akingbade

55.43 cm x 42 cm

Digital giclée print of an original risograph artwork

Commissioned by the Whitworth

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Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 14 min

World festival premiere: International Festival Film Rotterdam 2024

Show Me The World Mister is Ayo Akingbade’s first publication, developing work from her touring exhibition of the same name.

This publication is co-published by Book Works and Chisenhale Gallery, with support from John Hansard Gallery and Ms. Ebele Okobi.

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HD video, colour, sound, 7 min

Commissioned by NEXPO Switzerland

99 cm x 80 cm

Giclée print

Commissioned by John Hansard Gallery

16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 14 min

Co-produced by Chisenhale Gallery, London and Spike Island, Bristol. Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery; Spike Island; the Whitworth, University of Manchester; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton.

35mm film transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 24 min

Co-produced by Chisenhale Gallery, London and Spike Island, Bristol. Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery; Spike Island; the Whitworth, University of Manchester; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton.

World festival premiere: Currents, New York Film Festival 2023

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 4 min

World festival premiere: Contemporanea Film Festival 2023

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 24 min

Commissioned by Artangel and Museum of the Home

World festival premiere: 54th Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2022

99 cm x 80 cm

Giclée print

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, silent, 4 min

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 6 min

World festival premiere: DocLisboa 2021

HD video, colour, sound, 11 min

Commissioned by Whitechapel Gallery

Audio, 16 min

It accompanies two childhood friends sitting at Well Street Common in Hackney, London. It contemplates coming of age in a city that is constantly regenerating and remaking itself, reflecting on the passing of time with a quiet undramatic poignancy.

Commissioned by The Common Guild

Super 8mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 3 min 

World festival premiere: MoMA Doc Fortnight 2021

HDV transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 7 min

Commissioned by Tintype Gallery

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 6 min 

Commissioned by Independent Cinema Office & LUX  

World festival premiere: Glasgow Short Film Festival 2020 

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 11 min

Commissioned by Create London 

World festival premiere: Open City Documentary Festival 2020

16mm and HD video, colour, sound, 21 min

World festival premiere: Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2019

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, black and white, sound, 4 min 

Commissioned by Institute of Contemporary Arts London 

World festival premiere: BFI London Film Festival 2018

Super 16mm and HD video, colour, sound, 13 min

World festival premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018 

Super 16mm transferred to HD file, colour, sound, 3 min

Commissioned and produced by Chisenhale Gallery, in collaboration with Institute of Contemporary Arts London and Channel 4, Random Acts

World festival premiere: BFI Future Film Festival 2017

HD video, colour, sound, 1 min

World festival premiere: London Short Film Festival 2015