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	<title>ANITA SAFOWAA</title>
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		<title>Front Page</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:03:27 +0000</pubDate>

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	INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST Building storytelling environments&#38;nbsp;
Film - Installation - Participatory Projects


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		<title>Childhood.Memories.00s (2022)</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:23:46 +0000</pubDate>

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	CHILDHOOD.MEMORIES.00s


	Y2K Revisited from a Black British Lens.


	
	
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	Childhood.Memories.00s is a collection of video complications, archival objects and interviews that recalls the joys and excitement of the Y2K era — held in a recreated tween bedroom. Not only were visitors transported back in time, this exhibition redefined what is considered an archive and widened the conversation around how the past can be preserved and engaged with. 
Video works exhibited: 

BABY.GAMER.VIDEO.MIX (2022), Video, 28:17 mins Drawing on connections between sound and memory alongside the use of sound as a branding tool, BABY.GAMER.VIDEO.MIX is a compilation of music from gaming consoles like the Playstation 2 to TV and computer games of the late 90s/early 00s.&#38;nbsp;
	

	
	

	

	
	It’s A Dancing Ting (2022), Video, 26:45 mins It’s A Dancing Ting is a video collage celebrating dance as an art form present in music videos and everyday lives.
	


	
	
	

	
	Goin’ Hard (2022), Audio, 10 minsThe rising popularity of Funky House in the late 00s is reminsided in this sound piece through the memories of being a 18 year-old Brunel University student.
	

	
	
	

	
	Childhood.Memories.00s Playlists
	

	
	
	
	
	


	
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		<title>To Those Before Me (2020)</title>
				
		<link>https://anitasafowaa.co.uk/To-Those-Before-Me-2020-1</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>

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TO THOSE BEFORE ME&#38;nbsp;
2020
An immersive VR experience exploring the parallels between heritage and contemporary body movement.

	

	

	
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	Drawing on traditions deriving from the Asante People of Ghana, To Those Before Me, is an immersive voyage exploring the diaspora through an improvised dance performance juxtaposed with mesmerising animations and an impactful soundtrack using 360 video technologies. 

Within Asante traditions, dance and music are used as a mode to uplift and heal, with hand movements and footwork serving as mediums to represent emotions. For instance, the Adowa dance is performed at funerals, while the Asaadua dance is observed at more lively celebrations.Aligning with the Asante viewpoint, the film examines these traditions through navigating the mind of a dancer, who performs an improvised sequence which represents her heritage. Whilst historical cultural moments are re-imagined through a striking 3D animation to visualise oral histories which are rarely documented or available in archives. Ultimately, To Those Before Me, contributes to widening the multiplicity of history behind dance and music through providing an Asante perspective. This project was funded by New Creatives, a national talent development scheme co-funded by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.
	





	
	INFO
Written and Directed by: Anita SafowaaExecutive Producer: Kristina Pulejkova (SPACE)VR Producer: Estela Oliva (Digital &#38;amp; Nomad Ltd.)Soundtrack: Ernest Londe3D Artist: Joaquina SalgadoDancer: Shemona Dale Year: 2020 Running Time: 05:22mins

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		<title>Alternative Interactions With Archives</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:24:29 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description>ALTERNATIVE INTERACTIONS WITH ARCHIVES
What are considered archival materials and what is our relationship with these artefacts?

	
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Funded by Arts Council England, this research project explored experiential ways to engage with silenced histories. Focussing on Black British experiences, questions surrounding the ownership and accessibility of archival materials examined whilst unearthing possibilities on how technology can preserve and create learning environments for related communities. 

The work produced was featured in the Childhood.Memories.00s exhibition held at Metroland Studios in London. &#38;nbsp;

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		<title>A Single Bracelet Does Not Jingle (2018)</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>ANITA SAFOWAA</dc:creator>

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	A SINGLE BRACELET DOES NOT JINGLE
	

	


	
    

	

	
	An experimental short film about the co-existence of two cultures within one identity; commissioned by Arts Council England and Channel 4’s Random Acts under the Stop, Play, Record initiative.
	

	
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	INFO
Directed and Edited by: Anita SafowaaExecutive Producer: Chisenhale GalleryCinematography: Laura GallopGrade and Sound Design: Black ShuckYear: 2018Running Time: 05:22minsScreenings: London Short Film Festival 2019; Stop Play Record Screening and Q&#38;amp;A 2018; Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018; Playback Festival 2018; Bird’s Eye View x Playback Festival at Genesis Cinema 2018
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		<title>BBC New Creatives: I Am Not A Burden</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>ANITA SAFOWAA</dc:creator>

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	I AM NOT A BURDEN
A sonic protest against pregnancy discrimination.

	


	
	I Am Not A Burden is a sonic protest against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace by Director Stephanie Amponsah. This piece was commissioned by BBC Arts under the New Creatives programme and was partnered with NTS Radio.


	

	

	INFO

Creator: Stephanie AmponsahExecutive Producers: Rory Bowens and Lizzy King (NTS)Composer and Sound Designer: Heather BrittonDevelopment producer: Anita SafowaaFemale Newscaster: Victoria StormMale Newscaster: Stewart James Barham Year: 2020&#38;nbsp;Running Time: 11:52mins
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		<title>Making Sense</title>
				
		<link>https://anitasafowaa.co.uk/Making-Sense-1</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:55:43 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>ANITA SAFOWAA</dc:creator>

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	MAKING SENSE
South London Gallery x Mountview
2021
A collaborative community sharing platform championing creative practice as a tool for positive social change, online &#38;amp; onsite.
	


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	Making Sense is a community platform celebrating creativity with a social purpose. As the project’s producer, I shaped the concept of the platform, devised the look and feel, researched and sourced content and developed a programme and newsletter aimed at young people. Once developed, the platform was trialled amongst Art teachers in schools within the Borough of Southwark as a tool for having classroom discussions around race.
	







	
	
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		<title>A Journey To Stillness (in-production)</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:32:21 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>ANITA SAFOWAA</dc:creator>

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A JOURNEY TO STILLNESS
2020
Multi-screen and short film experience dissecting the migration experience.

	

	

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	‘A Journey To Stillness’ is a multi-screen installation that dissects the migration experience by drawing on the memories of Ghanaian migrants who moved to London during the 1980s and 90s. The experience utilises collage animations, immersive soundscapes and archival footage to create snapshots highlighting the nuances of everyday life in Ghana and London. The project will unpack the socio-political environment of Ghana during it’s early years of independence with the transformation of Ghanaian highlife music during the 1950s to 1990s running as a parallel narrative; a commodity that was globally exported. This project aims to conceive a new approach to viewing and interacting with silenced histories with the view of reversing the stigma surrounding resettlement. 


The film’s narrative interweaves various accounts relating to the migration experience, collected from multiple archives and conducted interviews whilst creating fictional scenes to clarify gaps and silences in researched histories whilst providing a full bodied experience. The film is broken down into chapters. Chapter One surrounds early memories of Ghana post-independence. It embodies the vibrancy of Ghana embarking on a new journey of independence but also the frictions as the once segmented notion must move as one. Chapter two focuses on the military overthrowing the first president of Ghana, foreign loans from the UK and America multiplying and the impressions left from colonialism through an account of an interviewee’s experience of seeing his brother for the first time after travelling aboard. For Chapter three, Thatcher England will be explored. The pre-conceived notions of England the interviewees had will be juxtaposed with the racial injustices that were commencing in London. This section will also explore the new life Ghanaian migrants carved for themselves during this time period.


Overall, this piece aims to dismantle the negative ideologies surrounding migration into the UK.


	
	


	
    
	


	
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		<title>Playback Festival</title>
				
		<link>https://anitasafowaa.co.uk/Playback-Festival</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:25:02 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>ANITA SAFOWAA</dc:creator>

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	PLAYBACK FESTIVAL

in association with Channel 4’s Random Acts2018
A celebration of cutting-edge experimental film by young artists in collaboration with Arts Council England and Channel 4.
	

	

	
	

	
	Shining a light on experimentalism, The Playback Festival showcased cutting-edge work by England-based artists aged 16 to 24. The exhibition was a collaboration between Arts Council England and Channel 4 in partnership with Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chisenhale Gallery, DAZED, Kingston University, SPACE and New Contemporaries. To celebrate the occasion, a collection of artist interview short films, GIFS and event reels were produced and circulated on social media platforms.
	

	

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

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EVENT HIGHLIGHT REEL

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PROMOTIONAL TRAILER

	
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		<title>ArtsCouncilApplication</title>
				
		<link>https://anitasafowaa.co.uk/ArtsCouncilApplication</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>ANITA SAFOWAA</dc:creator>

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	Decolonial Futures: Reframing Black Archives




	PROJECT SUMMARY

Decolonial Futures: Reframing Black Archives is a research and development project exploring equitable ways for artists to engage with archives using Black British and Ghanaian lives as a case study. Working with grassroots archivists in Ghana, the project
will develop a decolonial framework to challenge the colonial legacies in institutional 
collections, produce a new artist film, host a workshop in London and create a pamphlet 
outlining the framework.





	SHORT FILM: A JOURNEY TO STILLNESS



	
‘A Journey To Stillness’ is short essayistic artist film explores migration through the memories of two Ghanaian migrants who moved to London during 
the 1980s–90s. The experience utilises collage animations, immersive soundscapes and archival footage to create snapshots highlighting the nuances of everyday life in Ghana and London. The project will unpack the socio-political environment of Ghana during it’s early years of independence with the transformation of Ghanaian highlife music during the 1950s to 1990s running as a parallel narrative; a commodity that was globally exported. This project aims to conceive a new approach to viewing and interacting with silenced histories with the view of reversing the stigma surrounding resettlement.
Please find the film treatment here.&#38;nbsp;
	


	

PAMPHLET AND WORKSHOP REFERENCE

	
Produced by ANTI, the workshop will respond to the film by discussing anti-colonist ways of engaging with archive materials and developing equitable international partnerships; especially with organisations based in the Global South.
The pamphlet will highlight the framework by which the film was built on. It will also include research conducted prior to the making of the film.&#38;nbsp;


	Reference images for the pamphlet&#38;nbsp;

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Past Works:
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	Childhood.Memories.00s (2022) Moving image Installation

Childhood.Memories.00s (2022)&#38;nbsp;is a collection of video complications, archival objects and interviews that recalls the joys and excitement of the Y2K era — held in a recreated tween bedroom installation. Not only were visitors transported back in time, this exhibition redefined what is considered an archive and widened the conversation around how the past can be preserved and engaged with. Held over 3 days at Metroland Studios in Kilburn London, the Y2K period was explored through a Black British lens.


TO THOSE BEFORE ME (2020)&#38;nbsp;
360° video&#38;nbsp;
06:00mins&#38;nbsp;

An immersive VR experience exploring the parallels between heritage and contemporary body movement; funded through commission by New Creatives, a national talent development scheme co-funded by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.Drawing on traditions deriving from the Asante People of Ghana, To Those Before Me, is an immersive voyage exploring the diaspora through an improvised dance performance juxtaposed with mesmerising animations and an impactful soundtrack using 360 video technologies.&#38;nbsp; Ultimately, To Those Before Me, contributes to widening the multiplicity of history behind dance and music through providing an Asante perspective.


	





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	A SINGLE BRACELET DOES NOT JINGLE (2018)Short Film 03:00mins 
An experimental short film about the co-existence of two cultures within one identity; commissioned by Arts Council England and Channel 4’s Random Acts under the Stop, Play, Record initiative.
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