Venice Biennale Special: John Akomfrah
Dale Berning Sawa reviews John Akomfrah's British Council commission 'Listening All Night To The Rain'
Even before I knew anything of John Akomfrah's British Council commission at the 2024 Venice Biennale, I loved it for its title: Listening All Night To The Rain. When I was born, my parents were renting a flat on a farm in northern South Africa. People working on the farm called me Pula, which means "rain" in Sesotho, because they said I'd made my parents as happy as rain in a dry place makes everyone. Of course waking up to the sound of it falling on the roof above my head feels as comforting as home.
But home isn't a comfort for everyone. Nor is every listener to rainfall doing so from under a roof.
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