Programme
Past Event
13 March 2024

Screening: Larry Achiampong’s ‘Wayfinder’

1 / 1Larry Achiampong, Wayfinder, 2022, Still from Feature Length Single Channel 4K-Film with Stereo Sound. Commissioned by Turner Contemporary with BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art and MK Gallery.

Drinks Reception: Wednesday 13 March 4-5.30pm
Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University

Meet Stanley Picker Fellow Larry Achiampong and visit his solo exhibition A Letter, A Pledge at the Gallery.
After the drinks reception we will walk over to Town House for a Q&A and screening of Achiampong’s film, Wayfinder.

Film Screening: Wednesday 13 March 6-8pm
Town House Courtyard, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road

Q&A with Larry Achiampong followed by a screening of his epic film Wayfinder, 2022. Running time: 83 minutes.

Credits: ‘A Letter (Side B)’ (2023), ‘A Pledge’ (2024) and ‘A Funeral’ (forthcoming) form part of the series ‘Ghost_Data_’ co-commissioned by The Mosaic Rooms, Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University and Heart of Glass. Achiampong’s feature-length film ‘Wayfinder’ (2022) was commissioned by Turner Contemporary with BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art and MK Gallery.

Biography

Larry Achiampong (b. 1984, UK, British Ghanaian) is an artist, filmmaker and musician. He completed a BA in Mixed Media Fine Art at University of Westminster in 2005 and an MA in Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. Achiampong was awarded the Stanley Picker Fellowship in Art and Design at Kingston University (2020), was shortlisted for the Jarman Award (2018/2021) and received the Paul Hamlyn Award (2019). Recent major projects include Genetic Automata (with David Blandy) at the Wellcome Collection, London (2023-24); Wayfinder at Turner Contemporary Margate, MK Gallery Milton Keynes and BALTIC, Gateshead (2022-2023); Liverpool Biennial (2021); Relic Traveller: Where You and I Come From, We Know That We Are Not Here Forever, Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal (2021); When the Sky Falls, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2020); Pan African Flag For The Relic Travellers Alliance & Relic Traveller, Phase 1, 019, Ghent (2019); Dividednation, Primary, Nottingham (2019).