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Finding Fanon takes inspiration from the lost plays of the radical writer, psychologist and philosopher Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), whose work examined the psychological effects of colonisation and the social and cultural consequences of decolonisation. Unfolding across three parts this work explores Fanon’s ideas, placing them in relation to the societal issues that affect the artists’ relationship as friends and collaborators. Presented here within a field of discarded technology and detritus, this work navigates between past, present and future. Achiampong and Blandy also interrogate the promise of globalisation, recognising its impact on their own heritage.

Where the first and third parts of Finding Fanon use live action film, the second part draws on footage developed using the Grand Theft Auto 5 video game. By hacking and repurposing this platform, the artists access an alternative, seemingly free and expansive world. Yet that world is revealed
to be underpinned by a capitalist structure and subject to the same systemic racism that is present in reality.

Total duration: 39 minutes, 48 seconds
Installation with video and sound
Courtesy the artists
The Finding Fanon sequence was supported by Arts Council England. With thanks to Hamish Mckenzie.
Part Two was commissioned by Brighton Digital Festival and produced by ArtsAdmin. Part Three was supported by Wysing Arts Centre.

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