Finding Fanon Part 1

UHD Video, 2015

Finding Fanon Part 1 is the first part in a series of works in collaboration with David Blandy inspired by the lost plays of Frantz Fanon, (1925 - 1961) a politically radical humanist whose practice dealt with the psychopathology of colonisation and the social and cultural consequences of decolonisation.

In the film, the two artists negotiate Fanon’s ideas, examining the politics of race, racism and the post-colonial, and how these societal issues affect their relationship.

Their conflict is played out through a script that melds found texts and personal testimony, transposing their drama to a junkyard houseboat at an unspecified time in the future. Navigating the past, present and future, Achiampong and Blandy question the promise of globalisation, exploring its impact on their own heritage.

Finding Fanon, produced with support from Arts Council England and with thanks to Hamish Mckenzie