Online
October 1—5, 2021
Friday, October 1, 2021 at noon to Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at midnight
December 3—5, 2021
Friday, December 3, 2021 at noon to Sunday, December 5, 2021 at midnight
Free
In addition to the presentation of Larry Achiampong’s Relic series of short films presented in the PHI Foundation’s gallery spaces, the Relic series is also made available for online viewing on specific dates through the Explore section of our website.
Taking place in different places and landscapes around the world, these films invite us to accompany the Relic Travellers as they listen to, collect, and care for the traces, stories, and testimonies of ancestors of the African diaspora.
Online Film Schedule
October 1—5 and December 3—5:
• Relic 0 (2017) 10 min 10 s
• Relic 1 (2017) 14 min 12 s
• Relic 2 (2019) 10 min 50 s
• Relic 3 (2019) 12 min 34 s
Larry Achiampong
Larry Achiampong’s solo and collaborative projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance, and sound to explore ideas surrounding class, cross-cultural, and post-digital identity. With works that examine his communal and personal heritage—in particular, the intersection between pop culture and the postcolonial position—Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of “the self” by splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal entrenched sociopolitical contradictions in contemporary society.
Achiampong completed a bachelor’s degree in mixed-media fine art at the University of Westminster in 2005, and a master’s in sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. In 2020, he was awarded a fellowship by the Stanley Picker Gallery in London, and received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award in recognition of his artistic practice in 2019. He lives and works in Essex and was a tutor with the photography master’s program at the Royal College of Art between 2016 and 2021. He was shortlisted for the Jarman Award in 2021. Achiampong currently serves on the board of trustees at Iniva (the Institute of International Visual Arts), facilitating the formation of art policy in the UK and internationally. He also holds a seat on the board of trustees of the Elephant Trust. Achiampong is represented by C Ø P P E R F I E L D.
Free
For Larry Achiampong's first solo exhibition in the Americas, the PHI Foundation presents Relic Traveller, a large multidisciplinary project begun in 2017
Free
For Larry Achiampong's first solo exhibition in the Americas, the PHI Foundation presents Relic Traveller, a large multidisciplinary project begun in 2017
Free
The PHI Centre building comes to life with an interactive multimedia installation of a motion-activated river on its four-story windows on Saint-Pierre Street
Collaboration
The PHI Foundation, in collaboration with Onishka Productions and the Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui (CTD’A), presents the sound walk Marguerite: la pierre
Two immersive Renaissance tableaux for our hyper-mediated digital era, these artworks by Marco Brambilla will engulf you in landscapes of pop-culture iconography
A special selection of award-winning VR works that will draw you into four distinct worlds sharing unique and powerful stories
Free
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present an exhibition by Yayoi Kusama
Free
bleu de lieu is a participatory installation that invites the public to stay, to rest, to meditate and to interact with the different elements found in our Education Room
At Place Des Arts
As Water Falls is a virtual interactive waterfall that explores various aspects of water and its metaphorical concepts. Admission is free
Outside
The House of Murmurations is a public activation project where light and sound highlight and celebrate the historical architectural elements of this special site