"The final question for colored people is who are they going to be, what are they going to be and who does society want them to be [...] when the voice of color overrides intelligence aptitude and skill..." - Stuart Hall • The Unfinished Conversation: A beautifully executed multilayered installation by John Akomfrah that investigates identity as a product of history and memory through the personal archive of renowned cultural theorist Stuart Hall, a native Jamaican whose home became Britain where he spent his life studying how culture, politics, power & history construct personal & national identities. Archival news footage that juxtapositions images of war, revolution, injustice, nature & culture are accompanied by audio of various BBC broadcasts of Hall's lectures concerning the difficulties of multiculturalism & obtaining an identity as a minority in a world fixated on the color of skin. #museuberardo. #stuarthall #identity #ethnicity #culture #theunfinishedconversation #videoinstallation #exhibition #colecaoberardo #skincolor #history #multiculturalism #revolution #theory #equality (at Museo Coleccao Berardo)
