Exhibition:John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain

What could we achieve if we learned to truly listen?

Contemporary art and activism become one in noted artist John Akomfrah’s profound piece, Listening All Night To The Rain.

Be among the first to experience Listening All Night To The Rain at National Museum Cardiff exclusively as the first stop on a UK tour following its debut at the 2024 Venice Biennale.

The immersive audio-visual piece is a journey of sights and sounds that draw out specific moments in time, events in our collective histories that have shaped individuals and societies. By listening, watching and engaging with the piece we are encouraged to listen as a form of activism against historic and enduring injustices.

Proudly presented by Amgueddfa Cymru, British Council, and Art Fund, Lisson Gallery and Smoking Dogs Films, this exhibition brings the transformative power of contemporary art to Wales.

John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah, born 1957, lives and works in London. He is a founding member of the pioneering Black Audio Film Collective, 1982-1998. Akomfrah's influence on experimental film and the study of colonial history and racialised identity is unparalleled.