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Postcards From Now

Postcards From Now is a set of new film projects by leading artists from across the globe which ask how Covid-19 compels us to question how we will all live in the future. Choreographer Akram Khan and animator and film director Naaman Azhari explore how tragedy can bring us together; visual artist Ibrahim Mahama gives an insight to creative education for young people in rural Ghana, Musician and activist Angélique Kidjo creates a potent portrait of her home country Benin and the women who inhabit it; a collaboration between choreographer Lucinda Childs and the artist collective (LA)HORDE shows the artistic process of creation in lockdown across borders; and director Lola Arias exposes and explores ageism in a pandemic society.

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Artist Headshots

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Akram Khan, image courtesy the artist courtesy the artist

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Naaman Azhari, image courtesy the artist courtesy the artist

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Lola Arias, image courtesy the artist courtesy the artist

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Ibrahim Mahama © White Cube George Darrell © White Cube George Darrell

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Angelique Kidjo credit Patrick Fouque credit Patrick Fouque

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Film stills

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Breathless Puppets Akram Khan & Naaman Azhari Image courtesy of the artist

A photograph of four women in Benin, wearing matching pineapple print dresses and standing mid-song. A fifth woman wearing pink appears to conduct them.
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Eve(s) Angélique Kidjo

A photograph of a man gesturing at a TV screen showing a map, while delivering a lesson to a group of children in Ghana. The lesson is taking place in a retired airplane with the rows of seats removed.
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Love Campus ABCD 2019–2021 Ibrahim Mahama

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Far Away From Russia Lola Arias

A photograph of 6 dancers from LA(HORDE), standing at attention in front of a background projection showing a Zoom call with Lucinda Childs
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Download and Run Zoom: Lucinda Childs meets (LA)HORDE – building momentum under lockdown

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