BLESS is not an average fashion label
transforms a critical conflict of our age into intimate and immediate experience
Lauren Olamina
DIY-aesthetic creations function as sketchbook
untangling the interconnected gender and class oppressions in these historic tales
John Akomfrah: A Space of Empathy Erving Goffman BLESS is not an averageArchive Books, 2023, hardcover, 120 pages, 28 x 22 cm An overview of John Akomfrah's work, with contributions by Julia Grosse and Nelly Y. Pinkrah, an interview with the artist, along with a foreword by Sebastian Baden. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt in 2023 2024. John Akomfrah (born 1957) is a British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator. His works are characterised by