Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom and Ned McConnell in conversation
at
the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh

6 May 2022
Roberts Institute of Art

6 May 2022, 5–6:30pm.

Boakye-Yiadom will be in conversation with Ned McConnell, to discuss his practice and the development of Before: Compliment and During: Compliment, with music, sound and visual clips drawn from his research and previous performances.

During: Compliment is commissioned by the Roberts Institute of Art as part of our Live Art Commissions and co-presented by the Roberts Institute of Art and the Fruitmarket at the Fruitmarket Warehouse, Edinburgh on 7 May, between 3-7pm.

Roberts Institute of Art

Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom and Ned McConnell in conversation, 6 May 2022, the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh.

Photo: Chris Scott

Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom

Appau Jnr Boayke-Yiadom works across multimedia installation and performance, combining ready-made objects, sculpture, photography, sound, archive and self-produced moving image to create installations with multi-layered references, highlighting cultural collision. He incorporates snippets of film footage and fragments of sound into works, as well as collaborating with musicians for live improvisation.

Ned McConnell

Ned McConnell is a curator and writer. He is a Curator at the Roberts Institute of Art where he commissions new performances, and develops exhibitions and other public programmes in relation to the David and Indrė Roberts Collection. He is a writer for Art Monthly and has written variously for other publications and catalogues.