
Onyeka Igwe
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Onyeka Igwe is an artist filmmaker, programmer and researcher. She lives and works in London. In her non-fiction video work Onyeka uses dance, voice, archive and text to expose a multiplicity of narratives. The work explores the physical body and geographical place as sites of cultural and political meaning. Her video works have shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, The Showroom, London, articule, Montreal and Trinity Square Video, Toronto as well as at the London, Edinburgh Artist Moving Image, Rotterdam International and Hamburg film festivals.
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Ungentle (2022)
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A Radical Duet (2023)
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No Archive Can Restore You (2020)
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A So-Called Archive (2020)
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Sylvie’s Monologue (2023)
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Penkelemes (2025)
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8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel (2021)
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The Miracle on George Green (2022)
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Another Step Forward (2020)
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The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered (2019)
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We Need New Names (2015)
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Sitting on a Man (2018)
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Specialised Technique (2018)
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Her Name in My Mouth (2018)
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Notes on dancing with the archive (2023)
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