Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe

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.


Movie Credits

A Radical Duet
A Radical Duet
2023
Sylvie’s Monologue
Sylvie’s Monologue
2023
Notes on dancing with the archive
Notes on dancing with the archive
2023
Ungentle
Ungentle
2022
The Miracle on George Green
The Miracle on George Green
2022
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel
2021
Another Step Forward
Another Step Forward
2020
A So-Called Archive
A So-Called Archive
2020
No Archive Can Restore You
No Archive Can Restore You
2020
Collective Hum
Collective Hum
2020
The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered
The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered
2019
Specialised Technique
Specialised Technique
2018
Her Name in My Mouth
Her Name in My Mouth
2018
Sitting on a Man
Sitting on a Man
2018
We Need New Names
We Need New Names
2015

Pictures

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