Onyeka Igwe is an artist-filmmaker and programmer living and working in London. Her research-based practice focuses on the physical body and geographical place as sites of cultural and political meaning. Igwe uses dance, voice, archive and text in her non-fiction video work to weave together multiple narratives both within and beyond these sites. Her work has been screened and exhibited internationally including at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Glossary

  • Film

    A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.

  • Video

    Images recorded on videotape or on optical disc to be viewed on television screens, or projected onto screens. The medium through which these images are recorded and displayed.