Video Assignment – El Anatsui

• El Anatsui
  • Grew up in Ghana
  • 32 Siblings
  • went to an art school in Ghana that was an offshoot of Golden Art School in London
• Intrigued by the writing all around, tried to emulate the writing

• What exactly do yo do as an artist?”

• Installations instructions, no particular way on how it should be installed
• A broken pot isn’t the end, regeneration, giving form to new lives