Onyeka Igwe

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.

Filmography

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Penkelemes Penkelemes 2025 A Radical Duet A Radical Duet 2023 Notes on dancing with the archive Notes on dancing with the archive 2023 Sylvie’s Monologue Sylvie’s Monologue 2023 Ungentle ★ 5.9 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