Ahkami's emphasis on rhythm and viscerality over virtuosity is inspired by NYC street art of the 1980s, German expressionism, and urban street life and dance club culture. (arlingtonartscenter.org)
Alongside the work of Atkins's contemporaries, from Benedict Drew to Laure Prouvost, Us Dead Talk Love represents a new viscerality in digital filmmaking — not only in its abject subject matter, but also in the queasily direct sensory response provoked by its disjunctive montage of sound, image and word. (frieze.com)
Her performance pieces of the late»80s revolved around the human body, a theme that reemerged and is carried through her sculptural works, in which non-figurative pieces engage the viewer's bodies through their striking viscerality and presence. (artspace.com)