{"id":351,"date":"2017-11-10T22:41:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T22:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strangewoollabs.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:21:17","slug":"emeka-ogboh-if-found-please-return-to-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/remote-places.com\/works\/index.php\/2017\/11\/10\/emeka-ogboh-if-found-please-return-to-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Emeka Ogboh: If Found Please Return to Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>10.11.2017 \u2013 04.2.2018<br>Staatliche Kunsthalle<br>Baden-Baden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the position of African expatriates in contemporary Germany\/Europe? That is the question which Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh addresses in his first large solo exhibition. For this occasion he has transformed the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden into several auditory experiences. Ten loudspeakers playing \u201cThe Song of the Germans\u201d form the start of the show. What is unusual about this is that the members of a Berlin choir, Bona Deus, are not singing the anthem\u2019s lyrics in German but in Douala, Igbo, Ewondo and other African languages \u2013 the native languages of the choir\u2019s members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his <g class=\"gr_ gr_16 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"16\" data-gr-id=\"16\">works<\/g> Emeka Ogboh examines the theme of immigration. He also incorporates his own experiences from living in the cities of Lagos and Berlin. Emeka Ogboh has won several awards for his art works. For this exhibition at the <g class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"17\" data-gr-id=\"17\">Kunsthalle<\/g> he has produced several site-specific works, which revolve around our sense of taste. For example, he has brewed a Baden-Baden variety of his legendary beer \u201cSufferhead Original\u201d. The brewing process is informed by conversations which he had with people of African origin about their taste experiences. What is the taste of Baden-Baden, and which tastes are missing? These gustatory experiences have helped him develop a recipe for this stout beer, and have initiated the critical interrogation of concepts such as citizenship and identity. On the premises of the splendid Baden-Baden <g class=\"gr_ gr_18 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"18\" data-gr-id=\"18\">Casino<\/g> he has shot a TV commercial for his beer. Its protagonists are people with an African background who live in the town of Baden-Baden and its surrounding areas. Collectively they create the portrait of a society which is self-confident about its roots, influences <g class=\"gr_ gr_19 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"19\" data-gr-id=\"19\">and<\/g> interstices. The Kunsthalle would especially like to thank the many contributors who have made this project possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sound Engineering by Justin Geller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/justingeller.com\/works\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20171107_151946-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/remote-places.com\/works\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20171107_151946-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/remote-places.com\/works\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20171107_151946-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/remote-places.com\/works\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20171107_151946-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/remote-places.com\/works\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20171107_151946-1568x882.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10.11.2017 \u2013 04.2.2018Staatliche KunsthalleBaden-Baden What is the position of African expatriates in contemporary Germany\/Europe? 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