Encounter with the artist and filmmaker Karimah Ashadu

The exhibition ABER ICH | DIE WELT | ICH SEHE | DICH presents "MUSCLE (2025)" by Karimah Ashadu. The film is an intimate portrait of bodybuilders in the heart of the slums of Lagos - a work that continues the artist's interest in patriarchy and the socio-economic structures of West Africa. The encounter aims to shed light on her unique approach to filmmaking and explore the themes that run through her work - masculinity and performance, labor and autonomy, landscape and history. Karimah Ashadu (born 1985 in London) is a British-born Nigerian artist and film director who lives and works between Hamburg and Lagos. Ashadu's work explores labor, patriarchy and notions of independence in the socio-economic and socio-cultural context of Nigeria and its diaspora. Her work has been exhibited and shown internationally in various institutions including the 60th Venice Biennale where she was awarded the Silver Lion. In 2020, Ashadu founded her film production company Golddust by Ashadu, which specializes in artist films about black culture and African discourses. Karimah Ashadu is a Philipp Otto Runge Fellow 2026. The event is in English. Participation: free of charge. No registration necessary. Meeting point: Event room Galerie der Gegenwart