Emeka Ogboh: Quand il y en a un, ça va…

Born in 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria, Emeka Ogboh lives and works between Berlin and Lagos, where he explores the impact of sound and the different senses on the experience of the world around us and uses his work to address current issues such as immigration, globalization, and post-colonialism.

The starting point of this exhibition is a long-term craft beer project called Sufferhead Original inspired by food tastes and the experiences of Africans living in Europe. Through creating a new beer recipe and its associated brand image, the artist questions certain preconceived ideas and a priori assumptions about immigration and integration policies that are generally associated with the destinies of expatriates in Europe.

With Quand il y en a un, ça va… presented in this exhibition, Emeka Ogboh pursues this multisensory research, combining the creation of a new “Parisian edition” beer, a site-specific sound installation, and a series of photographs taken from the Sufferhead Original (Paris Edition) advertising campaign.