Åndas – Gleich
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Features and Remarks
This installation utilizes the dynamic interplay between “Åndas” (different) and “Gleich” (same) through an innovative use of advertising signs. The installation is designed to actively engage the viewer and includes interactive elements that convey different messages depending on the viewer‘s location and interaction.
Sensor-activated changes: Sensors detect the viewer‘s presence and movement, causing the sign to signal “Same” next to “Åndas” as the viewer approaches or moves around the installation. This feature highlights the impact of individual actions on social views and emphasizes the dynamic nature of personal and cultural identity and emphasizes commonalities.
With Åndas, Ogboh has created a conceptual intervention into Austria’s cultural self-image as part of the Salzkammergut 2024 project. The beer Åndas, brewed with local Austrian ingredients and infused with West African flavours, stands as a metaphor for the permeability of cultural boundaries. The accompanying advertising campaign, featuring Black Austrians in traditional Salzkammergut attire, subtly yet powerfully challenges national identity constructs.
His new works extend the interactive principle of “ÅNDAS – GLEICH”, emphasizing materiality, corporeality, and language. A key element of these sculptures is the integration of textual forms from African and European cultures, which coexist without merging or altering each other. Particularly striking is the use of Nsibidi script, a traditional symbol system of the Igbo people and other West African ethnic groups. As a centuries-old non-linear writing system, Nsibidi uses ideographic signs to convey fundamental concepts such as community, power, and identity.
By juxtaposing the Nsibidi symbol for ‚growth‘ with the European letter Å, which signifies ‚otherness,‘ Ogboh generates a visual tension—one that does not seek resolution but instead underscores the dynamic interplay and coexistence of distinct cultural systems. His sculptures thus become vehicles of a discursive space where neither assimilation nor hierarchy prevails, but rather a state of equitable coexistence emerges.
These objects are not merely material manifestations but performative markers of social discourse. They embody a central tenet of Ogboh’s artistic practice—the coexistence of multiple cultural expressions, equally valid and simultaneously present, without one seeking dominance over the other.
Informations about the artwork
| Category | Installation |
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| artist | Ogboh, Emeka |
| year | 2025 |
| Title | Åndas – Gleich |
| size 1 |
Object
60 x 120 x 20 cm
Object: 50 x 130 x 20 cm |
| material | Weatherproof illuminated Arcyl letters, two-part (GLEICH with motion detector) |
| edition | 3 + 1AP |
| signature | On base signed and numbered |
| Provenance | e.artis edition |
Information about the condition
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The Installation is in a very good condition |
Information about the artist
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Emeka Ogboh (*1977, Nigeria) operates at the intersection of conceptual art, social sculpture, and cultural archaeology. His works employ multisensory media—including sound, taste, and installations—to renegotiate cultural narratives. Rather than fixed categories of identity, Ogboh is interested in the fluid interplay of memory, migration, and belonging. Ogboh‘s works have been featured in documenta 14 (2017), the Münster Skulptur Project (2017), and the Biennale di Venezia (2015). His inclusion in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and Tate Modern in London underscores his significance in contemporary discourse on transcultural identities. |
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