Weke / Namsa Leuba
07 September - 06 October 2018
The main focus in the work of Swiss-Guinean photographer Namsa Leuba is on the African identity, which she views through her lens as a Westerner.
Spanning documentary, fashion, and performance, Namsa Leuba creates a set of visual images exploring the signs and symbols of her cultural heritage. Hangar presents her series Weke in its entirety for the first time. This series of photographs, executed in the Republic of Benin, the birthplace of voodoo, imagines narratives that are inspired by the local animist traditions of the voodoo religion. Vodoo cosmology is based on the idea that spirits govern the natural and human world, and religious practices incorporate ceremonies that communicate with mythical gods.