We visit the artist studios of Yero Adugna Eticha and Henok Getachew Woldegebreal to learn more about their respective art practices and how they have evolved over time. Yero’s multi-year project, Black in Berlin, explores representations of blackness through photography in the wake of Black Lives Matter demonstrations, with a recent exhibition at f³ – freiraum für fotografie. Henok, working with painting and performance art, appropriates “power representing books” such as atlases and dictionaries to construct new meanings.

This interview was recorded on 3 March 2024. It has been edited for length.

With Guests: Yero Adugna Eticha is a Berlin-based photographer from Oromia/Ethiopia, whose work focuses on the stories, perspectives and visions of Afro/Black German and African Diaspora people.

Henok Getachew Woldegebreal works as a visual artist who uses different media in order to express his ideas. He paints, creates videos, installations and performances.