Tracing Emerging Ecologies

Hosted by Nuku Studio in Tamale, Tracing Emerging Ecologies is a collaborative exhibition and research project exploring the rapidly changing urban-rural landscapes of Tamale, Ghana. Responding to the city’s accelerated growth and shifting climate conditions, the project examines emerging patterns of land use, habitation, and ecological entanglement across species and systems.

Developed over two years by Baerbel Mueller, Eric Gyamfi, Juergen Strohmayer, and Nii Obodai, the exhibition brings together four distinct yet connected works—each investigating Tamale’s transformation through a different medium. From drone footage and analog photography to living-material experiments and large-format film, the works trace urban change through multispecies and more-than-human lenses.

Juergen Strohmayer’s contribution, Eco-Monument, is a 30-minute linear aerial video that maps the full span of Tamale from east to west. Capturing a year of change across its edges, the work foregrounds the unresolved realities and fragile ecologies that shape the city’s future.

The exhibition was installed at Nuku Studio’s Old Printing Press site in Tamale and invites viewers—especially local residents—to reflect on the visible and invisible forces shaping the city’s evolution.

Works by Baerbel Mueller, Eric Gyamfi, Juergen Strohmayer, and Nii Obodai
Hosted by Nuku Studio: Centre for Photographic Research and Practice, Tamale, Ghana
Curation & exhibition design by Baerbel Mueller and Juergen Strohmayer

Venue: Nuku Studio, Old Printing Press, Tamale, Ghana
Duration: Nov 12 - Feb 14, 2022     

Supported by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of the Republic of Austria, Nuku Studio, SCCA Tamale, and the artists.
Photography by Amelie Koerbs, Baerbel Mueller, Eric Gyamfi
Exhibition production by GGIDISU.studio