Opening & Concert: SENSE OF SAFETY featuring FO SHO

The event will be held in English and Ukrainian.

Black female rap as a bridge of solidarity with the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv: the Ethiopian-Ukrainian hip-hop trio FO SHO will give an exclusive concert at ZKM | Karlsruhe to mark the opening of »Sense of Safety«, an international exhibition project with the YermilovCentre in Kharkiv. Curated by antiwarcoalition.art and broadcasted live to the embattled Ukrainian metropolis and hometown of FO SHO, which is located only 40 kilometers from the Russian border.

Founded in 2019 by the siblings Bethlehem (or Betty), Miriam, and Siona Endale, FO SHO stands for a symbiosis of modern genres from trap to hip-hop, R'n'b to rock. As the children of Jewish migrants from Ethiopia, the sisters grew up in Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine. Exposed to the feeling of being strangers everywhere, they embrace their unique cultural background, history and cultural traditions in their songs, style and, most importantly, in their energetic, lively performances. In 2022, after the outbreak of the full-scale Russian invasion, they had to leave their besieged hometown and have been living near Stuttgart ever since, where they, along with other musicians from the region, stand for music as a means of rebellion and awakening.

Together with the opening of the »Sense of Safety« exhibition project, the concert will be broadcast live from the Media Theater at ZKM to the YermilovCentre in Kharkiv, where the core exhibition of the same name is taking place. This will create a bridge of solidarity between the cities of Karlsruhe and Kharkiv and their respective communities, showing the people in the daily shelled city, that despite the horrible circumstances of the war they are neither forgotten nor alone.