The Sabode Experience presents Home Body

Name: The Sabode Experience presents Home Body
Start: 2026-04-13T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-18T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Artworks East

Schedule

Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am to Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Artworks East | London, EN

Return to the body, return to home. The Sabodé Experience invites you to explore rest, identity and creative process.
About this Event

This open studio introduces Sandra Abode’s evolving multidisciplinary practice, bringing together art, textiles, film, photography and movement. A London-born artist of Nigerian and Togolese heritage, Abode explores themes of identity, culture and sustainability through her creative work and her slow fashion brand, Sabodé.

Seven years after the first chapter of her series IYACHI ONYA (Wild Woman), Abode presents "Home Body", a new self-portrait series examining the relationship between the body, home and creativity. Inspired by Women Who Run With The Wolves and shaped by a three-year sabbatical in Lagos, the work reflects on rest, healing and reconnection following the pandemic.

Through somatic movement, sound and mundane routines, Home Body asks how the body can become a site of home—particularly in response to displacement, trauma and post-pandemic life. The installation invites visitors into Abode’s creative process while opening space for conversation around embodiment, environment, Afro-diasporic identity and communal healing practices.

This open studio marks the beginning of a larger body of work and a chance to engage with the artist, local community and wider Afro-diasporic perspectives on home, rest and creativity.

ABOUT ARTWORKS EAST:

ArtWorks East is a newly established gallery, co-working space, and creative hub based in Leyton, East London. The space is dedicated to showcasing emerging and underrepresented artists across a wide range of disciplines, with a strong focus on cultural heritage, social commentary, and community-led practice. Since opening in May 2025, ArtWorks East has hosted over 50 exhibitions, workshops, and live events, welcoming more than 4,000 visitors and showcasing the work of over 200 artists. Known for its immersive, experiential programming and community-focused ethos, ArtWorks East collaborates closely with artists to create distinctive and meaningful creative experiences.