@Bundaskanzlerin

The online persona "Bundaskanzlerin" began as a performance and social experiment. It serves as a critique of Germany's exclusionary political and art worlds, as well as AI-based censorship on social media platforms.

Playing on Angela Merkel's former Instagram username @Bundeskanzlerin, Naya made it seem like a typo by writing it with an "A" instead of an "E." This well-calculated move went viral while addressing heavily censored topics and gained thousands of followers in just a few days, most of whom were non-German speakers who mistyped Merkel’s username in the search. "Bunda" means "ass" in Brazilian Portuguese, a word originally from Kimbundu.

By appropriating the influencer stereotype and merging it with a politician, Naya creates a gag effect. A global South-born, immigrant, trans woman leading a country is unthinkable. Using found footage from journalism, social media, music, TV, cinema, and beyond, Naya crafts video collages, photographs, and memes. She has built not just a body of work, but also a virtual and visual language. By remixing fragments of words, symbols, and emojis, she successfully manipulated the algorithm—until AI updates adapted and began learning from us.

Through @Bundeskanzlerin, Naya has become one of Berlin's most influential voices. She is sought after by art and cultural institutions nationwide to engage younger and marginalized audiences in Germany.