Karim Gamil
Poetry - Theatrics - Metaphysics
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Vision
I work at the threshold between poetry, theatrical performance, and metaphysics — seeking to explore the fundamental structures of experience.
I practice art as a form of practical cosmology. Through the act of worldbuilding — the setting in motion of first principles — I open a wound in the fabric of reality and let aesthetic experience gush forth. We gather the fragments and compose a collage of human presence.
Creation offers understanding. It resists pure critique. It proposes outlines, forms, and material gestures against abstraction — gestures that point toward real human solutions.
Yet the outcome remains unpredictable, irreducible to intention or control.
I am drawn to the void between words, and to the fragile architectures that hold experience together.
Bio
Karim Gamil was born in 1999 in Alexandria, Egypt.
In 2017, he began his studies in Philosophy and Art History at the University of Heidelberg. During this time, he gained his first theatrical experiences as an assistant director at Theaterhaus G7 in Mannheim and later interned at the Nationaltheater Mannheim.
After completing his studies, he joined Staatstheater Nürnberg as an assistant director, where he created his first scenic works, including Krankensaal Nr. 6, Wir Gelehrten, and began writing his first dramatic texts such as Im Tempel des Schönen.
Since autumn 2023, Karim Gamil has been working as an assistant director at Staatstheater Hannover. In the 2024/25 season, he directed Die Vertretungsstunde (über)leben, which continues to tour schools all over the region of Hannover.
Starting in the 2025/26 season, he will join the Thalia Theater Hamburg as an assistant director.