Emeka Ogboh

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Emeka Ogboh (b. 1977, Enugu, Nigeria) lives and works in Lagos and Berlin. Using sound as a sculptural medium, Ogboh’s transportive soundscape installations capture the culturally specific auditory environment of a particular city, emphasizing the importance of aural sensation in experiencing the world. Ogboh also transforms appropriated songs and compositions by rerecording them with new performers and presenting them in contexts that encourage a reconsideration of their meanings, often highlighting issues such as nationalism and xenophobia. Ogboh’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (2016); Modern Art Museum, Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2016); ifa-Galerie Berlin (2015); Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin (2015). Ogboh has also been featured in such group exhibitions as Documenta 14, Athens and Kassel (2017); Skulptur Projekte 2017: Münster, Germany; Africa: Architecture, Culture and Identity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2015); Disguise: Masks & Global African Art, Seattle Art Museum (2015); Venice Biennale (2015); Mikromusik: Festival Experimenteller musik und Sound art, Berlin (2014); The Progress of Love, The Menil Collection, Houston (2012); and Green Summary, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (2010).

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Ecos do Atlântico Sul - Pivô Recebe Instituto Goethe

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