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Place of Birth: Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
About Emeka Ogboh
- Emeka Ogboh (born 1977) is a Nigerian sound and installation artist best known for his soundscapes of life in Lagos.
- Trained as an artist, he began working with sounds that characterize cities following an Egyptian multimedia art program.
- He presents unmodified field recordings from Lagos city life—for instance, its danfo share taxi system—in gallery installations with headphones and speakers.
- His non-audio work uses iconography from Lagos city life.
- He participated in the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program and 2015 Venice Biennale, and received the 2016 Bremen Böttcherstraße Art Award.
- His work has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, American National Museum of African Art, Menil Collection, Casino Luxembourg, and Kiasma.
- Critics noted his soundscapes' chaos and complexity, and his focus on recontextualizing rather than transforming the city's sounds.
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