Emeka Ogboh's work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, American National Museum of African Art, Menil Collection, Casino Luxembourg, and Kiasma.
19 Facts About Emeka Ogboh
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Emeka Ogboh studied graphic design at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and graduated in 2001.
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Emeka Ogboh became interested in sound art during a media class at the 2008 Fayoum Winter Academy with Austrian multimedia artist Harald Scherz.
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Emeka Ogboh compared the soundscapes to orchestra symphonies, with layered voices rather than strictly chaotic noise.
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Emeka Ogboh appreciated the soundscape's ability to "transport the listener" and found the sound medium most engaging.
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Emeka Ogboh has said that the city's intense, natural soundscapes are jarring for all visitors.
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Emeka Ogboh has taken these Lagos recordings to museums around the world since 2008.
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Emeka Ogboh originally recorded Lagos for his use in-studio, but when presented with the idea of sharing the sound for artistic installation, he began to edit the clips for their best representation of Lagos and considered the best method of public dissemination.
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Home from his Egyptian art program, Emeka Ogboh was inspired to create the Lagos Soundscapes project when the artist was able to identify the sounds of his city during a phone call with a friend.
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Emeka Ogboh's Lagos by Bus is a recording of Lagos passengers traveling the danfo share taxis and molue minibuses characteristic of the city to work.
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Emeka Ogboh hosted an online stream of his Lagos Soundscapes in collaboration with the Goethe Institut Lagos for the July 2013 World Listening Day.
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Emeka Ogboh participated in the title exhibit of the 2015 Venice Biennale, All the World's Futures, with The Song of the Germans, a piece in which African refugees sang the German national anthem in their first languages.
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Emeka Ogboh had participated in the 2014 DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program and exhibited in the city.
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Later that year, Emeka Ogboh exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum's "Disguise: Masks and Global African Art" and the United States National Museum of African Art.
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In September, 2020, when most art spaces in Berlin were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Emeka Ogboh was invited to participate in an exhibition project called Studio Berlin, located at the famed nightclub Berghain in Berlin.
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Emeka Ogboh is currently represented by Galerie Imane Fares, after a long stint as a "willingly unrepresented artist".
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Emeka Ogboh was among Nzewi's most anticipated artists at the 2014 contemporary African art festival 1:54.
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In 2013, Emeka Ogboh reported reception of his Lagos Soundscapes as mixed: annoying some and intriguing others.
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Emeka Ogboh additionally compared Ogboh's practice with that of sound artists James Webb and Magdi Mostafa, though these two tend to manipulate their recordings where Ogboh instead recontextualizes the original.