Emeka Ogboh connects with places through his sense of hearing and taste. In his audio installations and gastronomic works, Ogboh explores how private, public and collective memories and histories are translated, transformed and encoded into sound and food. Ogboh, born in Nigeria, studied art at the University of Nigeria. Co-founder of VAN (Video Art Network) Nigeria, a platform for the promotion of artistic activities in the field of new media in Nigeria. His works have been shown at documenta 14 (2017), Athens and Kassel, Skulptur Projekte Münster (2017), the 56th edition of the Biennale di Venezia (2015) and the Dakar Biennale (2014), among others. Lives and works in Lagos and Berlin.
The Gaze of the Outsider
The researching artistic gaze from the outside is placed on local communities, on traditions and rituals, history and stories, on cultural activities, perhaps also on conflicts and points of dispute.
