Emeka Ogboh

Emeka Ogboh (born May 14, 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 in gallery installations with headphones and speakers. His non-audio work uses iconography from Lagos city life. Quotes If you have ever been to Lagos you will understand why sound is my preferred medium. Emeka Ogboh, interview with The Guardian, 2013. It is the unpredictability of Lagos which informs my work. Emeka Ogboh, interview with The Guardian, 2013. As an artist, it's normal that one's place of domicile becomes the starting point of one's work. Emeka Ogboh, interview with The Guardian, 2013. I find sound more engaging than any other medium. Emeka Ogboh, interview with The Guardian, 2013. A lot of people would consider Lagos’ soundscape as being very noisy, and they’d call it noise. But I stopped calling it noise since I started listening to it. Emeka Ogboh, conversation about the soundscape of Lagos. I didn’t actually set out to be a sound artist. Lagos made me a sound artist. Emeka Ogboh, conversation about the soundscape of Lagos. When you record sounds out in the streets and bring them to your studio, it gives you room to be relaxed and listen to it – you are not right there in the action. Emeka Ogboh, conversation about the soundscape of Lagos. When I relocated the soundscapes to my studio, I started hearing and feeling them as compositions, something that could be musical. Emeka Ogboh, conversation about the soundscape of Lagos. A lot of my work has to do with migration or movement of people. Emeka Ogboh, interview with Crack Magazine. I’m not one of those artists that always has a clear vision of what I want. I like going with the flow because it’s going to naturally develop and lead me somewhere. Emeka Ogboh, interview with Crack Magazine. In Lagos you can hear a hundred layers of sound happening at the same time, but you can count the sounds of Berlin on your fingers. Emeka Ogboh, interview with Crack Magazine. Sound Art is an African thing! We come from cities where sound is as important as the visual. Emeka Ogboh, conversation with KMRU published by Ransom Note But when you kind of listen actively, intentionally, you hear more, you know. Emeka Ogboh, conversation with KMRU published by Ransom Note As Africans, we have our own narratives that are not necessarily documented. Emeka Ogboh, conversation with KMRU published by Ransom Note External links Category: Living people Category: 1977 births Category:Artists from Nigeria Category: Installation artists Category: Video artists