Ekene Ijeoma is a conceptual artist, community organizer, computational designer, and experimental composer.

2023-ongoing
Black Forest: Providence (West End)


Trees of various species and sizes, custom software-generated video and sound, automated phone system, audio recordings from callers • Collaborated with Groundwork Rhode Island, Providence Neighborhood Planting Program, Higher Ground International, and Stages of Freedom • Supported by MIT Media Lab and Emerson Collective

2023-ongoing
Black Forest: St. Louis (Midtown)


Trees of various species and sizes, custom software-generated video and sound, automated phone system, audio recordings from callers • Collaborated with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Missouri State Parks, David Jackson, and Scott Joplin House • Supported by MIT Media Lab and Emerson Collective

2023-ongoing
Black Forest: Florida City


Trees of various species and sizes, custom software-generated video and sound, automated phone system, audio recordings from callers • Collaborated with Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources and Division of Environmental Resources Management, and the South-Dade NAACP Branch • Supported by MIT Media Lab and Emerson Collective

2023-ongoing
Black Forest: San Francisco (Bayview-Hunters Point)


Trees of various species and sizes, custom software-generated video and sound, automated phone system, audio recordings from caller • Collaborated with San Francisco Public Works, Friends of Urban Forest, From the Heart, and San Francisco Unified School District • Supported by MIT Media Lab and Emerson Collective