Ekene Ijeoma is an artist, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, and Director of Poetic Justice Group at MIT Media Lab.
Exhibitions • Black Forest (2022-ongoing) • A Counting (2019-ongoing)
Press • New York Times • NPR Morning Edition • FRAME • Cultured • MoMA R&D Salon 37: Breath
2022–ongoing
A Counting: Boston-Cambridge
Custom software-generated video and sound, automated phone system, audio recordings from Boston-Cambridge callers, two-sided LED display • 96 x 130 x 28 in (243.84 x 330.2 x 71.12 cm) • Commissioned by MIT Museum • Supported by MIT Media Lab and Emerson Collective
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2021–ongoing
A Counting: Omaha
Custom software-generated video and sound, automated phone system, audio recordings from Omaha callers • Supported by MIT Media Lab and Emerson Collective
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2021
Breathing Pavilion
Air-inflated ripstop nylon, fans, LED strips, steel pipes, concrete, marble chips, custom hardware • 108 x 396 x 396 in (274.32 x 1005.84 x 1005.84 cm) • Commissioned by Van Alen Institute and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership • Featured Kalia Vandever, Melanie Charles, Joel Ross, Baba Don Babatunde, Neil Clarke, Lakecia Benjamin, Mr. Fitz, and Keyon Harrold • Supported by Onassis Foundation
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2021
Peacemaker
Steel pipes, steel frames, acrylic tubes, LEDs, rocks, dirt, wood, custom hardware, custom software • 96 x 420 x 276 in (243.84 x 1066.8 x 701.04 cm) • Commissioned by Exploratorium
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