Lagos: 20hz – 20khz

For the 2019 edition of the fair, Artist Emeka Ogboh conceived a new commission, a work of sound art, that combined music with field recordings of the city of Lagos. With this project, the artist continues to position sound as a core attribute of contemporary cities. Viewers experienced this through emitted sounds that change from one area of the fair to the next, thanks to the incorporation of multi-channel wireless headphones, a first by the artist. The format echoes that of the silent disco, where people listen to the music of their choice from headsets and, as a result, dance out of sync with those around them. ART X Lagos visitors were also free to experience the fair without these sounds by going without headphones. Pairing the visual content of the fair with his selected sounds, Ogboh disturbed aural and visual boundaries.

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