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Ekene Ijeoma

Former Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
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Poetic Justice to Plant 40,000 Trees as Black Lives Memorial

Led by a team of MIT researchers, the project seeks to create art 'at the scale of injustice'.
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Black Forest by Poetic Justice aims to plant 40,000 trees and collect 40,000 stories across the U.S. as a memorial for Black life

To date, more than 300 mid- to large-size trees have already been planted.
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Tree-planting project memorialising Black lives lost brings 40,000 trees to urban centres across the US

The community-driven living monument from MIT Media Lab’s Poetic Justice will include an evolving, digitally networked story archive
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June 3 Exhibit and Show at Media Lab: Queer-Feminist-Antiracism and Design for the Future

Queer-Feminist-Antiracism and Design for the FutureJune 3 Exhibit and Show asks: "How can we work as Engineers, Scientists, Artists and Des…
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Anti-melody, Insurgent Rhythm: Ekene Ijeoma’s “Deconstructed Anthems: Massachusetts”

Read more about the premiere of “Deconstructed Anthems: Massachusetts” in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
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Ekene Ijeoma has removed all bad design from his life (except for streets)

Professor Ekene Ijeoma talks to Curbed about art, design, and how he uses technology to speak to social and political issues.
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What would true diversity sound like?

Ekene Ijeoma uses audio of people counting from 1 to 100 in a variety of languages to capture the full diversity of voices across the US.
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Breathing Architecture

Ekene Ijeoma's Breathing Pavilion installation explores the power and meaning of breath.
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New MIT Museum glimpses the future and examines school’s past

The Boston Globe takes a tour around the new MIT Museum, highlighting a number of exhibits and events related to the Media Lab.
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The Media Lab @ the MIT Museum

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!
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What it means to be counted: MIT art project aims to capture Ogden’s vocal diversity

“A Counting,” an art project from the Poetic Justice group, invites people to call in and count to 100 in their native language.
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Ekene Ijeoma Reveals Social Injustices Through Data, Design and Art

Jareh Das: Where did your interest in bringing together computational data and conceptual art begin?Ekene Ijeoma: Throughout high scho…
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MoMA R&D Salon 37: Breath | MoMA LIVE

Ekene Ijeoma spoke at the Museum of Modern Art’s R&D Salon 37: Breath, alongside others. Watch the recording here.
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A guide to cyberarts: From bots to glitch, an annotated glossary for an age of augmented reality

Check out this list of cyberart projects compiled by The Boston Globe, which includes work by alum Alexander Reben and Prof. Ekene Ijeoma.
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Exploratorium in SF presents a new commission by Professor Ijeoma

Hold hands with friends or strangers to create human circuits between poles arranged in the shape of a skewed peace sign.
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Ekene Ijeoma on ‘Trying to Portray Hidden Things’

Professor Ijeoma, spoke with Evan Moffitt from Frieze about his recent group exhibition at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha.
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The Modern Art Notes Podcast | No. 501: Ekene Ijeoma, Chloë Bass.

Episode No. 501 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Ekene Ijeoma and Chloë Bass.
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Ekene Ijeoma reveals the revolutionary potential of data-based art

Ekene Ijeoma speaks with Document Journal about his interdisciplinary, data-based artworks and the intersectional issues they address.
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Stopping by with Ekene Ijeoma

Ekene Ijeoma talks about his artistic influences and new editions of his latest projects, including A Counting and Freedom Radio.
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Art is a bridge ‘between facts and feelings’ for MIT’s Ekene Ijeoma

Cate McQuaid talks to Ekene Ijeoma about his work, including the Black Mobility and Safety Seminar
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A portrait of US linguistic diversity, in sound and sign

Poetic Justice head Ekene Ijeoma talks to The New York Times about “A Counting,” a participatory art project
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Why Ekene Ijeoma advocates to design for the citizen, not just the consumer

Ekene Ijeoma, head of the Poetic Justice research group, talks to Frame about his work.
Video Videos

Big Picture Session | The World we Build: Equitable Technology

This session features four conversations between Media Lab researchers and guest speakers on expanding more equitable research.
Oct. 30, 2020
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Americans speak more than 1,300 languages. This artist wants to capture them all

People speak as many as 800 languages in New York alone. With A Counting, Ekene Ijeoma aims to represent every single one.
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Black Mobility and Safety Seminar

Ekene Ijeoma’s Black Mobility and Safety in the US course this academic year will include a series of public guest lectures.
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Ekene Ijeoma on drawing and sculpting with data for Friedman Benda's 'Design in Dialogue'

Poetic Justice head Ekene Ijeoma in conversation with Stephen Burks.
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This audio portrait of the 2020 census asks: Whose voices really count?

Poetic Justice head Ekene Ijeoma talks to NPR about his work, from Deconstructed Anthems to A Counting.
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A Counting—Poetic Justice group call for multilingual speakers

Please help Poetic Justice create an artwork that includes all the communities, voices, and languages of NYC.
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Ekene Ijeoma makes urgent art in the space between feeling and fact

In a fact-averse culture, this New York and Boston-based artist/designer brings them to the fore with his MIT group Poetic Justice.
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Ekene Ijeoma receives 2019 Creative Capital award

Creative Capital awards support innovative and adventurous artists across the United States.
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Deconstructed Anthems

Deconstructed Anthems
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Ekene Ijeoma Joins the MIT Media Lab

In January 2019, artist Ekene Ijeoma will join the MIT Media Lab as an assistant professor.
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Monuments for a New Era

What should replace statues celebrating the Confederacy? Six artists imagine a way forward.
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Artist Ekene Ijeoma reflects on the charged life of the American Flag

The flag is a fixed object of the past which needs to become more fluid and in conversation with our present.