Introducing our Curator for Berlin Art Week: Onome Ekeh – A Speculative Visionary

Sep 06, 2024

Onome Ekeh is set to curate the Berlin Art Week show at AOA;87, bringing her unique interdisciplinary perspective to the event. Born and raised on both sides of the Atlantic, OE started out as a painter, transitioned to design, fell in love with cinema, and somewhere in the collusion, went digital. Along the way she picked up an AI habit. A veteran of the New York downtown scene, she presides over a diverse body of work that encompasses film, video, theater, literature, and radio.

She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Jerome Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation Fellowship, a Turbulence Media Award, and the Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen Fellowship. She has recently exhibited at the House of Electronic Arts Basel (HEK); is featured in the upcoming Serpentine Gallery publication, The Shape of the Circle in the Mind of a Fish, and will open a solo show at the Museo Modern in Buenos Aires this November. OE currently lectures at the Basel Academy of Art & Design in Switzerland. 

Ha no kage,
Kaze ga wataru,
Hikari no kirameki

(Tree Shadows,
Wind passing through,
Glimmering light)

Bashō

Inspired by Basho’s haiku and the speculations of Eduardo Kohn in  How Forests Think. “The Glittering Field” explores the nature of transmission delving into themes of call and response, spirit, DNA, and the contemplation of the void. Featuring an array of artists and thinkers, wielding text, tech, and textiles,  the show will examine communications across species, cultures, and genealogies to unveil the subtle and unseen connections that bind us.

BERLIN ART WEEK 11-15 SEP

Find more details about the exhibition, including the performance program, here.