Bright Ugochukwu Eke (NG)

Born in 1976, Imo State, Nigeria
Lives and works in the Los Angeles and Lagos

Bright Ugochukwu Eke’s works often examine how industrialisation has resulted in a serious degradation of natural environments.

‘The woods that see and hear’ includes Eke’s installation ‘Acid Rain’ (2005-10), an installation of thousands of droplets of contaminated water suspended in the air. The work was developed in response to the artist’s experience of a skin irritation caused by contact with acid rain in Nigeria’s oil producing region. Visually alluring and disconcerting, this work highlights our dependence and disregard for water as a life source.

Eke’s work is shown alongside a new film by Nick Mangan at the CBK ’s-Hertogenbosch, an art centre located in the former Willem II Sigarenfabriek (Willem II Cigar Factory) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Within this industrial context, the two works prompt a reflection on the near and far reaching consequences of industrial processes.