Nina Emge

If it's a dream then make it true (Stück fur zwei Streicher und drei Stimmen)

A project by Nina Emge for Biennale Son au Lemme

In this installation, a music stand and bow interact with small ceramic objects bearing quotations from thinkers, musicians and poets such as Bell hooks and DeForrest Brown Jr. Scattered throughout the space, the texts seem to orchestrate a silent concert situation. Between these fragments, a polyphony of voices and thoughts is composed, where the spectator's imagination replaces the sounds absent from the classical musical tradition.

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Nina Emge

Born in 1995
Based in Zurich

Nina Emge is a Zurich-based artist who reflects on the social dimensions of sound, voice, silence and listening practices. At the heart of Emge's work are themes such as decentralization, collaborative working methods and redistribution. 

This can be seen in her installations and drawings, which reflect her research and archival work, as well as in the production processes of her artworks. Emge is an active member of the Transnational Sound Initiative.

Emge's work has been exhibited at the Halle für Kunst in Lüneburg, Lagos Biennale, WAF Vienna, Kunsthalle Zürich, Kunsthalle Bern, Istituto Svizzero Rome, Istituto Svizzero Palermo, Frac Bretagne + Centre culturel suisse de Paris, Uferhalle Berlin, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Helmhaus Zürich and other national and international institutions.

Emge is part of the Art in Space and Time chair at ETH Zurich.