Emma Bergman


Recent Projects
    [     ] Protection
    If It’s Not A Dream
    What I Would Call the Feeling
    Rocko
    Say You’re Sorry
    Visitation

Older Work
    The Yellow Wallpaper   
    Too Day
    Territorial
    Household
    Life Histories of Hamtramck
    THIS CLOSE
    Prints


Emma Bergman is an
interdisciplinary artist
and organizer.
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Life Histories of Hamtramck (2016) is an oral history archive of Hamtramck residents’ personal stories that make up the greater narrative of the city. 



The clip above was featured in an oral histories panel at the 2018 American Historical Association conference, where we discussed our strategy of acknowledging dialogues that already exist (“x person thinks y”) when asking questions.

Participant Ted Palac at his boxing gym
Photo by Kenny Karpov

Click here to view the full archive, photos, transcripts, etc.

Created in collaboration with Sarah Wilson.