Emily Parr (Ngāi Te Rangi, Moana, Pākehā) is an artist living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand). Her moving-image practice stitches through time and space, exploring systems of relation emerging from Te Moananui-a-Kiwa.
Emily’s recent body of work on settler-indigenous relationships traverses oceans and centuries, seeking stories in archives and waters on haerenga to her ancestral homelands of Tauranga Moana, Sāmoa and Tonga. Her current doctoral research considers the responsibilities she has inherited through her ancestral legacies and, in particular, to her family’s collection held by museums.
Emily is part of the Vā Moana research cluster at AUT, and a research associate with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. She holds a BFA (Hons) from Elam and an MVA from AUT.
Emily’s recent body of work on settler-indigenous relationships traverses oceans and centuries, seeking stories in archives and waters on haerenga to her ancestral homelands of Tauranga Moana, Sāmoa and Tonga. Her current doctoral research considers the responsibilities she has inherited through her ancestral legacies and, in particular, to her family’s collection held by museums.
Emily is part of the Vā Moana research cluster at AUT, and a research associate with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. She holds a BFA (Hons) from Elam and an MVA from AUT.