Ahilapalapa Rands
Ahilapalapa Rands (Kanaka Maoli, iTaukei, Pākehā) is an artist and curator working between London, UK, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Hawai’i. In addition to her solo practice Ahilapalapa is a founding member of collectives In*ter*is*land Collective, and D.A.N.C.E. art club. Her focus is on issues relevant to indigeneity. She investigates the mechanisms through which settler colonisation continues to inform narratives and power dynamics in Moana nui a Kiwa (Oceania).
Ahilapalapa Rands on CIRCUIT · 1 work
Lift Off (3 screens in 1 installation demo) (2018)
Rands' animation uses traditional practices to imagine radical change.
Writing & podcasts featuring Ahilapalapa Rands
Expanded Territories, Expanded Practices
Expanded Territories, Expanded Practices
A panel discussion that took place between Greg Dvorak, Lana Lopesi, and David Teh at CIRCUIT's Sovereign Pacific/Pacific Sovereigns Symposium at Pātaka Art + Museum in Porirua.
Solidarity Through Distance: Radical Imagination in the Work of Ahilapalapa Rands
Solidarity Through Distance: Radical Imagination in the Work of Ahilapalapa Rands
The third essay in 2018's Summer Reading Series, Lana Lopesi sees radical change proposed in the work of Ahilapalapa Rands.