Ahilapalapa stands outside, holding a large plant with plastic over it’s roots, smiling. They are wearing a yellow t-shirt which reads “PASIFIKA”, red pants and gumboots.
Artist

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).

    Writing & podcasts featuring Ahilapalapa Rands

    Greg smiles in a navy blue button up shirt infront of a bright blue wall. Lana smiles wearing a black blouse against a black wall. David smiles wearing a scarf, the background is a domestic setting perhaps a living room.

    Expanded Territories, Expanded Practices

    Interview
    By Lana Lopesi · May 4, 2021

    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.

    Panel discussion: Expanded Territories, Expanded Practices

    Solidarity Through Distance: Radical Imagination in the Work of Ahilapalapa Rands

    Essay
    By Lana Lopesi · January 24, 2019

    The third essay in 2018's Summer Reading Series, Lana Lopesi sees radical change proposed in the work of Ahilapalapa Rands.

    Summer Reading Series 2018 #3: Solidarity Through Distance

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