Lucy Aukafolau
Lucy Aukafolau is an artist of Tongan and European descent. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. Based in Auckland, her practice is concerned with the theory of psychogeography and its relationship to the physical actions of navigation, travel and negotiation of space that reveal new territories and experiences.
Lucy Aukafolau on CIRCUIT · 4 works
Boxes (from Invisible Territories) (2013)
A three-channel work of footage taken during Aukafolau’s first trip to Tonga with her father and uncle.
Dock (from Invisible Territories) (2013)
Footage taken during Aukafolau’s first trip to Tonga with her father and uncle to their homeland in ‘O‘ua Ha‘apai.
Morning O'ua (from Invisible Territories) (2013)
A three-channel sequenced video installation of footage taken during Aukafolau’s first trip to Tonga with her father and uncle.
Passengers (from Invisible Territories) (2013)
Footage taken during Aukafolau’s first trip to Tonga with her father and uncle to their homeland in ‘O‘ua Ha‘apai.
Writing & podcasts featuring Lucy Aukafolau
Summer Reading Series #2: Lucy Aukafolau's Invisible Territories
Summer Reading Series #2: Lucy Aukafolau's Invisible Territories
In the second essay for 2017's Summer Reading Series, Mark Williams looks at the work of Lucy Aukafolau. This essay was originally published in the catalogue for the exhibition Trans-Pacific Transmissions: Video Art Across the Pacific.
10 Works from NZ Female Artists You Might Have Missed
10 Works from NZ Female Artists You Might Have Missed
A collection of ten works by women from CIRCUIT's catalogue.
CIRCUIT projects featuring Lucy Aukafolau
Home Movies
Home Movies
31 works by video artists exhibited throughout the shops and businesses of Newtown, Wellington.
Mappings: Landscape, Memory, Histories
Mappings: Landscape, Memory, Histories
A screening of shorts by New Zealand artists as part of the Aperture Asia & Pacific Film Festival in London.