Emii Alrai
Emii Alrai
Bio
Emii Alrai's practice mimics museum dioramas and archaeological artefacts with specific interest in the politics of display, decay and fiction.
Emii Alrai is an artist and trained museum registrar whose work spans material investigation in relation to memory, critique of the western museological structure and the complexity of ruins. Working primarily in sculpture and installation, her work operates as large-scale realms built in relation to bodies of research which concern archaeology and the natural environments objects are excavated from. Weaving in oral histories, inherited nostalgia and the details of language to question the rigidity of Empire and the power of hierarchy to interpolate the static presence of history. Clay vessels, gypsum forms and steel armatures punctuate the labyrinth-like spaces Alrai creates, mimicking museum dioramas and romanticised visions of the past.
Selected Works
Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2022. Images by Stuart Whipps
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Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2022. Images by Stuart Whipps
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Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2022. Images by Stuart Whipps
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Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, 2022. Images by LF Documentation
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Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, 2022. Images by LF Documentation
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Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, 2022. Images by LF Documentation
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Workplace Foundation, Newcastle, 2022. Images by Matt Denham
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Workplace Foundation, Newcastle, 2022. Images by Matt Denham
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Workplace Foundation, Newcastle, 2022. Images by Matt Denham
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The Hepworth Wakefield, 2022
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The Hepworth Wakefield, 2022
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The Hepworth Wakefield, 2022
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Taking commissions
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