Emily Parsons-Lord

Emily Parsons-Lord is an artists whose practice is concerned with air and explosions.

Air is simultaneously local and global, encompassing the effects of breathing as well as the governance of polluters and policy makers. Air is where what we jettison into seeming oblivion is returned. It is a physical site, as well as a place we can project our imaginations. The traces of industry in the air collects on the surface, invisible monuments of our anthropogenic climate crisis. My practice addresses the urgency of human agency through the materials of the climate crisis.

Based in Sydney, recent work includes recreating the air from past eras in Earth’s evolution, recreating starlight in coloured smoke, multichannel video, and experimenting with pheromones, aerogel, and explosions. Emily has exhibited both nationally and internationally participating in Primavera, 2016, the NSW Visual Arts Fellowship, 2017, Liveworks 2017, Bristol Biennial, 2016, John Fries Award, 2018, A BROKEN LINK, Central St Martin’s, London UK, 2017, and Stuttgart Film Winter Festival for Expanded Media, Firstdraft Sydney, and Vitalstatistix, Adelaide amongst others. Emily was recently awarded the main prize in the 2020 Churchie Emerging Art Award.