Pasha Ian Clothier

Most Recent Affiliation(s):

• Co-founder

ISEA Bio(s) Available:

• ISEA2024

  Pasha Ian Clothier is an artist-writer of Tahitian and Aotearoa New Zealand descent. With Nina Czegledy and Trudy Lane, Clothier co-founded Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) an international, Indigenous engaged electronic art residency, hui and workshops hosted in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. Between 2006 and 2016 they worked alongside Te Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru of Te Matahiapo Indigenous Research Organisation (TeMIRO) to present SCANZ 2006 Environmental Response, SCANZ2009 Raranga Tangata, SCANZ2011 Eco sapiens, SCANZ2013 3rd Nature, SCANZ2015 Water and Peace, and Water, Peace, Power 2016. Together they also worked on Te Kore Rongo Hungaora Second Nature exhibition for the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2011 in Istanbul and Cultura Digital in Rio de Janeiro, and Wai for ISEA2012 Albuquerque. Pasha Ian has presented work at seven ISEA – Tallinn, Montreal, San Jose, Istanbul, Albuquerque, Montreal, and Gwangju – delivering 120 projects to the public in seventeen countries. They recently completed the PhD thesis Ngaru Whenua: Diffracting Indigenous Practices, Quantum Theory, Electronic Art and the Anthropocene and are awaiting examination.