Fiona AMUNDSEN

Born in 1973 in Auckland, Aotearoa (also known as New Zealand), where she lives and works. Amundsen earned a PhD in Philosophy from Monash University, Australia. Her research focuses on connections between specific historical events, the social responsibility to bear witness, and the ethics of moving image production. She edits declassified military records together with photographs and videos she has shot herself, exploring how visual media might offer a means of attentive witnessing or testify to acts of violence committed under colonial imperialism, whether historical or ongoing. In recent projects, Amundsen investigates relationships between Cold War-era military nuclear technology, militarized capitalism, environmental degradation, and spirituality, while also pursuing alternative ways of remembering narratives and experiences of World War II in the Asia-Pacific.