BIOGRAPHY

Amos Mann (Pākehā, Jewish) is a composer, photographic artist, filmmaker, and creative writer. He also works in museums, leading creative/technical teams to produce interactive and immersive experiences.

Born in Ontario, Canada, on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, he has spent most of his life in te rohe o Kāi Tahu, in and around Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Amos has an artistic and radical family background and he has engaged in creative practice individually, collaboratively, and in participatory settings since childhood.

In his Masters of Musical Arts (Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music) Amos’s research focused on participatory art theory and practice, and creative music notation.

Amos is a member of the experimental art sound glitterbang band Band Sensations.

Amos lives in te rohe o Ngāti Haumia, o Ngāti Toa Rangatira, in Paekākāriki, Kāpiti.