Full Name
Emma Roberts
Company
Pernickety Split
Biography
Emma Roberts is an artist and producer based on Wathaurong country in Australia. Working primarily in XR, her focus is on creating multidisciplinary immersive projects that change the way we look at the world.

Her work includes some of the largest location-based VR installations in Australia, including STARLESS (2017) and allthestarstheybleedtogether (2016), both commissioned by City of Melbourne. Her latest project, the durational VR piece Gondwana, was selected for Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, BIFAN and Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2022, and has screened at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Kunstahl Charlottenburg, MIT and the Science Gallery Detroit. The project won the Best Interactive/Immersive prize at the AIDC Awards and has been acquired by leading VR distributor Astrea Immersive.

Emma has spoken for Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Facebook and the Heide Museum of Modern Art, as well as mentored for workshops with CPH:LAB and the South Australian Film Commission.
Emma Roberts