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4/4 ARTIST PROFILE: EMILY & VEA MAFILE'O

If there’s a will there’s a way

For our feature interview, I spent time with the extremely talented and creative
siblings Emily and Vea Mafile’o. They are full time freelancers and alongside their
own art practice, together they have a Talavou Design, which includes event and
set dressing, interior design and art directing work. They are also directors with
Jeremiah Tauamiti for Malosi Pictures – their creative media group, specialising
in Pacific video and stills photography. Both entities work with the Pacific Music
Awards Trust, which has included dressing the venue for the awards ceremony since
2007 and creating the extremely popular video packages in the last couple of years.
Emily and Vea have always worked together and
they have developed a very strong and unique
working relationship. Through their art, they
are motivated to bring awareness and generate
discussion. The reason behind their work is very
important and is something that they will focus
on. Their strong creative side is balanced with a

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purposeful work ethic. What drives them is the
motivation to get the job done – to complete their
work.
The interview itself is quite revealing of the sisters’
relationship – they would constantly finish each
others sentences, cut each other off or even talk at

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