BINDING & LOOPING : TRANSFER OF PRESENCE IN CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC ART
October 5 – December 5, 2014
Binding and Looping: Transfer of Presence in Contemporary Pacific Art brings together artists from Hawai‘i and the Pacific for whom fiber and concepts of binding are both a respected tradition and an inspiration for contemporary art. In their individual ways, these artists consider their indigenous binding and looping customs and at the same time incorporate different media to create new works in sculpture, printmaking, photography, painting, and video. The exhibition includes work by artists from Hawai‘i, Tonga, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Micronesia. Dr. Deborah Waite, professor of Pacific art history at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, is the curator. The artists include: Bernice Akamine, Maile Andrade, Kaili Chun, Brett Graham, Patsy Herman, Angelina Jilak, Florence Jaukae, Noelle Kahanu, Cathy Kata, Maria Kenda, Kapulani Landgraf, Marques Marzan, Moana Nepia, Ani O’Neill, Su‘a Sulu‘ape Petelo Alaiva‘a, Lisa Reihana, Filipe Tohi, Maika‘i Tubbs, Michel Tuffery, Sheyne Tuffery, Christina Wirihana.
Listen to curator and artist statements here
Special Events (all events are free and open to the public)
Sunday, October 5
1:00 – 2:00 p.m., Presentation by Moana Nepia and Deborah Waite (listen here)
2:00 – 2:30 p.m., Opening ceremony and formal blessing
3:00 – 4:00 p.m., Music and dance by Keali‘i Gora and Ka Lei Pāpahi
3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Reception
Tuesday, October 7
1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Gallery walk-through with Moana Nepia, Lisa Reihana, and Filipe Tohi
3:00 – 4:00 p.m., Reception
Thursday, October 9
5:15 – 5:50 p.m, Reception
6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Lecture by Lisa Reihana, "Video in Contemporary Pacific Art"
Tuesday, October 21
2:00 – 3:00 p.m., Gallery walk-through with Maile Andrade and Christina Wirihana (The Art Gallery)
3:30 – 4:00 p.m., Film screening, Lolena Nicholas: Lolena’s Legacy
from the Nā Loea: The Masters series by ‘Oiwi TV (ART Auditorium)
Tuesday, October 28
3:00 – 4:00 p.m., Gallery walk-through with Noelle Kahanu and Moana Nepia (The Art Gallery)
4:00 – 4:30 p.m., Film screening, Ed Wendt: The Great Heart of Waiokāne
from the Nā Loea: The Masters series by ‘Oiwi TV (ART Auditorium)
5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Film screening, E Haku lnoa: To Weave a Name
Q & A with filmmaker Christen Marquez (ART Auditorium)
Friday, October 31
2:00 – 3:00 p.m., Closing events for ARTSPEAK (ART Auditorium)
Lecture by Shigeyuki Kihara
3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Performance + Installation Event / PACS 492 Students (Commons Gallery)
Sunday, November 2
2:00 – 2:30 p.m., Film screening, Herbert Hoe: Food for the Soul from the Nā Loea: The Masters series by ‘Oiwi TV (ART Auditorium)
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Gallery walk-through with Kaili Chun and Kapulani Landgraf (The Art Gallery)
Sunday, November 9
2:00 – 2:30 p.m., Film screening, Mac Poepoe: Mālama Mo‘omomi from the Nā Loea: The Masters series by ‘Oiwi TV (ART Building, Room 101)
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Bernice Akamine, presentation on her research on Hawaiian dyes, their sources and applications in traditional and contemporary art. (Art Building, Room 101)
Monday, November 10
10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Bernice Akamine, demonstration and presentation on her research on Hawaiian dyes, their sources and applications in traditional and contemporary art. (ART Building, Room 364)
Thursday, December 4
4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Book and album launch, Streaming with Allison Hedge Coke (Distinguished Writer-in-Residence) and her band Rd Klā. Special appearance by poet Sherwin Bitsui (Art Gallery)
Friday, December 5
6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Closing installation and performance by UHM students and visiting students in Pacific Studies from the Australian National University (Art Gallery)
Co-sponsored by the Center for Pacific Island Studies, UHM; Dept. of Art + Art History, UHM; the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU.