expansion (land.water.sky)
February 25 – March 22, 2019
March 3, 3-5pm
Commons Gallery at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa

Expansion is a sculptural project that looks at the hyperdevelopment of the built environment in the Ward and Kaka’ako neighborhoods on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. This examination threads together a seemingly disparate array of references: a history of infill, glass bottomed balcony pools with ocean views, techno-libertarian seasteading dreams amidst Pacific garbage patch gyres, and Elon Musk’s launch of a Tesla into orbit. The piece contends with the refuse and dislocations left in the wake of moneyed incursions across the land, water, and into the sky; from Hawaiʻi to California and into space. Expansion centers on a paper sculptural installation and video that incorporates elements like red dirt from Kaka’ako, soil from Silicon Valley in California, and discarded materials also gathered from those areas, formed into small sculptures. In the end, Expansion strips away the ostentatious gloss to find the linkages between these historic and contemporary moments.

The project will evolve during its run as I work in the gallery in a ‘fishbowl’-type residency where I will have open visiting hours Monday-Thursday, Feb. 25-Mar. 7. Mondays 10:30am – 2:30pm, Tuesdays 10:00am – 2:00pm, Wednesdays 2:30pm – 4:30pm, Thursday 2:00pm – 4:00pm. The exhibition will have a reception on March 3rd.

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