Selected Writing
"Honolulu Biennial: Middle of Now|Here" The Contemporary Pacific v. 30, no.1 (2018). "Double Sunsets," in Our Ocean Guide, eds. Map Office (Lightbox Pub., 2017). Debut at 2017 Venice Biennale. "Restructuring Place in Hawaii: A conversation with Jaimey Hamilton Faris, Margo Machida, Sean Connelly and Lynne Yamamoto," Art Journal Open, August 3, 2017 http://artjournal.collegeart.org/?p=8766 CONTACT 3017, "Finding Futures of Hawaii," Summit, April 7, 2017 “Recording Reverberations,” Preface for Vincent Goudreau, Recordings of an Immigrant, 2015. Pan-Pacific: Contemporary Pacific Island Art, ARTS at Marks Garage, an exhibition and digital catalog featuring artists from across the Pacific Islands. 2009 Local Reviews Archive "Omiyage by Jared Yamanuha,” Art Review, Offsetter, Nov. 27, 2013 “Things to Write Home About,” Art Review, Offsetter, September 4, 2013 "Apply Liberally," Culture Bomb, June 2013 "Criticism isn’t Evil, It’s Just Misunderstood,” Culture Bomb, April, 1 2013 "Ghosts in the Machine (Tony Oursler)," Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser, Nov. 2012 “Amorous for Art of Hawaii,” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • February 21, 2010 “The Contemporary Goes ‘Open Source’ for its 20th” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • March 29, 2009 “My Tiny Life,” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • November 2008 “Art Recycled,” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • August 10, 2008 “A Watchful Eye, Maoli Arts Month,” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • May 11, 2008 “Performance Art: Double Grooves and Dirty Meneudo,” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • February 24, 2008 “Phantasmagoria,” Art Review, Honolulu Advertiser • October 2007 |
One of my current initiatives in the classroom is to teach my students how to talk story with other generations of artists in Hawaii and to document and archive important exhibitions and arts events. We are slowly creating a dedicated archive of oral histories of Hawaii’s contemporary artists as well as an archive of recent visual arts culture.
Hawaii is one of the richest and most exemplary sites from which to view the globalization of the art world and culture industry. The consequences of colonization, militarization, and touristification, and urbanification have made this Pacific island chain a nexus of materials, peoples, and cultural histories flowing on local, regional and global scales. The interviews explore all angles of the historical effects of globalization as they move from discussions of Masami Teraoka's appropriated ukiyo-e prints; to Paul Pfeiffer's haunting video clips of queen bees fighting for control of the colony; to the use of customary basket weaving techniques and mixed-media installation in the work of Maile Andrade; to the radical commoning practices of Eating in Public. Art world “centers” can learn much from Hawaii's art scene, especially as the world begins to understand that the earth itself is a very isolated island with limited space and resources. This is an ongoing project. If you would like more information, please contact me. |