To Make Wrong / Right / Now

The Honolulu Biennial 2019 title is drawn from the poem Manifesto by participating Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) artist Imaikalani Kalahele:

The source

of

my origins

lie beneath my feet,

the breath

in my chest

originated

in Pō

the destiny

of my race

is

plunged into

my gut

and

infesting

my veins

with a new nationalism,

old spiritualism,

and a need

to make wrong

right

now.

— Imaikalani Kalahele, “Manifesto” from Kalahele (Honolulu: Kalamakū Press)