Visions of the Future
VISIONS OF THE FUTURE DEBUTS WITH FLOODED
March 21 - May 6, 2018
Honolulu Biennial Foundation (HBF) announces the launch of Visions of the Future, a new initiative of programming presented by Honolulu Biennial Foundation, which debuted with a collaborative photography and multimedia exhibit,Flooded, featuring photography by Heami Lee, art direction by Allie Wist, food styling by C.C. Buckley and prop styling by Rebecca Bartoshesky and is curated by Isabella Ellaheh Hughes. This six-week, pop-up exhibition will take place in the heart of Waikīkī through a partnership with Luxury Row on the ground-floor of Luxury Row’s retail suite at 2124 Kalakaua Avenue; this also marks the first public exhibition of Flooded.
Visions of the Future is a new programming initiative to complement the Honolulu Biennial, HBF's international contemporary art festival and primary program. Presented between biennial festivals, Visions of the Future will be a series of pop-up exhibitions, public programs and creative initiatives examining our most basic needs and what unites humanity globally, debuting with a focus on food through Flooded.
Flooded is a vision which fuses climate change landscapes with food, and reveals the intimacy between our collective pasts and our possible futures. Inspired by sea level rise and coastal flooding, the work oscillates between the dystopic and utopic, exploring ideas of adaptation, solastalgia, and baseline shifting—how we react to change over time. These creations function as visible shadows and future artifacts of our changing planet. To learn more, click here.
Flooded was open at Luxury Row – 2124 Kalakaua Avenue from March 21 until May 6, 2018. This exhibition was a result of the generous support of Luxury Row, The Taiji and Naoko Terasaki Family Foundation, Prince Waikiki, Alaska Airlines and Aesop, and is free and open to the public.
FLOODED PUBLIC PROGRAMS
MARCH 21: ARTIST TALK: HEAMI LEE AND ALLIE WIST, MODERATED BY CURATOR ISABELLA ELLAHEH HUGHES
Artist panel featuring Heami Lee and Allie Wist, who will offer greater insight into the works in Flooded, their backgrounds, hopes for the future, as well as highlight the multifaceted collaboration between them, Rebecca Bartoshesky and C.C. Buckley to create this body of work and what it means to be exhibiting this series publicly for the first time.
MARCH 21: PUBLIC OPENING PARTYAPRIL 7:FOODS OF THE PAST AND FUTURE: LIMU WITH WALLY ITO
Wally Ito, a marine biologist and the Limu Hui Coordinator at Kua'aina Ulu 'Auamo (KUA), will be talking about limu's (seaweed) uses as food and its environmental and Hawaiian cultural importance. He will also discuss some of the threats to limu and what communities are doing to bring it back.
APRIL 12: MUSHROOMS AS MEDIUM: CHRIS RITSON
Co-presented by CONTACT and HBF, Chris Ritson, who was raised on Oʻahu and continues to live and work above Honolulu on Mt. Tantalus, will discuss his practice, which is informed by society's relationship to Nature, and ranges from video and installation to living, generative sculpture. An alumni artist of Honolulu Biennial 2017 with his Mushroom Paintings, Ritson will be exhibiting a continuation of his living, Mushroom Paintings in CONTACT, contact zone, which runs from April 6-21, 2018.
CONTACT is an annual exhibition of contemporary art exploring the notion of contact as it relates to Hawai‘i, its people, and their experiences. To learn more, visit: www.contacthawaii.com
APRIL 19: MUSHROOM VISION WITH FUNG YANG
Hear Fung Yang speak about his journey from Olympic sailor to starting a recycling company, which ultimately led him to starting his organic mushroom farm, Small Kine Farm ((http://www.smallkinefarm.com/about-us/) and why he believes mushrooms are the sustainable food of the future.
APRIL 28: ALA WAI CENTENNIAL: A HAWAI'I FUTURES MASTERCLASS BY ARTIST SEAN CONNELLY
Join Sean Connelly (After Oceanic, Islander Institute, HBF '17) in a workshop to explore the future of Honolulu as ahupua'a and explore how human-built systems like cities can move ecologically in space and in time. The masterclass will focus on the ahupua'a of Waikīkī through a 3D interface designed to facilitate spatial thinking and redefine creative pathways that transform learning, collaboration, and consensus building in the process to recover ahupua'a and ‘āina systems.
FLOODED ARTIST BIOS
Rebecca Bartoshesky is a New York based prop and interior stylist. Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Rebecca moved to New York City to attend FIT. After graduating with a BFA in Interior Design, she turned the tide and began her career in prop styling. Arranging objects and creating environments that tell a story bring her joy. When she’s not on set she can be found climbing over fences.
CC Buckley is an herbalist and food stylist who envisions plants as crucial partners and allies in a healthful future. She is currently working on a book about medicinal plants for Roost.
Heami Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved with her family to Queens, New York when she was five. Now Brooklyn-based, the photographer’s images focus on portraits, food, travel, interiors, and still-lifes. When she’s not photographing she can be found sipping cappuccinos while people watching.
Allie Wist is an artist, art director, and independent researcher from Brooklyn, NY whose work is anchored in food culture, food systems, and climate change. She received her MA from NYU in Food Studies and was most recently an art director at Saveur Magazine. She currently teaches food and performance art at NYU.
