COMMUNITY IMPACT
PERPETUATING CULTURE // SHARING ALOHA
Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022 (HT22)
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Hawaiʻi Contemporary: Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022
IMPACT TYPE
Cultural Program
DETAILS
To honor the legacy of Iolani Palace as a beacon of Hawaiian cultural and historical pride, HNC (DAWSON) sponsored a digital art installation at the Palace by artist Jennifer Steinkamp as part of Hawai‘i Contemporary’s Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022 (HT22): PACIFIC CENTURY – E HOʻOMAU NO MOANANUIĀKEA. Native Hawaiian Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick (director of Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College) serves as an associate curator for HT22.
ABOUT THE INSTALLATION From hawaiicontemporary.org:
In 1891 Queen Liliʻuokalani established The Royal Flower Garden in Pauoa, not far from Iolani Palace. After the overthrow of the Queen in 1893, the garden was renamed Uluhaimalama and became a focal point for her supporters, not only to plant and tend the garden but also to support the deposed monarch, despite it being illegal for Hawaiians to gather during that time. During the Queen’s unlawful imprisonment in 1895, flowers from Uluhaimalama were brought to her daily, providing comfort; a ritual that continued after her release until her death in 1917. In 1918 the provisional government destroyed the garden—knowing its significance and meaning for the Hawaiian people—dividing the land and, somewhat symbolically, turning it into several cemeteries. Steinkamp takes the Queen’s handwritten inventory of flowers, titled ‘Flowers for Uluhaimalama’, which assigns a flower to each supporter, as the basis for her HT22 work.
HAWAI‘I TRIENNIAL 2022 (HT22)
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Hawaiʻi Contemporary: Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022 (HT22)
IMPACT TYPE
Cultural Program
DETAILS
To honor the legacy of Iolani Palace as a beacon of Hawaiian cultural and historical pride, HNC (DAWSON) sponsored a digital art installation at the Palace by artist Jennifer Steinkamp as part of Hawaiʻi Contemporary’s Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022 (HT22): PACIFIC CENTURY – E HOʻOMAU NO MOANANUIĀKEA. Native Hawaiian Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick (director of Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College) serves as an associate curator for HT22.
ABOUT THE INSTALLATION From hawaiicontemporary.org:
In 1891 Queen Liliʻuokalani established The Royal Flower Garden in Pauoa, not far from Iolani Palace. After the overthrow of the Queen in 1893, the garden was renamed Uluhaimalama and became a focal point for her supporters, not only to plant and tend the garden but also to support the deposed monarch, despite it being illegal for Hawaiians to gather during that time. During the Queen’s unlawful imprisonment in 1895, flowers from Uluhaimalama were brought to her daily, providing comfort; a ritual that continued after her release until her death in 1917. In 1918 the provisional government destroyed the garden—knowing its significance and meaning for the Hawaiian people—dividing the land and, somewhat symbolically, turning it into several cemeteries. Steinkamp takes the Queen’s handwritten inventory of flowers, titled ‘Flowers for Uluhaimalama’, which assigns a flower to each supporter, as the basis for her HT22 work.
