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PIKO

Filmmaker Christopher Kahunahana, Kumu Hula Lanakila Mangauil and Artist Nicole Naone; take their protection of Maunakea to the Honolulu Museum of Art with a fully immersive installation.

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HAWAIIANS, UNITE.

Hawaiians Unite is a moving, short film made for MTV Entertainment Studios’ AAPI Heritage Month. It was created and directed by native Hawaiian filmmaker Nicole Naone. The idea derived from 18th century Hawaiian history, a time of warring chiefdoms between the islands.

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WAIKIKI

WAIKIKI is the first fictional feature by a Native Hawaiian produced through the Sundance Labs, and historically one of the only dramatic feature films from a Hawaiian director.

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BEING

“Being” is Naoneʻs largest wooden sculpture to date. It has been displayed at the University of Hawaii Manoa, The Waikiki Park Hotel, as well as the The Garage.

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MAUNA FUJI

This video was included in a site-responsive multi-media installation for the KJ Baysa curated exhibition "Mauna Kea" as a part of the Honolulu Biennial selects program.

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KALAOKE MĀUKA

In this site specific installation, Nicole Naone pairs footage of the 1983 Mākua Valley evictions with oli corresponding to its ahupuaʻa, with memorization and a loud voice being key elements to the art oli, Naone presents them perversely via another colonizer art form- Karaoke.

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SURFBORT

A resigned surfboard. Touching on the language of change specific to Hawai’i, these pieces present a structuring of organic materials into faceted forms. Through them the subtleties of progress are presented.

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WOULD

A table that holds things below its surface. Function dictated by negative space. A carton of cigarettes, a sculpture by a friend, a flocked baby hammer, condom three pack, a salt and pepper shaker, a magazine, a tube of lip gloss - they live here in comfort because they’re supposed to.

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THE BIKINI AND BIKINI

Currently, the bikini continues its tradition of surfing waves of toxicity, as a symbol for the over sexualization and objectification of female pro-surfers. This site specific installation holds a cornered space of silence for the history of Bikini and the bikini.

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POW!WOW!

Centered around a week-long event in Hawaii, POW! WOW! has grown into a global network of artists and organizes gallery shows, lecture series, schools for art and music, mural projects, a large creative space named Lana Lane Studios, concerts, and live art installations across the globe.

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COMFORT

Oiran (花魁) – high-ranking courtesans of the feudal period in Japan – wore tall, lacquered koma-geta or mitsu-ashi (literally, "three legs") when walking in a parade with their attendants.

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