Aupuni Space

Folder: MATERIAL RESEARCH> 08.charcoal Cody Anderson March 30 – April 28, 2024 Opening reception:  Saturday March 30, 6pm Aupuni Space is proud to present Folder: MATERIAL RESEARCH> 08.charcoal, a solo exhibition by Cody Anderson; his second with the gallery.  A statement from the artist: Folder: MATERIAL RESEARCH> 08.charcoal is a branch of a larger, ongoing project which attempts to learn about the materials in my environment and how to utilize them. The research specifically considers material/s in relation to drawing; this subfolder represents my process of learning how to make charcoal. Parts of the process include constructing homemade kilns from found materials, and making drawings of the small branches and twigs I picked up to become charcoal.  Undoubtedly, this attempt has been inspired by watching my artist peers engage deeply with their own materials, and my perspective being informed by living in Hawaiʻi for nearly seven years now. Charcoal, I view as a foundational material, both in drawing and my quest for great material understandings.

We’re feeling proud and humble to be one part of the many that made this idea into a beautiful reality. Kaikea, Ha’aheo, Kilikai, Summer, Aja, Nai’a, Puna, Alec and on and on and on… everyone involved in “Kaimana” tirelessly gave their time, input and collaborative energy to support Rocket’s vision and craft the runway presentation that went off so flawlessly this past Friday. On behalf of Aupuni Space (Maile, Logan and myself), mahalo piha to Puʻuhonua Society for their blessing and support in our making “Kaimana” happen; and mahalo piha to Rubasch ʻohana for their ‘ike and kōkua throughout. 📹 by @pineappleice

Rocket Ahuna “Kaimana” FW ‘24 Runway Presentation 3/22/2024 Presented in partnership with Kaimana Beach Hotel and @honolulupride, Aupuni Space, and TRADES A.i.R. are proud to provide production support for this project! More soon!

On this day, February 14, 2024, Aupuni Space is pleased to release 20 minute workout, a work-in-progress by maliewai productions, a nebulous group of family and friends committed to abundant and intersectional futures for the Hawaiian Islands. Structured around a 20 minute workout, maliewai’s parodic exercise video is a gift of love, a gesture of solidarity, and a reminder that joy is also a form of resistance—aloha nō. Over the past decade public statues, monuments, and memorials commemorating racist figures and whitewashed histories have been passionately debated on international scales. In spite of this long overdue reckoning, physical reminders of colonialism, imperialism, and empire still stand across Hawaiʻi. 20 minute workout is part of a larger project, Revisiting Kealakekua Bay, Reworking the Captain Cook Monument (2018 – 2025) which gathers together interventionist proposals by a motley crew of artists and practitioners. Since 2018, the underlying aims of this collaborative and slow moving endeavor have remained the same: to revisit an ancestral place and rework a historic monument; honor untold stories of intergenerational resistance in Hawaiʻi; address legacies of scientific colonialism in the Pacific; and activate pathways toward remediated futures already in the making. Mākaukau? ‘AE! Link in bio to watch 20 minute workout on vimeo

i nā kiʻi ma mua, nā kiʻi ma hope program 3: arrivals a screening series curated by kekahi wahi Friday July 21st 6:30pm One Night Only 1128 Fort Street Mall Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu

Aupuni Space presents Remote Control, an exhibition by Alec Singer, Ryan Ota and Maxfield Smith. Having previously worked together under the moniker NAPALM, here the artists simultaneously employ and interrogate technology and the digital realm in their characteristically dark-humored, meta-surrealist manner. On display are three new collaborative works – Isn’t It Inevitable, Terradome, and Projection – each taking physical form while also functioning as “a thought experiment that illustrates a paradox of quantum superposition.”

**Limited Engagement VR experience!!** This week Tues-Weds-Thurs 3–7pm at Aupuni Space On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World) is a three-part virtual reality documentary that immerses the audience in the first-hand experience of the false ballistic missile alert on January 13th, 2018 and is currently screening at the Aupuni Space June 28th - 30th. The chapters are structured by the spoken words of acclaimed poet Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio and features voices of Hawaiians: Angie Anderson, Tamara Lilinoe Patton, Wendy Awai-Dakroub, Julia Webb, Cassie Favreau-Chung, Mitsuko Heidtke, Ara Laylo, Cynthia Lazaroff, Bruce Alynn, Mark Branner, Jacqueline Branner, and Audrey Branner. As Kauai resident Cynthia Lazaroff would later say, “The alert was false, but the nuclear threat is real...[it] is not a scenario, not a video game...we experienced it personally, felt the terror.” Although nothing happened that day, everything changed. We invite the audience to reflect on how the presence of militarism impacts their concepts of home, safety, and security.

Join us Saturday May 14 7-10pm for a closing celebration BLACK SATIN WROUGHT IRON by Juvana Soliven featuring Kalikopuanehoaokalani Aiu Alec Singer MellowWes

Alahe‘e ~ ULU KUPU