Heʻe Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing
Schedule
Sat Oct 12 2024 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm
UTC-10:00Location
141 Kalakaua St, Hilo, HI, United States, Hawaii 96720 | Hilo, HI
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✨Opening Saturday October 12, at 12PM in the Ola Nā Iwi gallery at EHCC✨ Heʻe Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing 🌊
A group curated exhibition by Carolyn Kuali‘i & Kanani Daley
Exhibition On View: October 12 - November 29, 2024
Today, there are an estimated 35 million surfers around the world, creating an iconic lifestyle sport that is recognized globally. No matter where a surfer is from or their ethnicity, all surfers can trace their roots back to heʻe nalu and Kānaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiians).
The Heʻe Nalu project retells the story of heʻe nalu with Kānaka ʻŌiwi at the center, yielding a truer account of heʻe nalu history that has been sidelined by the surf industry’s popularized surf culture. Heʻe Nalu was intentionally curated to reinstate and uphold the integrity of the moʻolelo of surfing by lifting the veil of the modern-day surf narratives so that the deeply rich moʻolelo of Hawaiʻi’s beloved past-time could be revealed.
In 2023, Heʻe Nalu was on exhibit at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. The exhibition covered 2,000 years of surfing history from the earliest stories of surf deities to contemporary works of art and surfing innovations through the lens of fifteen modern Kānaka ʻŌiwi creatives and cultural practitioners. The exhibit presented a cyclical narrative rooted in culture while bringing to light the complicated history that surfing’s Indigenous people have with the Western-dominated billion-dollar surfing industry. Yet, surfing has been a sanctuary for Kānaka ʻŌiwi and remains to be an integral part of Kānaka identity.
In partnerships with some of Hawaiʻi’s leading art organizations, we bring to Oʻahu, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island smaller iterations of Heʻe Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing.
Webpage: https://ehcc.org/content/hee-nalu
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Where is it happening?
141 Kalakaua St, Hilo, HI, United States, Hawaii 96720Event Location & Nearby Stays:
