Ka Wai Ola, Ola Hou (Rebirth) / Hānau Hou

From a green ridge above O‘ahu, the view falls to neighborhoods, the harbor, and far mountains under gold storm light. In the air above it floats a translucent being of water bubbles, silver strands, and drifting leaves, unfurling like a spirit that has come to wash the land clean.
Title
Ka Wai Ola, Ola Hou (Rebirth) / Hānau Hou
Artist
Tiare Ribeaux
Qianqian Ye
Date
2022
Description
An augmented reality work by Tiare Ribeaux and Qianqian Ye, part of their ongoing Kai-Hai series, that imagines the remediation and restoration of water and soil at Kapūkakī (Red Hill) and Pu‘uloa (Pearl Harbor) on O‘ahu as a hopeful alternative to the story of fuel contamination. Made of digital images with 3D renders, it was shown in the Fifty-Third Annual UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition at BAMPFA (May 10 – July 23, 2023).
Artwork Type
Digital / New Media
Materiality
Digital / Electronic Media
Climate & Ecology Themes
Restoration and Regeneration
Water and Drought
Toxicity and Chemical Exposure
Concepts
Speculative Futures and Imagination
Healing and Repair
Methods & Approaches
Speculative / Futures Practice
Audience / Engagement Type
Public / General Audience
Location
Kapūkakī (Red Hill) and Pu‘uloa (Pearl Harbor), O‘ahu, Hawai‘i; shown at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
Geographic Scope
Site-Specific / Single Site
Rights
Rights held by artist or creator
Affiliated Organizations
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Item sets
California Art & Climate Archive
UC Berkeley
Media
From a green ridge above O‘ahu, the view falls to neighborhoods, the harbor, and far mountains under gold storm light. In the air above it floats a translucent being of water bubbles, silver strands, and drifting leaves, unfurling like a spirit that has come to wash the land clean.Tiare Ribeaux and Qianqian Ye, Ka Wai Ola, Ola Hou