In a Tin Fed System - Queen Lili'uoukalani Artwork

Used in the following installation: I ‘Crown Land’ Kēia no Kāua (This Crown Land was Made for You and Me) This installation explored ideas of cultural identity and the commodification of a culture in the face of manifest destiny. It consisted of digitally manipulated vintage photography, fine art framing, QR codes, song lyrics, and a large scale wall piece involving a red dirt resist. What's being offered here are two archival prints... one is the QR code image and the other is a photograph of the red dirt resist wall. You can purchase them individually, or as a set. The show played off of two iconic songs from the past: Queen Liluokalani’s Aloha ‘Oe, and Woody Guthrie’s, This Land is Your Land. Both of which have been embraced as cultural anthems. Aloha ‘Oe – “The quintessential marketing song, attracting tourists to Hawaii from around the world. Fueling a tourist industry that marketed Hawaii in such a way that began to eclipse the true Hawaiian culture. At its origin, it’s a Queen’s farewell to a lover. But for me, it could also be seen as a requiem for her people, her land, and her culture.” Aloha `oe, aloha `oe E ke onaona noho i ka lipo One fond embrace, A ho`i a`e au Until we meet again This Land is Your Land – “I remember hearing this song a million times growing up in Virginia. While I doubt the song is widely known today… in my youth, it was an anthem that symbolized the pride of a nation. For me, it was an anthem that made a failed promise of equality for all. An anthem that could also be seen as a celebration of the successful colonization of the Americas.” This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me The soil was respectfully collected from the sugar cane fields in Wahiawa at the center of the island of Oahu. The same fields that members of my family worked in the early 1900's. This area of the island is also sacred to the Hawaiians, for at the heart of it is where the Hawaiian Ali'i would birth their children. The lyrics were applied to the 24' wide wall, by first applying vinyl cut text, then several of us rubbed the entire wall down with a mixture of the red soil and water. After which, the vinyl letters were peeled off to reveal the wall beneath. On the opposite wall (same size) hung a framed digital print on archival sugarcane paper (48" x 48"). The image derived from a vintage photograph of Queen Liliʻuokalani. This print image is approximately 15"x15". Queen Liliʻuokalani was the reigning monarch of the nation of Hawaii when the government of the United States of America forced her to surrender her land and imprisoned her. She was a strong willed peaceful leader that never stopped fighting for the nation of Hawaii, its land, and its people. This archive photograph of her has been digitally manipulated and encoded with her words... "The people to whom your fathers told of the living God, and taught to call 'Father,' and whom the sons now seek to despoil and destroy, are crying aloud to Him in their time of trouble; and He will keep His promise, and will listen to the choices of His Hawaiian children lamenting for their homes."

Mixed Media:Algorithmic Art on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15 W x 15 H x 0.1 D in

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