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site to offer visiting artists an experience not possible elsewhere. TRADES explores the idea of cultural syncretism — that multicultural influences contribute to a local culture that is greater than the sum of its parts. TRADES creates a round-trip circuit for contemporary art in the islands, with the introduction of offshore techniques and the exportation of local perspectives. At the core of our mission is a Visiting Artist in Residence Program. TRADES aims to fund travel, lodging and studio space for selected national and international visiting artists. TRADES is dedicated to featuring artists with diverse backgrounds and points of view. True reciprocal exchange is tantamount to a successful TRADES residency. We pursue engaged and active audiences. Our model gives local folks space, agency and initiative to share complex aspects of Hawai‘i’s culture (both the indigenous and the colonized); local knowledge; and modes of research. Our audiences are varied and often directly connected to the individual artist’s expressed interests: whether it’s a group of water protectors on Maui, 1st grade students in Mililani planting a native garden, or young contemporary artists curated into a group exhibition.In turn, communities beyond Hawai‘i are cultivated via the experiences that visiting artists take with them; ripples traveling outward with a global reach. International galleries, institutions and biennials have become platforms that showcase local collaborations made possible by our program; and that reflect attention back towards contemporary artists of Hawai‘i. Hawai‘i’s remoteness is both a benefit and a hinderance to the arts. Our relative isolation allows artists to develop clear personal voices and preserves the integrity of local culture, but it also prevents those artists from engaging in broader contexts and having their work appreciated by larger audiences. There are scores of young, vibrant contemporary artists here who are seeking more established outlets for their creativity. TRADES seeks to bridge that gap by providing resources and support to visiting artists and by introducing local talent to experts in the field. We recognize that making isn’t just about finished products; we privilege process over results. We embrace inquisitiveness and adaptability. We ask our A.i.R.s to arrive open to an immersive and embedded experience; and with questions and projects in mind that will be formed and informed by their time in Hawaiʻi. There is no standard residency experience. We work directly with artists to facilitate their research, and to connect them with Hawaiʻi’s landscapes, peoples, and histories. Our A.i.R.’s curiosity often leads us in new directions, broadening and deepening our networks. Congruently, A.i.R.s bring with them their own knowledge, experiences, and practices; and we are eager to share their fresh perspectives with our local communities. Our A.i.R.’s visits are just the beginning of ongoing relationships, conversations, and ways of thinking—for them and for us. TRADES offers a residency that is only available here. TRADES was founded by Don Felix Cervantes and Aaron Wong in January 2016. TRADES gratefully acknowledges the support of the Atherton Family Foundation and the Cooke Foundation. A sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, our intended reach is to all Hawaiian Islands and to visiting artists worldwide.&nbsp; TRADES A.i.R. operates with the help of the generous support from the following: ATHERTON FAMILY FOUNDATION COOKE FOUNDATION RUTH ARTS FOUNDATION PUʻUHONUA SOCIETY https://trades-air.com/Summer-Sessions Wed, 24 May 2023 05:22:17 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Summer-Sessions Summer Sessions May 22, 2023Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Aloha kākou to all our TRADES ʻohana and enthusiasts. We’re currently enjoying a prolonged spring here on Oʻahu with a slight chill in the air some nights. Our January was spent working alongside Léuli Eshrāghi and collaborators out of Aupuni Space, doing our part to help produce their multi-faceted afiafi project. Much of Léuli’s time was dedicated to assembling and connecting with a hui of like-minded collaborators, developing ideas in community, and finally capturing the whole thing on video. Filmed in collaboration with kekahi wahi, featuring adorning lei by Reise Kochi, and a multigenerational cast of local performers; we are thankful to all for their integral support of the project. A warm mahalo piha to the Potter ʻohana and the Morehart ʻohana for welcoming us and providing such spectacular filming locations. <img width="1179" height="1572" width_o="1179" height_o="1572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e55820fd6083a0def12921db39ff0d5e23eb6840bc3f7ce4f620ac99df3ea79/aa72363c-1f00-3935-d193-ff85cdd0b86a.jpeg" data-mid="179761565" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e55820fd6083a0def12921db39ff0d5e23eb6840bc3f7ce4f620ac99df3ea79/aa72363c-1f00-3935-d193-ff85cdd0b86a.jpeg" /> <img width="824" height="1098" width_o="824" height_o="1098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e1eb31129eeca2b0a67054dcf5e4aa2b7cfc531575fc6ddbe12cd7630788a0e/cbf24990-f360-3955-4be9-871257a87bec.jpg" data-mid="179761564" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/824/i/8e1eb31129eeca2b0a67054dcf5e4aa2b7cfc531575fc6ddbe12cd7630788a0e/cbf24990-f360-3955-4be9-871257a87bec.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="675" width_o="1200" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f0ec8cf449bf0dc8091bfdf3558f31eb4edeb5e3c4729ff082e733ea290decc/52af751a-814c-a059-a2bc-a286c7833c36.jpeg" data-mid="179761567" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f0ec8cf449bf0dc8091bfdf3558f31eb4edeb5e3c4729ff082e733ea290decc/52af751a-814c-a059-a2bc-a286c7833c36.jpeg" /> 3 views of a collaborative crew working alongside Léuli Eshrāghi and kekahi wahi on afiafiproduction; Pu’u ‘Õhia and Ka’alawai, Kona, O‘ahu Léuli’s residency began with an open conversation with community at Aupuni Space, led by Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick. We are deeply grateful to Kaili Chun and Waileia Roster, representatives of the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund, for their attendance and participation in the evening and most of all for their generous support of afiafi. A further mahalo for their support of Koa Gallery’s residency for Bhenji Ra, Amrita Hepi, and Jahra Wasalasala Rager. The double bill was conceived to explore and reinforce similar themes—and the back-to-back visits amplified impacts for all visiting artists and local participants. Mahalo to Juvana Soliven, for welcoming Léuli to her Art History class at Chaminade University, where a presentation on an alternative Pacific-Oceanic framing of Art History prompted a lively discussion between the students, Léuli and Juvana. <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c38c314231e2df605baacde6086640e9df20e5fb3e7d1cd72d6e0df2aa893a8/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761568" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c38c314231e2df605baacde6086640e9df20e5fb3e7d1cd72d6e0df2aa893a8/image.jpeg" /> Léuli as a guest at Chaminade University <img width="961" height="1200" width_o="961" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1211d8080cddcbbf6be9863a47b815d04f7c64bd554ee09efaf41ddfbba343a/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761570" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/961/i/e1211d8080cddcbbf6be9863a47b815d04f7c64bd554ee09efaf41ddfbba343a/image.jpeg" /> Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick with Léuli at Aupuni Space <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/669c31f996faac1e550da75a25af5a9a3c7ebf7cf79205feb543f1f4b9ccfeb3/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761569" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/669c31f996faac1e550da75a25af5a9a3c7ebf7cf79205feb543f1f4b9ccfeb3/image.jpeg" /> Dane, Léuli, Jaimey and Nanea at the openign of ʻAi Pōhaku at UH Mānoa<img width="960" height="1200" width_o="960" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a6d836b9f07dd84278523e02e200917b56b641715ea6f8bae42f2a1a379fc07/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761571" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/3a6d836b9f07dd84278523e02e200917b56b641715ea6f8bae42f2a1a379fc07/image.jpeg" /> Gathering at Aupuni Space <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ff6773c07ec1d252f6e6bfaf579eecc80ad9af22d42cba91299a140c6b87cf9/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ff6773c07ec1d252f6e6bfaf579eecc80ad9af22d42cba91299a140c6b87cf9/image.jpeg" />Léuli, Dane, Aaron, Donnie, Juvana and Jaimey; dessert at Mud Hen Water On January 31st, to close the residency, Léuli shared Aupuni Space with fellow artists and afiafi collaborators Kalikopuanehoaokalani Aiu and Hercules Goss-Kuehn. Léuli presented a new version of the performance installation, tangata a nuʻu poʻo tangata a fanguʻu(2022)—literally ʻpeople of the villages or people of bottled oil’ in Sāmoan—a contemporary faʻamalama (offering to ancestors, spirits and guardian spirits). Subsequently, Kaliko and Herc presented Light Inside Your Body Warms Mine, a series of two solos and a duo contact improvisation—the movement, choreography, and improvisational scores of which illuminated the diaspora of transqueer islanders returning to sites of home. <img width="1200" height="959" width_o="1200" height_o="959" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00f6776a1451d8914f7378f8de44da8743fa19f6d0469f586390ed9f8631d5f4/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00f6776a1451d8914f7378f8de44da8743fa19f6d0469f586390ed9f8631d5f4/image.jpeg" />Léuli performs&nbsp;tangata a nuʻu poʻo tangata a fanguʻu(2022) at Aupuni Space <img width="1200" height="675" width_o="1200" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56265a1caf3a10196cbb51f874dd90c1f6524fc610da59c6ef0cb596389fb66e/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56265a1caf3a10196cbb51f874dd90c1f6524fc610da59c6ef0cb596389fb66e/image.jpeg" /> Kaliko and Hercules perform Light Inside Your Body Warms Mine at Aupuni Space Excerpts of afiafi premiered at MoMAʻs Doc Fortnight in New York, as part of i nā kiʻi ma mua, nā kiʻi ma hope—A Screening Program from Hawai‘i curated by kekahi wahi. Afiafi is currently presented in its full installation form in The National 4: Australian Art Now at Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney from March 30 – July 9, 2023; and opens next month a Interfacial Intimacies at Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania in Hobart from June 8 – August 5, 2023. We very much look forward to welcoming Léuli back to these shores, to share afiafi with our Hawai‘i community later this year! <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9298f0cb66d42dd4a3fdb3d2eac3c0e9c237a5f161cc72400b320f731f4cd1eb/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761575" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9298f0cb66d42dd4a3fdb3d2eac3c0e9c237a5f161cc72400b320f731f4cd1eb/image.jpeg" /> afiafi, 2023 installed at Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney photo credit: Anna Kucera Join us in the present, Hawai‘i nei—as we ramp up our programming this year, thanks in large part to the generosity of the Ruth Foundation For the Arts. We’re extremely excited to host back-to-back residencies this summer. First, welcome Claudia Kogachi, a painter and fibers artist currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland Aotearoa. Kogachi has matrilineal roots in Hawai‘i—her family emigrated from Japan and Okinawa four generations ago and her Obaachan (grandmother) resides in Wahiawa. Claudia studied alongside many of our Aupuni Space contemporaries while at UH Mānoa for one year as an exchange student, and counts that time as hugely important to her practice. She eagerly returns to reconnect with the group of artists she came up with and to encounter fresh faces. <img width="1183" height="1434" width_o="1183" height_o="1434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33777408d274008bef831833829751c575b4978110136c05584f4b52815c326b/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33777408d274008bef831833829751c575b4978110136c05584f4b52815c326b/image.jpeg" /> Claudia working in studio. Photo credit: Rob Tennent <img width="742" height="900" width_o="742" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47630564ec85539494f4a094e22e5d0f52e18bd87a81143a2cc939998e57efb9/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761579" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/742/i/47630564ec85539494f4a094e22e5d0f52e18bd87a81143a2cc939998e57efb9/image.jpeg" /> THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, 2022, acrylic on canvas <img width="941" height="1200" width_o="941" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5590adfb45ff0ccf1ad8036dd2fa4f1ce27d1db6a3da5d60233775c9eedd3f23/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/941/i/5590adfb45ff0ccf1ad8036dd2fa4f1ce27d1db6a3da5d60233775c9eedd3f23/image.jpeg" /> Obaachan and Jiichan Babysitting, 2022 acrylic on canvas Speaking to Claudia’s 2020 installation, Obaachan During the Lockdown at Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makauarau Auckland, curator Abby Cunnane writes, “This work registers a relationship between social exchange, attentiveness, and physical labour. While both Kogachi and her obaachan are frequently preoccupied with practical tasks, in these rugs such work could be read as a form of familial contact, a way of staying in touch across distance. Each of the panels represents an activity that takes up a significant amount of the time they spend together. As an artist, Kogachi shares her obaachan’s hand-making skills, attention to detail, and the capacity to concentrate for long periods of time. Though they make very different things, there is a connection in the repetitive gestures, and in the basic understanding that through making, you build and sustain relationships.” <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fc4dbdbe690fcd451b526cddd983d1a7da17742c4601006ede81536b97e5162/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fc4dbdbe690fcd451b526cddd983d1a7da17742c4601006ede81536b97e5162/image.jpeg" /> Obaachan during the lockdown, Wahiawā, Hawaiʻi, 2020 (installation view) tufted rugs, commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland photo by Sam Hartnett Recently featured at Aotearoa Art Fair, she presented a group of woven pieces alongside paintings with carved and polished walnut frames, handmade by her partner. Claudia showed two of her earlier “rug” last year in a group exhibition at Aupuni Space curated by Cody Anderson. Over the next six weeks, while strengthening connections to our local artists’ community and meeting with freshly graduated BFAs at UH Mānoa, she’ll focus in studio on a group of paintings returning to themes relating to her family’s local history in Hawai‘i that we’ll proudly present at Aupuni Space on June 30, 2023. Mahalo to UH Mānoa Art and Art History for the studio space and opportunity for outreach. <img width="1200" height="693" width_o="1200" height_o="693" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90ac60486e031becfa1361d4713a6e14cb1d79c715756830f6f17c2e4a6eae8f/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90ac60486e031becfa1361d4713a6e14cb1d79c715756830f6f17c2e4a6eae8f/image.jpeg" /> Sweet Sweet Fantasy Baby, 2023, installation for Aotearoa Art Fair with Jhana Millers Gallery photo by Cheska Brown Hoʻomaikaʻi piha to our alum, collaborator, and ally Tiare Ribeaux for earning her Masters of Fine Arts at U.C.Berkeley this month!. All the while completing two TRADES residencies, two film projects, multiple festival appearances, and still showing up strong for community in the meantime. Big congrats to you sister! <img width="986" height="1310" width_o="986" height_o="1310" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea9505faa092c344a76bcf1e84ef3567eeb004cdefd90c87636a8779715c2c32/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/986/i/ea9505faa092c344a76bcf1e84ef3567eeb004cdefd90c87636a8779715c2c32/image.jpeg" /> Tiare Ribeaux at University California Berkeley Photo credit: Jody Stillwater As always we are incredibly gratified by your interest and support—you sustain our efforts. We are especially appreciative of the transformative generosity of the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund and the Ruth Foundation For the Arts—Mahalo, mahalo, mahalo. With your support, since Fall 2017, TRADES has hosted 19 Artists from USA, Sāmoa, the Philippines, Korea, Germany and Brazil: connecting them with 36 community partners via student engagements, research opportunities, site visits, screenings, lectures and exhibitions. What we do is possible thanks to your generosity and your trust. We wish to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund, and UH Mānoa Department of Art and History as well as the following: Susan and Glenn Sheakekahi wahiDane BrookesDrew Kahuʻāina BroderickSancia Shiba Miala NashMaile MeyerPuʻuhonua SocietyReise KochiLise MichelleKalikopuanoheaokalani AiuHercules Goss-KuehnMele HamasakiDebra DrexlerLynne MayekawaJuvana Soliven Ryan and Jody PetersonJaimey Hamilton FarisLaura WexlerCatherine PayneCynthia CervantesAngeli (Anjie) AquinoAmber Strong MakaiauMadiNanea LumJosh TenganMarika EmiDaniel CroixVincent BercasioA.L. SteinerCody Anderson https://trades-air.com/Amy-Yao Wed, 24 May 2023 05:22:12 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Amy-Yao Amy Yao <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96a7e2a997b072be90cfae7dab409d4716ce4f7d0bf3bb102df964b2810d40df/IMG_0256.jpg" data-mid="179761477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96a7e2a997b072be90cfae7dab409d4716ce4f7d0bf3bb102df964b2810d40df/IMG_0256.jpg" /> <img width="2548" height="3398" width_o="2548" height_o="3398" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/113bfadc7a45f5f19c58b36eb27be9a63c12d246e086f5fdfd75c0520e7557a3/IMG_0481_v1.jpg" data-mid="179761478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/113bfadc7a45f5f19c58b36eb27be9a63c12d246e086f5fdfd75c0520e7557a3/IMG_0481_v1.jpg" /> Fall 2017Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi TRADES A.i.R. is pleased to welcome our inaugural artist Amy Yao to our artist’s residency program.&nbsp; Named by Artnet News as one of the “10 Most Exciting Artists in the United States Today,” Yao will be in residence on O‘ahu from October 22 to November 22, 2017. “Yao’s work spans virtually all mediums: painting, sculpture, photography, performance. But it’s her objects… that offer a through-line in their crooked anthropomorphic qualities, suggesting serious jokes about contemporary life.” (Kevin McGarry, T Magazine; August 19, 2014). Amy’s exploration of multicultural identity in her practice makes her an ideal candidate to kick off the TRADES A.i.R. Yao will spend her time working alongside art students of all ages and with local working artists, conducting studio visits and exchanging ideas. She looks forward to being inspired by what she finds; and hopes to introduce local artists of exceptional talent to a broader audience through her various curatorial projects.&nbsp; Yao will give a lecture at the University of Hawai‘i M?noa in the ART building room 101 (2535 McCarthy Mall) on October 31 at 3 p.m.; and participate in an artist’s conversation in the Hot Box at fishcake (307 Kamani Street) on November 16 from 6-8 p.m. TRADES events are free and open to the public.&nbsp; &nbsp; Amy Yao (b. 1977) lives and works in Los Angeles and New York City. She received her MFA in Sculpture in 2007 from Yale University School of Art, and BFA with Honors in 1999 from Art Center College of Design. She has taught at Princeton University and is currently a visiting artist in the Cal State University Long Beach Ceramics program. Her most recent solo exhibition “Weeds of Indifference”, at 47 Canal Gallery in New York City opened in September and was named a “critic’s pick” by Art Forum. She has exhibited internationally, including at The Whitney Museum of American Art; MoMa P.S.1; Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris; and He Xiang Art Museum in Shenzhen, China. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1317492fa273504cfd13571682e29363014bd4ff3b288b6183ad58afec9d2765/IMG_0218.jpg" data-mid="179761479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1317492fa273504cfd13571682e29363014bd4ff3b288b6183ad58afec9d2765/IMG_0218.jpg" /> 001a <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c0241fc87b68700bd6eea4b4b5a2a4c68e4dd909753dfb45bd22145d83774ae/IMG_0624.jpg" data-mid="179761481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c0241fc87b68700bd6eea4b4b5a2a4c68e4dd909753dfb45bd22145d83774ae/IMG_0624.jpg" /> 001b <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a18090c6ed55396bda4bcac64f214f8b4fdee09ac2c98a7c3f0d3d8420d56ea/IMG_0089.jpg" data-mid="179761482" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a18090c6ed55396bda4bcac64f214f8b4fdee09ac2c98a7c3f0d3d8420d56ea/IMG_0089.jpg" /> 001c https://trades-air.com/Michael-Wang Wed, 24 May 2023 05:22:13 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Michael-Wang Michael Wang <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ff080124a3c566cf293e5e403f3aae0ae95ebfcb4ba768b4ead3d29f59d0493/wang2.jpg" data-mid="179761495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/0ff080124a3c566cf293e5e403f3aae0ae95ebfcb4ba768b4ead3d29f59d0493/wang2.jpg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06737229dd4bbd62eea267905ffc9aeed81924321f675b4072bb035d90126538/wang4.jpg" data-mid="179761496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/06737229dd4bbd62eea267905ffc9aeed81924321f675b4072bb035d90126538/wang4.jpg" /> Spring 2018Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Michael is the recipient of the Fondazione Prada and Qatar Museums Authority Curate Award (2014) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2017).&nbsp; In Hawai‘i, he will continue his “Extinct in the Wild” project which has been shown at the Fondazione Prada in Milan, and at the XX Bienal de Arquitectura y Urbanismo in Valparaíso Chile. Adopting the scientific designation “Extinct in the Wild,” Wang’s work focuses on flora and fauna species that are no longer found in nature but that persist through human intervention and care.&nbsp; These species represent a “kind of passage from nature into culture,” and with Wang’s intervention a further transition into the realm of fine art. Michael hopes to document the last location where these species were observed in the wild as well as their preservation in captivity or cultivation.&nbsp; In Hawai‘i, he is particularly interested in learning more about the ʻAlalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) on Hawai‘i island; the Ālula (Brighamia insignis) on Kaua‘i; Mt. Kaʻala Cyanea (Cyanea superba) and Sharktail Cyanea (Cyanea pinnatifida) on O‘ahu; and the Kokiʻo (Kokia cookei) on Molokaʻi. While in residence with TRADES, Michael continued his “Extinct in the Wild” project; traveling between O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i Island to research several species of plants, tree snails, and the ‘Alalā (Hawaiian Crow). Local experts—at the O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program; Hawaiian Rare Plant Program at Lyon Arboretum; Hui Kū Maoli Ola; Hawai‘i Snail Extinction Prevention Program; and Keahou Bird Center—generously welcomed Michael and shared their work with him. Michael spent days up mauka learning about native forests from botanical experts and cultural practitioners; and counting endangered tree snails in “snail jail” exclosures. And he shared his findings with keiki to kupuna. Michael planted an Alula (Brighamia insignis) specimen with Kipapa Elementary 3rd graders who will continue to care for it. He visited middle-schoolers at SEEQS (School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability) twice—first learning about their on-campus stream conservation efforts and then teaching them about his project. At UH Mānoa, he shared his systems-based approach to art-making with undergraduate and graduate art students. Michael’s residency culminated with a public panel at fishcake, where he discussed his Hawai‘i findings and the connections between environmental and cultural stewardship with Dr. Helen Turner of Chaminade University; and Dr. Sam ‘Ohu Gon of The Nature Conservancy. We look forward to having Michael back in Hawai‘i to continue his research as we explore exhibition opportunities for “Extinct in the Wild.” https://trades-air.com/Eve-Fowler Wed, 24 May 2023 05:22:14 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Eve-Fowler Eve Fowler <img width="1024" height="682" width_o="1024" height_o="682" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba94b253f50fa34029ea42c124aa5ad1f6aa307108ff26b5e19f1d7134bca1e3/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba94b253f50fa34029ea42c124aa5ad1f6aa307108ff26b5e19f1d7134bca1e3/image.jpeg" /> Raw Material, installation view at Aupuni Space Spring 2018Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi Having exhibited widely in the U.S. throughout her career, Fowler’s work is included in the collections of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, San Fransisco; and The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. In her own words: “My creative practice hinges on a form of collaboration that has bearing witness at its core. This is manifested through my decades of photographic practice, and through my ongoing work with fellow artists, filmmakers, writers and curators under the rubric of Artist Curated Projects. It is evident in my sustained engagement with the creative work of Gertrude Stein; and it is the motivation behind my archival investigations that bring historically marginalized forms of practice into contemporary conversation.” <img width="700" height="882" width_o="700" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9aebf0d53b172f3f570694dc82e0bf25f4bfa308da75619d355334102477eb6/image.jpeg" data-mid="179768881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/f9aebf0d53b172f3f570694dc82e0bf25f4bfa308da75619d355334102477eb6/image.jpeg" /> Since 2010, Fowler’s work has centered on excerpting, interacting, and re-presenting the poetry of Stein in arresting visual forms. Originally conceived as posters printed by historic Colby Poster Printing Company and affixed to telephone poles amongst other similar signage and blending into the L.A. visual vernacular, Fowler has since realized the work as freeway billboards, bus shelter advertisements, paintings, neon signs, collage, and sculpture; giving the Stein texts further breadth and dimension. Writer Litia Perta comments: “across a distance of nearly a century, Fowler’s work literally commingles with Stein’s: gets close to it, pulls strands out, knits phrases back in, asks us to be near it, to think toward it.” <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dda5d9af980105f534b5de509a1c39805b8986189e862e860b3310109b999a4/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769734" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dda5d9af980105f534b5de509a1c39805b8986189e862e860b3310109b999a4/image.jpeg" />Public screening of Eveʻs 16mm film with it which it as it if it is to be Eve Fowler’s Spring visit with TRADES centered around interactions with fine art students at UH Mānoa, where she kept a studio and conducted visits. Public facing community events included a screening of her recent film, and an artist’s lecture surveying her practice. Along with the student visits, Eve met with several working artists and organized a group show at Aupuni Space in Kakaʻako, as an offsite exhibition of her Los Angeles gallery Artist Curated Projects.&nbsp;Raw Material included works by six emerging and established artists across mediums, provided them widespread exposure, and led to Made in Hawai‘i artworks finding homes in relevant collections locally and abroad. On O‘ahu, Eve will conduct studio visits with local emerging and established artists of exceptional talent for inclusion in an “Artist Curated Projects” exhibition here. She will spend time working in the studio, preparing works for upcoming exhibitions. We are organizing a public screening of her 16mm film “with it which it as it if it is to be”, as well as a Gertrude Stein focused event with creative writing and poetry professor Dr. Susan Schultz. Eve will also speak to Art and Art History students with Jaimey Hamilton Faris at UH Mānoa.&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72fd2eccc6ab3f6d3619af9429e28eab9e0b2545b8e9dd7aae9ba0f86a11d5e6/image.jpeg" data-mid="179768973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72fd2eccc6ab3f6d3619af9429e28eab9e0b2545b8e9dd7aae9ba0f86a11d5e6/image.jpeg" /> Studio visit with Raw Material artist Kainoa Gruspe <img width="3024" height="2268" width_o="3024" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02ddc94ba3ba8722cf8e00831246c07d9555aab2c317635fd7d42c2d2c138e24/image.jpeg" data-mid="179768977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02ddc94ba3ba8722cf8e00831246c07d9555aab2c317635fd7d42c2d2c138e24/image.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bcabd1adf3d2d46f3256399ee9157ad5f5d9dcf7b4aa386e03e4c1af4d86c18/image.jpeg" data-mid="179768985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bcabd1adf3d2d46f3256399ee9157ad5f5d9dcf7b4aa386e03e4c1af4d86c18/image.jpeg" /> Studio visit with Raw Material artist Rebecca Maria Goldschidt <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63670cecd0b72dc9f42a292381565822cc6f82d60ece6a38b30b9a9e8fd22585/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/63670cecd0b72dc9f42a292381565822cc6f82d60ece6a38b30b9a9e8fd22585/image.jpeg" /> Studio visit with Raw Material artist Calvin Shimada&nbsp; <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdd587c64fe8a859023a6c5ee13219f58ad0eb774dc8bb38ba9c642a985a81cd/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/fdd587c64fe8a859023a6c5ee13219f58ad0eb774dc8bb38ba9c642a985a81cd/image.jpeg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f58c8f155ed32b7126d2bde4ec26c4251b49a56343423a49fce27ff0345283b/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/1f58c8f155ed32b7126d2bde4ec26c4251b49a56343423a49fce27ff0345283b/image.jpeg" />Studio visit with Raw Material artist Nikau Hindin <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1167d9e59c1205e1b727149ed4536c91f2a49b5284b81e10b7d2f0ebf418cde4/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769487" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/1167d9e59c1205e1b727149ed4536c91f2a49b5284b81e10b7d2f0ebf418cde4/image.jpeg" /> Studio visit with Raw Material artist Lawrence Seward <img width="1056" height="896" width_o="1056" height_o="896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1fa87fc23e3a21b7e582ad5f4ef7303d9520df4a9cd99cf049807f5cda500ca/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1fa87fc23e3a21b7e582ad5f4ef7303d9520df4a9cd99cf049807f5cda500ca/image.jpeg" /> Sean Connelly, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, Calvin Shimada, Miki Shimiokawa, Aaron Wong, Donnie Cervantes and Eve Fowler. https://trades-air.com/Asha-Shechter Wed, 24 May 2023 05:22:15 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Asha-Shechter Asha Schechter <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edf938ee80f44f547b0f72dec8c1fbd61db4674480d6b97f046a90941b0396c8/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761537" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edf938ee80f44f547b0f72dec8c1fbd61db4674480d6b97f046a90941b0396c8/image.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f91a08963db78abb5b4c49b145c80c276053c2d7b6d70852f9e80adddd3c0e9b/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f91a08963db78abb5b4c49b145c80c276053c2d7b6d70852f9e80adddd3c0e9b/image.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b910cae4dbafd506f21a74338481e40881c6dd5a06dad45b8ac35373bdb4b90f/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b910cae4dbafd506f21a74338481e40881c6dd5a06dad45b8ac35373bdb4b90f/image.jpeg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e43888a3f14651418f95b3907de0e75998f8d03bf4db712ed73dd016b8fe2f96/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/e43888a3f14651418f95b3907de0e75998f8d03bf4db712ed73dd016b8fe2f96/image.jpeg" /> Summer 2018Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi We are excited to welcome Los Angeles based artist Asha Schechter to TRADES this Summer, from July 18 – August 7. Asha plans to research and produce a short film while in residence on Oʻahu. “Asha Schechter’s artistic practice is set within the context of a networked, commodity-centric culture—where a wholesale movement away from privileging the ‘source’ or ‘original’ is coded into every creative photographic gesture.” (aperture.org) Asha has exhibited at Gavin Browns Enterprise, M+B, LA&gt;&lt; Gallery, and Albert Baronian Gallery in Brussels, among others. Schechter currently teaches History of Photography at the Art Center College of Design and Fine Art at Otis College of Art and Design. In addition to his art practice, Asha established The Vanity in 2011, a small gallery carved out of a closet in his Los Angeles apartment. In 2013, The Vanity moved to an space in 356 Mission Road as The Vanity East where it remained until itʻs closure last month. He is also a part of the collective space Potts, in Alhambra, CA. In his own&nbsp;words: “In previous works I have shot what are essentially experimental documentaries to look at different kinds of production, branding and labor. I am interested with these works in understanding how through different languages (both visual and spoken) producers try to communicate not only the thing they are making, but a politic or worldview attached to that. Subjects of these videos have included Baristas, Bakeries, Architecture and Artists. My interest in coming to Hawaii would be to look into how these kinds of things exist there, with the specific context and circumstances of that place. My interest is not to tell the subjects things about themselves, or to implicitly critique, but to see how through observation and juxtaposition we can start to consider how our current moment looks and feels and to understand how different entities participate in an economy that is largely concerned with images.” <img width="768" height="700" width_o="768" height_o="700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e046dccdca6e9f338d870c0d6c027c0d15b799d68cf57ef073796372a8fdc122/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/e046dccdca6e9f338d870c0d6c027c0d15b799d68cf57ef073796372a8fdc122/image.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b2cc167ff2aa6ba65a0874276122e910e3ed202ce6fca3b07bd48eee8d75695/image.jpeg" data-mid="179761538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b2cc167ff2aa6ba65a0874276122e910e3ed202ce6fca3b07bd48eee8d75695/image.jpeg" /> Please join us at Aupuni Space on Thursday, July 19 at 7 p.m. to welcome Asha to O‘ahu and learn about his plans for his time in residence. Asha will present a screening of works from a range of artists that echo ideas of labor, production and aesthetics he will be working with during his residency. An open conversation will follow the screening. https://trades-air.com/Lena-Daly Wed, 24 May 2023 07:48:26 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Lena-Daly Lena Daly <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bffc4ddc99fa276fdba7962d3e487697024e769772e9a86d0f4394dbfddaca8/image.jpeg" data-mid="180504722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7bffc4ddc99fa276fdba7962d3e487697024e769772e9a86d0f4394dbfddaca8/image.jpeg" /> Fall 2018Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi Los Angeles artist Lena Daly has arrived on O‘ahu to inaugurate our second year (!) of programming for a month-long dive into our island’s coral reef systems, visually as well as aurally, and to explore how they relate to her fine art practice which utilizes UV-reactive pigments, and hypersonic sound systems that make ultra-sonic sound audible. By collaborating with, and learning from local experts to investigate&nbsp;coral’s natural fluorescence and&nbsp;the bioluminescence of a reef’s inhabitants, Lenaʻs practice will benefit from an enriched understanding of naturally occurring phenomena and first hand scientific experience. &nbsp; Lena will present some of her work and report on her research on Saturday, November 17th at Aupuni Space. She will also be interacting with middle school students from the School for Examining Essential Questions on Sustainability (SEEQS) sharing her examinations and explorations at the intersection of art and science. <img width="1200" height="795" width_o="1200" height_o="795" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ece2bfc9d0c1dd6d3a81ea7ab0f55f7ed5341cc1915d8612584d767f488cd9f4/image.jpeg" data-mid="179769985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ece2bfc9d0c1dd6d3a81ea7ab0f55f7ed5341cc1915d8612584d767f488cd9f4/image.jpeg" /> <img width="819" height="819" width_o="819" height_o="819" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61c0162df59a5324fc0d989b29a05bf335edbedbb8c51c14e59b518c7d9f0326/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770178" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/819/i/61c0162df59a5324fc0d989b29a05bf335edbedbb8c51c14e59b518c7d9f0326/image.jpeg" /> Lena working with students at SEEQS Day 1 <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8bcb9fea8ddb6d45d0503ed212ab9a0cbaa6943082267151eebe7bff23e0c3e/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/d8bcb9fea8ddb6d45d0503ed212ab9a0cbaa6943082267151eebe7bff23e0c3e/image.jpeg" /> Working with SEEQS students in Mānoa Stream <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c22e9a015144a98e6d2fdbe87887bb6fe241a17697d1c923e8e5ed55b382c18/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/4c22e9a015144a98e6d2fdbe87887bb6fe241a17697d1c923e8e5ed55b382c18/image.jpeg" /> Lena engaged deeply with our local communities—with two visits to work with middle school students at SEEQS (School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability);&nbsp;conducting studio visits with a handful of local artists; and recording a radio program with Central Pacific Time. Lena intersected with our arts community at events at HoMa, HiSAM, Honolulu Biennial Foundation, Honolulu Printmakers, the Merwin Conservancy, and HIFF. <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6665c86ea8d2bb900a5030af8584442a6c059b6fcd2ef5c40a5be0e28088bfc9/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6665c86ea8d2bb900a5030af8584442a6c059b6fcd2ef5c40a5be0e28088bfc9/image.jpeg" /> Lena Daly with Dr. Megan Porter of UH Biology and Mindy Mizobe of HIMB Soest at Aupuni SpacePhoto credit: Kirsten Carlson Her visit culminated with an installation at Aupuni Space—with UV reactive sculptures and two-channel video, including confocal footage of coral and hydrophone audio from the reef. Professor Megan Porter, UH biology; and Mindy Mizobe, confocal microscopy specialist; joined Lena for a conversation connecting art and science, and hypothesizing the origins and uses of various species’ visual perception and communication. <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/703f136d16e11f4e2081c23a5e78fc68689df7f3b74e33f13cbf8ae7654bd6b9/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770485" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/703f136d16e11f4e2081c23a5e78fc68689df7f3b74e33f13cbf8ae7654bd6b9/image.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14dc8be4dc861c22dc27cff24c6b5577a62e78765a54b7755952a4985670f22e/image.jpeg" data-mid="180504727" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14dc8be4dc861c22dc27cff24c6b5577a62e78765a54b7755952a4985670f22e/image.jpeg" /> <img width="1054" height="746" width_o="1054" height_o="746" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efc49a6441f47701db10c8681db1c157b4d30a4490e1356ecffd3f067f8d258c/image.jpeg" data-mid="180504731" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efc49a6441f47701db10c8681db1c157b4d30a4490e1356ecffd3f067f8d258c/image.jpeg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ace359d9f45f1a8b7ed5e9a3fd4180f44769f716c646c882011d948060f24fd/image.jpeg" data-mid="180504762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/7ace359d9f45f1a8b7ed5e9a3fd4180f44769f716c646c882011d948060f24fd/image.jpeg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59075566d873f9d8470b3c6cc7ee323b3854847745af5e42bf11d65f4f42f6e7/image.jpeg" data-mid="180504767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/59075566d873f9d8470b3c6cc7ee323b3854847745af5e42bf11d65f4f42f6e7/image.jpeg" /> https://trades-air.com/Ei-Arakawa Wed, 24 May 2023 08:01:50 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Ei-Arakawa Ei Arakawa <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92fbe0eb4da354fc45963dac08b4ea8dc9fb8e3fe391a2aecb5b129e6459dca1/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92fbe0eb4da354fc45963dac08b4ea8dc9fb8e3fe391a2aecb5b129e6459dca1/image.jpeg" /> Winter 2019Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi Installed in commercial businesses in Honolulu’s Chinatown, Ei Arakawa’s three site-specific LED works question the the global proliferation of contemporary art biennials, triennials, and festivals in the twenty-first century. What does it mean for artists to make works for places and contexts that are utterly foreign to them? Arakawa’s poetic works, presented on hand constructed LED screens, appropriate the curatorial concepts unique to three global biennials and challenge the “ritual” of biennial culture today. &nbsp; <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ed31e3de04c32ca66ac973d5eca8979e8491a73b71febd6c5c64c85cd67cc2f/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ed31e3de04c32ca66ac973d5eca8979e8491a73b71febd6c5c64c85cd67cc2f/image.jpeg" /> Ei Arakawa + students from Harvard University with Kumu Hina <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/070245876f62a234d0603821e35b872453ab506b0a714acd8d4b218c3d6afb25/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/070245876f62a234d0603821e35b872453ab506b0a714acd8d4b218c3d6afb25/image.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e664521620a4ee53f066e7155ca5b9cd7059d8edb597505f31e3f7c9626cc55e/image.jpeg" data-mid="179770961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/e664521620a4ee53f066e7155ca5b9cd7059d8edb597505f31e3f7c9626cc55e/image.jpeg" /> Ei Arakawa returned in early April, along with a group of his own students from Harvard University, for a mini-residency. Over 5 rigorous days, the group of young artists visited all of the Honolulu Biennial sites; had formal conversations with Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners including Kumu Hina and ʻīmaikalani Kalāhele; and initiated a performative collaboration with fellow students of UH Mānoa Art Professor Peter Chamberlain. Titled “WINDOW BOUNCE”;&nbsp;the students acted as performers, spontaneous collaborators, and audience for each other in an hour-long procession throughout Chinatown; followed by a discussion and self-critique of their experience. TRADES is especially grateful to Harvard University, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu Biennial Foundation, John Esguerra/Single Double, Ei Arakawa and a generous patron of contemporary art; all of whom made this residency possible. <img width="1200" height="675" width_o="1200" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2d34f3a51563de1340277cc30cd81890ea091de50c6e1ba4455e6f2a0be2ccf/image.jpeg" data-mid="179771012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2d34f3a51563de1340277cc30cd81890ea091de50c6e1ba4455e6f2a0be2ccf/image.jpeg" /> https://trades-air.com/Analog-Sunshine-Recorders Wed, 24 May 2023 08:10:32 +0000 TRADES A.i.R. https://trades-air.com/Analog-Sunshine-Recorders Analog Sunshine Recorders <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/913a9ed79cfd8610cef431e21169d3396a3aedcfba894e768e480ecb8f286b34/image.jpeg" data-mid="179771233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/913a9ed79cfd8610cef431e21169d3396a3aedcfba894e768e480ecb8f286b34/image.jpeg" /> May 2019Honolulu, Oʻahu Hawaiʻi Finally in May 2019, TRADES collaborated with Analog Sunshine Recorders and FLUX to adapt our temporary Nuʻuanu Street storefront into a working black and white dark room. Providing support and access to space, the collective was able to inhabit, develop and print their photographs that culminated in a group exhibition at Single Double. Mahalo to Aja Toscano, Chris Rohrer, John Esguerra and Ara Laylo for their support of this project. <img width="2717" height="3622" width_o="2717" height_o="3622" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/899b411adb16614020d2f97950811d66652274ad72199942f03f641af8aead92/IMG_2791.jpeg" data-mid="179771928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/899b411adb16614020d2f97950811d66652274ad72199942f03f641af8aead92/IMG_2791.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e9152631b50c4010b8791173c0815a40d18090ee152ff71a7cf398f4b5156a4/IMG_2793.jpeg" data-mid="179771990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e9152631b50c4010b8791173c0815a40d18090ee152ff71a7cf398f4b5156a4/IMG_2793.jpeg" />