A moment to celebrate! Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 has now been fully announced, for which our dear former director and cooperative team member Binna Choi is one of the three curators. Together with Wassan Al-Khudhairi and Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu, they form the first non-hierarchical trio of curators for the Triennial composed of women of color. Read the full curatorial statement on the website linked above.
Organized by Hawai‘i Contemporary, the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 (HT25) is a multi-site exhibition of contemporary art from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond. The forthcoming exhibition, titled ALOHA NŌ, highlights aloha as more than a ubiquitous Hawaiian greeting, but a profound philosophy and way of life, exploring its connection to the land, environment, and community. ALOHA NŌ aims to reclaim aloha from colonial-capitalist historicity and present it as a transformative power enacted through contemporary art. By collapsing two seemingly opposite meanings—”no” in English with “nō,” an intensifier, in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)—the exhibition underscores aloha’s depth and collective enactment.