Care and Connection Are at the Heart of the 2025 Hawai‘i Triennial

Care and Connection Are at the Heart of the 2025 Hawai‘i Triennial

HAWAI‘I — Since mid-February, Honolulu’s city hall has hosted Meleanna Aluli Meyer’s “‘Umeke Lā‘au: Culture Medicine.” The sculpture, which enlarges the curving form of a calabash to room-sized proportions, holds its own within the airy space. An opening allows people to enter, and inside, an audio track speaks the names of 38,000 people who signed an 1897 petition opposing Hawai‘i’s annexation by the United States. In addition, the sculpture wa…