Journey to Kaho'olawe

May 25 – 29, 2017
Book/Publication Launch, Screening, Artist Talk, Walking Tour, Dance

About the Program

Journey to Kaho’olawe was a project that included the production and launch of an artist publication, as well as a week long series of events celebrating Kaho’olawe and the Kanaka presence in British Columbia. The Journey to Kaho’olawe publication by Hans Winkler and T’uy’t-tanat Cease Wyss was the result of a four year process centred on the Hawaiian Island of Kaho’olawe, a sacred site to the Hawaiians in recovery after being occupied as a practice range by the American military. Returned to the Hawaiians in the 1990s, the island is being remediated and returned to its natural state. The publication also documents the Kanaka presence in British Columbia since the late 1700s when Native Hawaiians travelled to BC with some staying and marrying into the Squamish peoples on the BC Coast and many other indigenous communities throughout the region. With texts by Wyss and historians Jean Barman and Bruce McIntyre Watson, in addition to Hans Winkler, the book represents the four year research project by the artists.

May 25, 2017: Welcome and ghost stories by Squamish/Sto:Lo/Hawaiian/Swiss artist T’uy’t-tanat Cease Wyss at grunt gallery

May 26, 2017: Celebrate the Kanaka presence in BC with presentations by T’uy’t-tanat Cease Wyss with Bob Baker, Hula Spirit Dancers, Barbara Wyss, and more at Chief Joe Mathias Centre

May 28, 2017: A film by George Helm, Kaho’olawe Aloha Aina (1977, 30 min), a reading by Stephen Kane-a-I Morse from First Landing: Story of the Kaho’olawe Nine (2014), a performance by the Hula Spirit Dancers, and surf movies. Hosted by Hans Winkler at the Hideaway Room in the Waldorf Hotel

May 29, 2017: Tour of Kanaka graves by historian Jolene Castillou Cumming, followed by a talk with Barbara Wyss and historian Jean Barman at the Mountainview Cemetery Celebration Centre

Artist

Hans Winkler, T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss

Curator

Glenn Alteen

Credits

Accounting: Linda Gorrie
Administration: Meagan Kus
Archives: Dan Pon
Communications: Tarah Hogue
Gallery Assistant: Hedy Wood
Grantwriting Support: Mary Ann Anderson
Technician: Charlie Stableford
Photography: Dennis Ha
Programming: Glenn Alteen, Vanessa Kwan, Tarah Hogue

Identifier

2017.0525 JOU

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive

Location

grunt gallery (second location)
116-350 E. 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4R8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

Chief Joe Mathias Centre
100 Capilano Road, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7P 0A7
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

Waldorf Hotel
1489 E. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5L 1S4
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

Mountain View Cemetery Celebration Hall & Courtyard
5455 Fraser Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5W 2Z3
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca