PROJECTS
THE BIKINI AND BIKINI
Currently, the bikini continues its tradition of surfing waves of toxicity, as a symbol for the over sexualization and objectification of female pro-surfers. This site specific installation holds a cornered space of silence for the history of Bikini and the bikini.
HAWAIIANS, UNITE.
Hawaiians Unite is a moving, short film made for MTV Entertainment Studios’ AAPI Heritage Month. It was created and directed by native Hawaiian filmmaker Nicole Naone. The idea derived from 18th century Hawaiian history, a time of warring chiefdoms between the islands.
MAUNA FUJI
This video was included in a site-responsive multi-media installation for the KJ Baysa curated exhibition "Mauna Kea" as a part of the Honolulu Biennial selects program.
KALAOKE MĀUKA
In this site specific installation, Nicole Naone pairs footage of the 1983 Mākua Valley evictions with oli corresponding to its ahupuaʻa, with memorization and a loud voice being key elements to the art oli, Naone presents them perversely via another colonizer art form- Karaoke.
SURFBORT
A resigned surfboard. Touching on the language of change specific to Hawai’i, these pieces present a structuring of organic materials into faceted forms. Through them the subtleties of progress are presented.
PRESS
