Waikiki: A History of Forgetting and Remembering
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In 1998 Chan and Feeser founded DownWind Productions, a collaborative of activists, artists, and educators, to explore the past and present effects of colonialism, capitalism, and tourism in Waikiki. Gaye Chan is recognized equally for her individual and collaborative work. Her solo projects are primarily inspired by and made from found images and objects. Through altering them in evocative and haunting ways, she mines their potential in making visible the invisible forces at work all around us. Gaye Chan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She received her MFA from San Francisco Art Institute and is currently a professor at the University of Hawai'i. She has had solo exhibitions at Honolulu Academy of Art (Honolulu), Art in General (New York City), YYZ (Toronto), Artspeak (Vancouver), Gallery 4A (Sydney), SF Camerawork (San Francisco), YYZ (Toronto) and The Contemporary Museum (Honolulu). More information on Chan’s work can be found at www.gayechan.com Andrea Feeser is an art historian and writer. She researches and teaches visual and material culture, focusing on how ideological interests and institutional practices shape the history of place and the understanding of present circumstances. Feeser was born in Japan, and like many Americans, has lived in numerous places, learning little about their history until she moved to Hawaii, where history is always present. She was Assistant and Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Hawaii, Manoa from 1996 – 2002, and is currently Associate Professor of Art History at Clemson University in South Carolina. Feeser has published widely on modern and contemporary art and visual culture, and edits for Parlor Press the book series Aesthetic Critical Inquiry. She has worked in the curatorial departments at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the education department at the Brooklyn Museum. More informationemail us editor@downwindproductions.com
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