Bytemarks

This show at the Academy of Arts is a must see on so many levels. Granted I don’t find myself writing about art very often and even on this occasion I will attempt it at a very superficial level. Chinese landscape art for me is mesmerizing. Nature is depicted in such grandeur and although humans [...]

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The Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle took place in New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu and culminates in a final competition in Oakland, CA on Oct 8th. This past weekend 12 graffiti artist converged at the Academy of Arts at Linekona and over a period of 7 hours gave birth to their creations. Appropriately the word [...]

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Props go out to Mei Jeanne Wagner of Laird Christiansen Advertising for putting this short video together. Ryan and I spoke to Michael Smith, Artistic Director of the upcoming Cirque Du Soleil show Alegria back on June 9, 2010. Alegria will be coming to Honolulu on October 15, 2010 at the NBC Arena. This is [...]

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If you go to enough raku events, like this annual Raku Ho`olaulea, you begin to appreciate the incredible diversity in ceramic firing techniques. I haven’t even started to scratch the surface of the art of raku firing but I wanted to share this one with you. Philip Markwart, shown in photo, is a long time [...]

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Check out the next Pecha Kucha Night in the courtyard of the Academy Art Center @ Linekona for Pecha-Kucha 8.0. Admission is free, refreshments served as usual! Friday, April 2, 2010. 6:00pm – 9:30pm. Hope to see you there. Presenters Debra Drexler: Chair, Drawing and Painting UH “20 years in 20 slides” L.P. “Neenz” Faleafine: [...]

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Graffiti art or street art as I like to refer to these pieces, stirs feelings that range from awe to disgust in those that view it. Born out of the street punk movement dating back to the late 70′s and early 80′s in the subways of New York City, this was a statement by rebellious [...]

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The Honolulu Academy of Arts is in the process of launching an ambitious project to put 50,000 pieces in their collection online in the newly minted eMuseum. I got an early preview of the system which coincides with the opening of Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji this week. The eMuseum project started with [...]

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