Whitney Biennial 2026

Through Aug 23

kekahi wahi

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Two benches in front a video that is projected onto a blank wall. Women wearing pink leg warmers and 80's era exercise clothing do exercises with emoticons floating over the screen.

Two benches in front a video that is projected onto a blank wall. Women wearing pink leg warmers and 80's era exercise clothing do exercises with emoticons floating over the screen.

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kekahi wahi

(Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick)
Founded 2020
Based in Honolulu, Kona, Oʻahu, HI

The grassroots film initiative kekahi wahi filmed this satirical resistance training workout on the shore at Kealakekua Bay on the Island of Hawai‘i. It was on this site in 1779 that the high chief Kalani‘ōpu‘u escaped a kidnapping by Captain James Cook, the British Royal Navy officer whose crews became known for spreading diseases to Indigenous people throughout the South Pacific. Today the bay is a major destination for tourists.