Revolutions of Pattern: Interview with Lehuauakea - a podcast by Ginger Dunnill

This episode I speak with artist Lehuauakea. Lehua is a m?h? or Queer, Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian and mixed heritage interdisciplinary artist and kapa maker from P?pa?ikou on Moku O Keawe, or the Big Island of Hawai?i. We caught up this summer on the ancestral lands of the Tewa/Towa people of what is now known as Santa Fe, NM during their residency at the School for Advanced Research this summer where Lehua was working on making some large scale Kapa and other projects. We chat about the intention Lehua takes in how their culture is embedded in all they make, their ways of practicing art and producing kapa, and how the act of making keeps Lehua connected deeper to their land and ancestry.

Opening the episode we hear an audio recording from the late Kanaka Maoli activist Haunani Kay Trask. This excerpt is from a speech Trask gave On the 100th anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, in 1993, where Trask famously spoke in front of Iolani Palace.

About Lehuauakea:

Lehuauakea is a m?h? mixed-Native Hawaiian interdisciplinary artist and kapa maker from P?pa?ikou on Moku O Keawe, the Big Island of Hawai?i. Lehua’s K?naka Maoli family descends from several lineages connected to Maui, Kaua?i, Kohala, and H?m?kua where their family resides to this day.

Follow the work of Lehuauakea:
Website: https://lehuauakea.com
IG at @_lehuauakea_ https://www.instagram.com/_lehuauakea_/

Music featured on this episode by Hawane Rios https://www.hawanerios.com
Songs: It’s Everything & Warrior Rising

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