A NE
WELL, IN THE EXHIBIT
AT THE HONOLULU MUSEUM
OF ART IS TAKING A
STROLL THROUGH HISTORY.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THE
KING KALAKAUA ERA AND
REVEALS HOW HAWAI'I
CREATED A NATIONAL
IDENTITY THROUGH ART AND
DESIGN.
KAMAKA PILI JOINS US
LIVE FROM THE MUSEUM
WITH MORE.
Reporter: GOOD
MORNING, LADIES.
YES, WE'RE HERE AT THE
HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ARTS
WHERE A NEW EXHIBIT HAD
JUST OPENED AND IT'S
GOING TO BE BLASTING FOR
A FEW MONTHS.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO
CHECK IT OUT.
HAWAI'I'S LAST MALE
MONARCH, KING KALAKAUA,
WAS AN ERA OF
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
WITHIN THE ISLANDS AND
OF COURSE KING KALAKAUA,
IF YOU PAID ATTENTION TO
OUR ALOHA AUTHENTIC
SEGMENTS, WE TALKED
ABOUT HIM FOR A LITTLE
BIT, AND ONE OF THE
THINGS HE'S DEFINITELY
KNOWN FOR IS HIS TRAVELS
AROUND THE WORLD.
LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO
IT.
WE HAVE CURATOR OF THIS
EXHIBIT.
GOOD MORNING.
WE WERE JUST TAKING A
PEAK REAL QUICK BUT IT
LOOKS AMAZING.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE
STORY BEHIND WHERE THE
IDEA OF THIS EXHIBIT
CAME ABOUT FROM.
SURE.
SO THIS IDEA CAME ABOUT
WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR
THIS JOB WHERE I WAS
REALLY FASCINATED BY THE
BOLD AND FEARLESS
CREATIVITY THAT THRIVED
UNDER KING KALAKAUA IN A
WAY THAT ARTISTS AT THAT
TIME HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
RESONANCE FOR ARTISTS
TODAY.
Reporter: WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE 1881
WORLD TOUR.
WE MENTIONED HE WAS
FIRST HEAD AROUND THE
NATION TO DO.
SO CAN YOU SHARE MORE
ABOUT THIS?
IN 1881 KING KALAKAUA
CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE
WORLD.
HE DID THIS FOR MANY
REASONS INCLUDING TO
LEVERAGE THE
INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY
OF HAWAI'I AS A
SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.
Reporter: AND I'M
SURE DURING ALL THOSE
TRAVELS AND TRAVELING
THE OCEANS, MEETING A
LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
HE COME UP WITH A LOT OF
IDEAS TO ADOPT, BRING IT
BACK HOME.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS
THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN
THAT?
SO WHEN KING KALAKAUA
TRAVELED AROUND THE
WORLD, HE REALIZED THAT
HAWAI'I HAD A LOT TO
OFFER THE WORLD IN TERMS
OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE
SCIENCES.
HE WAS VERY FASCINATED.
HE HAD A BRILLIANT MIND,
CURIOUS INDIVIDUAL, AND
HE WAS INTERESTED IN
BRINGING TOGETHER WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN
TECHNOLOGY AROUND THE
WORLD, WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT ALREADY
EXISTED IN HAWAI'I, AND
SO HE, AS WE ALL KNOW,
WE OFTEN BRAG ABOUT,
BROUGHT TELEPHONES AND
ELECTRICITY TO HAWAI'I,
PARTICULARLY TO THE
PALACE BEFORE A LOT OF
OTHER GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS ANYWHERE ELSE
IN THE WORLD.
Reporter: WERE
THESE THE ORIGINAL
TELEPHONES THAT WERE
INSTALLED?
THESE WERE PHONES
INSTALLED IN HIS BOAT
HOUSE AND IT'S
ACCOMPANIED ABOUT A
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY SO
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A
WHO'S WHO OF HAWAI'I
THERE.
Reporter: IT WAS
INTERESTING THAT IT WAS
SET UP WITH RUNNING
WATER BEFORE THE WHITE
HOUSE OR BUCKINGHAM
PALACE.
IT'S ANOTHER
INTERESTING, INTERESTING
PIECE.
WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE
LEFT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN IN
MAYBE 30 SECONDS WHAT
THIS IS?
SURE.
THIS IS A UNIFORM.
IT WAS TAYLORED IN
LONDON, GIFTED IN SAN
FRANCISCO TO KING
KALAKAUA TO THE
DIPLOMATS WHO
HIS WORLD TOUR.
THIS IS INTERESTING
ESPECIALLY THINKING OF
THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAD
BACK IN THAT TIME.
WHY IS THIS AN EXHIBIT
THAT ESPECIALLY HAWAI'I
RESIDENTS HAVE TO CHECK
OUT?
THIS EXHIBITION
BRINGS TOGETHER NEVER
BEFORE DISPLAYED ART
WORKS FROM
ORGANIZATIONS.
SO IOLANI PALACE, BISHOP
MUSEUM AND HAWAIIAN
MISSION HOUSES HAVE ALL
BEEN LENDING
COLLABORATORS TO THIS
EXHIBITION.
Reporter: NOW THAT
IS WHAT IS THE TIME LINE
FOR THIS EXHIBITION?
RUNS THROUGH JANUARY
27TH, NOT ONLY THE
EXHIBITION BUT
INCREDIBLE PROGRAMMINGS
INCLUDING CONCERT
SERIES, HULA PROGRAMS.
NOT TO BE MISSED.
Reporter: THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THERE'S A LOT WHEN THE
RELICS AND AWESOME
VINTAGE THINGS HERE TO
CHECK OUT AND KNOWLEDGE
OF OUR OLD TIMES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE
TO COME DOWN, CHECK OUT
HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ARTS
FOR THE KING KALAKAUA
ERA EXHIBITION AND MAKE
SURE YOU KEEP IN TUNE
WITH "TAKE 2" AS WE'RE
NOW FROM THE MUSEUM WITH
MORE.
GOOD MORNING AGAIN,
KAMAKA.
Reporter: GOOD
MORNING, LADY.
YES, WE'RE HERE LIVE AT
THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF
ARTS WHERE THE KING
KALAKAUA ERA EXHIBIT HAS
PAST WEEKEND AND IS
GOING TO BE STANDING FOR
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, SO
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE
GOING TO WANT TO
DEFINITELY CHECK OUT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH
THE CURATOR HERE AND SHE
JOINS US AGAIN.
WE LEFT OFF ON THE LAST
SEGMENT TALKING ABOUT
KING KALAKAUAS JOURNEYS
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
ONE THING WE'VE SEEN IS
A LOT OF THE ROYAL ORDER
DESIGN.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
IMAGES AND PINS FROM OLD
PHOTOS.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
THESE PINS ARE AND WHAT
THEY REPRESENT.
THEY WERE DIPLOMATIC
GIFTS.
THEY WERE EXCHANGED
BETWEEN HEADS OF STATE,
MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT
AND AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAD
BEEN OF SERVICE TO
GOVERNMENT.
SO KING KALAKAUA
DESIGNED ROYAL ORDERS
THAT DEVELOPED SIMILAR
BOLDS REFERENCING
HAWAIIAN MEANING.
SO EVEN HAWAIIAN WORDS
LIKE QUEEN KAPI'OLANI'S
MOTTO ADORNS THE ROYAL
ORDERS THAT WERE
DESIGNED AND GIFTED AS A
WAY OF TRAN TRANSLATING
HAWAIIAN MEANING FOR THE
REST OF THE WORLD.
BRINGING HAWAI'I THIS
ITS PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PACIFIC TO KEEP
THEM UP WITH THE REST OF
THE EVOLVING WORLD.
THIS IS A WAY TO
SHARE HAWAI'I WITH THE
WORLD AND SITUATE
HAWAI'I'S INDEPENDENCE
BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL
CONSCIOUSNESS OF OTHER
COUNTRIES.
AS WE CONTINUE TO
JOURNEY AROUND THIS
EXHIBIT WE SEE DEFICIT
ART PIECES WITH THIS
FERNLG WORK ESPECIALLY
THE JURY THAT HAS BEEN
PASSED DOWN THROUGH
GENERATIONS FROM OUR
ALI'I UNTIL NOW.
WHAT IS THE HOPES FOR
OUR RESIDENTS HERE OF
THEY LEAVE THIS SPACE?
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THEY
WALK AWAY WITH?
I'M HOPING THEY WALK
AWAY WITH A RENEWED
UNDERSTANDING OF JUST
THE VIBRANT SPIRIT OF
THE TIME AND THE
FEARLESSNESS THAT OUR
ALI'I AND ARTISTS AT
THAT TIME APPROACHING
CULTURE.
LIKE THAT FEATHERED
LEI FROM QUEEN
LILIUOKALANI, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT KALAKAUA
BEING THIS PERSON AHEAD
OF HIS TIME, TAKING AND
EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY TO
UPKEEP HAWAI'I AND THE
NATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
PHOTOGRAPHY AND
PHOTOGRAPHS NOW.
HOW WAS PHOTOGRAPHY AN
IMPORTANT TOOL AT THAT
TIME?
IT WAS A VERY
IMPORTANT MECHANISM THAT
KALAKAUA USED BEFORE
OTHERS WERE DOING SO AS
A WAY OF CIRCULATING
POSITIVE IMAGES OF
HAWAI'I FOR THE REST OF
THE WORLD TO SEE.
SO YOU WILL SEE
PHOTOGRAPH OF WRITERS,
FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF YOU
PHOTOGRAPHS, THE WOMEN
LOOK VERY POWERFUL, VERY
ASSERTIVE AND VERY
STRONG, AND THIS IS HOW
HAWAI'I WAS POSITIONED
WITHIN THE WORLD.
THAT'S SUCH A GREAT
POINT.
NOWADAYS WE HAVE THAT
PUSH.
I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH
THE FESTIVAL COMING
AROUND THE CORNER, A
GREAT EVENT NOWADAYS
THAT CONTINUE TO
PERPETUATE THIS AN SHEBT
TRADITIONAL ARTWORK.
WHAT CAN THEY SEE
HERE?
THIS EXHIBITION IS
THINKING ABOUT HOW
KALAKAUA'S INITIATIVES
PERTAIN TO US TODAY.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE
STATION BE VOTEDDED TO
MUSIC THAT WAS CURATED.
WE HAVE ROYAL ORDERS ON
iPADS THAT KIDS CAN
DESIGN AND ADULTS CAN
DESIGN FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS IS SUCH AN
EXCITING EXHIBIT.
I'M SUPER STOKED.
I'M SUCH A HISTORY DORK
SO THIS KIND OF THING
GETS ME REALLY EXCITED
FROM POLITICS TO CULTURE
TO PRACTICES IN ART.
EVERYTHING HERE FOR YOU
AT THE KING KALAKAUA ERA
EXHIBIT HERE AT THE
HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ARTS.
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT
OUT, CHECK OUT OUR
WEBSITE FOR MORE
INFORMATION.