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The view from Tantalus. Looking over Diamond Head Crater, Waikiki, Downtown Honolulu and the Honolulu International Airport. Also in this panorama, Punahou School, University of Hawaii, Iolani School, Roosevelt High School, Makiki Cemetary, Puchbowl Crater, Manoa Shopping Center, Noelani Elementary School, Magic Island, Honolulu Harbor, Top of Waikiki, Kapiolani Park, Makiki Park, Alamoana Center, Hawaii Pacific University, and of course, the South Shore. |
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Hawaii Theater at Bethel Street is a reminder of the days of the cinematic palace. |
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Team HPN visited Makapuu Beach on the East Shore of Oahu. Crew included Annabelle Beale, Susanne Haala, Andrea Vold, Phil Antigoue, Pete Britos. |
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360 from Kakaako jetty, a favorite spot entry point for surfing the south shore. |
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Kakaako Jetty. South Shore from Kakaako Jetty across from Point Panic. Other side is Alamoana Beach Park, Magic Island and Diamond Head Crater. |
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Waikiki one block from the beach, on the roof of Eaton Square. Jeremy, Romina, Lucija, Britta and Pete met on the roof top of Eaton Square, 36 stories up. Jasmine stopped by too for a barbecue with some friends. She had shot up at Tantalus with Galina and Pete earlier in the day. Romina is from Germany, Lucija from Slovenia, Britta from Atlanta, Jeremy from Southern California, Jasmine from Canada, and Pete from Hawaii. There is a heavy, plastic, tinted glass barrier that's over 6 feet high and surrounding the pool, barbecue grills and lounge area. We had no ladder and the tripod didn't extend above the barrier. So we stacked two round plastic-topped tables on top of each other and hoped for stability. The four metallic legs of the one table fit into the aluminum rim of the other. We had no ladder and stacked chairs was too dangerous and scary to climb on top of at the corner of the building. We decided to set up on the ground and hoped the trigger mechanism wouldn't slide off in the middle of the shoot. Thankfully it wasn't windy. So the team calibrated and tried to account for the angle six feet up that we would be placing the camera, and the y-axis we would be lifting the camera up to. The table looked pretty level, though there was a subtle and inevitable warp in the circular plastic top. We calibrated horizontally and vertically, but we could have set a more extreme down angle, that was one of the features about being up there, the canyons below; and we didn't foresee the camera angle drifting below the horizon after the 180 degree mark. We ordered pizza and watched the sun set. You can see over the Alawai to people playing in the park on the mauka side to Magic Island on the makai side (proposed "Barack Obama Park" by Mayor Mufi Hannemann--yikes on that idea!). The collapse of images from the corner turn of the building to sundown to the west, is like a dreamy slide into sleep. Interesting how Western reading (left to right) is replicated here in the language of nature. |
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Waimea Bay two days before the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Surf Meet. Waves were on the rise, and Lifeguards were pulling surfers and swimmers out all day. |
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The Hawaii Theater in downtown Honolulu is a reminder of the cinematic palaces from the early 20th century. |
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Hawaii Pacific University Modern Media Systems class on the Fort Street Mall in Downtown Honolulu. Question of the day: how can a collaboration that includes Carnegie Mellon University, NASA, GOOGLE, National Geographic, and faculty and students at Hawaii Pacific University expand our understanding of modern media systems? In other words, what emerging, unique potentials are being leveraged by these institutions and their communities in our network of networks project? In part this image constitutes an exploration and manifestation of image-making technologies that provide opportunities for meta-connectivity and global community building. A compelling aspect of the global connection project is its attention to transparency. Transparency of technology, transparency of process, and drill down ability in the composite image itself.. |
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May 2009, Hawai'i Pacific University students and faculty mixed media festival includes paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, acoustics, video documentaries and other narratives, skateboard, CGI graphics and more. The Exhibition was on the lobby level gallery in the modernesque 1132 Bishop Street high-rise. Thanks to Martini Zoo and Cafe Che Pasta for Opening Reception cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Curators: Pete Britos and Anne Kennedy |