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A sculpture project for Kapaa High School year 2000

by Wayne Zebzda

hukilau

Funded by Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and  the arts with the Deptartment of Education.

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A Hukilau is a shared fishing event .  A social gathering of the community to catch fish with a large net pulled from the shore.  It is  people working together to feed one another.

 

 

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hukilau on site

 

 

 

 

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shadows cast

on rock seating.

 

 

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About the Sculpture

length  - aprox 70 feet long

height - 8 - 12 feet tall

material - stainless steel.

year completed 2000

 

 

 thoughts on the creation of the Hukilau sculpture:

  • kids, like fish,  travel in schools until they grow up and swim off...perhaps to create their own schools.

  • I wanted the "net" to gather the kids together and form a meeting place.  A place to hang out and interact , exchanging ideas. 

  • The "net" also provided shade from the very intense sunlight in Hawaii. 

 

Thanks:

J.T. for the concrete work

Rannen McKamey for endless labor.

State Foundation and

Kapaa High students.