Regional Contacts
Hawaii
The Ka Pilina Interactive Arts Society, Inc. (incorporated as a 501c3 nonprofit
in 2006) has been Burning Man’s Hawaii Regional group
since 2002. Our mission is to bring together people separated by distance
and culture by supporting interactive art in Hawaii (and around the
world) by promoting all types of participatory art, to grow and strengthen
community ties while building Social Capital. The interactive art community
in Hawaii has grown over the past few years and the future here is
very bright and active.
We aim to be quite active here in Hawaii and for each year (spread over the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai), our goal is to hold: 4 Interactive Art Ho’olaule’a (multi-day camping events), 8 or more “urban events” per year, at least one monthly gathering per island, art grants, community projects, and more. All are invited to participate with aloha.
| main contact: | Andi Cuniberti and Geoff Hearl |
| burning since: | 1996, 2000 |
| personal quote: | “We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.” –old Talmudic saying |
| email: | Hawaii Regional |
| announcement lists: | Subscribers
to the announce list will receive updates about related events within
Hawaii; announce lists are not open discussion lists, therefore, all
posts are routed through the Regional Contact. To subscribe to the
announce list for this region, send a blank email to: hawaii-announce-subscribe@burningman.com |
| discussion lists: | To join the email discussion burners in Hawaii are having, please visit the forum section of our website at Kapilina.org (you will have to register, it is free and easy) and also visit us on Tribe.net at Ka Pilina, Burning Man Hawaii |
| related urls: | www.kapilina.org
http://kapilina.tribe.net/ |
| event photos: | To see pictures of our events check out Kapilina.org; there is a random image generator that anyone can see. If you register on the website (it’s free and easy) you can access the Gallery, see images, and add your own images. |
| local event calendar: | Don't forget to check the Calendar for year around events in your area. |
Recent Events:
8/30/2002, the Ka Pilina inaugural beach burn.
9/28/2002 The first Hawaii Decompression (beach burn).
2/1st-2nd/2003, “Man-O-Mana” (Living Art Experiment).
4/17/2003 a beach cleanup.
7/12th-14th/2003, “Rebirth” (Living Art Experiment).
10/24th-26th/2003, “Illumination” (Living Art Experiment
and 2nd Decompression).
8/29/2003, The first official gathering of kama’aina in the playa
(Friday luau) took place at the Cult of Distraction.
3/5th-7th/2004, The “Luna Sea” debacle.
5/14/2004, Our first “urban event” the Oahu introduction
featuring Harley Dubois and “Gifting It”.
8/2004. The “Ka Pilina camp” themecamp was birthed with over
50 kama’aina and mainlanders representing.
11/6/2004, 3rd annual Decompression at Anna Bannana’s on Oahu.
3/19/2005, Burnal Equinox at Anna Bannana’s on Oahu.
8/2005, 2nd annual “Ka Pilina camp” with over 150 members
and our 1st roasted pig.
10/9/2005, Ka Pilina, led by Playa Pete, roasts a pig for DPW at SF Decompression.
11/19-20/2005, 4th annual Decompression on Oahu.
1/24/2006, Ka Pilina Interactive Arts Society incorporates as a nonprofit
(gaining 501c3 status 6 months later).
3/31-4/2/2006, Rebirth 2006, the Hawaii Interactive Arts Festival, our
first ever multi-day event on private land and a big success (around
270 participants).
8/2006, 3rd annual “Ka Pilina camp” with over 200 members
and our 4th annual Friday luau with 750-1,000 people attending.
10/14-10/15/2006, 5th annual Decompression on Oahu, a group camping trip
at Ho’omaluhia that ended with the biggest earthquake in the US
in 2006.
4/23-4/26/2007, Rebirth 2007, the Hawaii Interactive Arts Festival, our
2nd large multi-day event on private land and a big success (around 650
participants).
8/2007, 4th annual “Ka Pilina camp” with over 70 members
and our 5th annual Friday luau with about 40 people braving the dust
storm and enjoying the double rainbow.
Check out the Calendar, subscribe to the Announce list, or go to the Kapilina.org website to get the latest information about all of our upcoming events.
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