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Meleanna Aluli Meyer's sunlit "ʻUmeke Lāʻau: Culture Medicine" at Honolulu Hale. Photo: Eliza Encheva-Schorch, March 2025.

"’Umeke Lā’au: Culture Medicine": A transformative piece at the Hawai’i Triennial 2025

By Eliza Encheva-Schorch

In times of political upheaval and cultural turmoil, transformative spaces and interventions that are easily accessible seem rare — and more needed than ever. Multimedia artist Meleanna Aluli Meyer's site-specific installation "ʻUmeke Lāʻau" is such a powerful intervention. As a giant, 22-foot-wide and 8-foot-tall wooden bowl, it is an interpretation of the traditional Hawaiian ʻumeke, which usually holds food, water, or sacred offerings [...].

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