SAPA-IT marks an innovative workshop process in which Interisland Terminal is supplementing the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s A Day in the Life project. This project focuses on diversifying the portrayal of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the American mediascape. It invites participants to submit images captured on May 10th, a date chosen to address the exclusion of Chinese laborers from historical photographs and paintings of the Golden Spike Ceremony, which marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. This event coincides with the 145th anniversary of the ceremony and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Interisland Terminal is hosting a series of workshops to explore identity and digital mediums critically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interisland Terminal is pleased to announce the participants for SAPA-IT! These participants explore various themes, including humanitarianism, cultural diversity, the Micronesian diaspora, challenges within Hawaii’s tourism, identity politics, consumerism, racial tensions, flows of capital and labor, the globalization of cultural practices, and homelessness. They are critically examining what it means to be Asian and\/or Pacific Islander in Hawai\u02bbi today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This collective of artists will participate in a workshop series to develop these concepts iteratively through digital mediums. On May 10th, 2014, artists will create works and post them by May 14th. The Smithsonian will curate a series from the media collected across the country and throughout the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Billie Lee, MFA, will lead a round-table discussion with the SAPA-IT collective on June 19th, 2014, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the soon-to-be-opened Kaka\u02bbako Agora. Join us for this public discussion. Please register as seating is limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is SAPA-IT? SAPA-IT marks an innovative workshop process in which Interisland Terminal is supplementing the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American<\/p>\n