hapa.me
(May 4-August 25, 2024) Member preview day May 3
Celebrating the millions of individuals identifying as part Asian or Pacific Islander, Kip Fulbeck’s exhibit The Hapa Project first premiered in 2006. Fifteen years later, Fulbeck revisits 130 of the original participants and photographs them again for a new exhibition and book – hapa.me – inviting them to write new personal statements answering the question, “What are you?”
Forty-six individual portraits are on-view with their original images. These ‘then and now’ portraits offer a profound and touching showcase of not only the participants’ physical changes over time, but also their different perspectives and outlooks on a rapidly changing world. This project has always been fist and foremost a project about identity. From its initial concept to showings throughout the U.S, and abroad, audience interactivity and participation has been a key tenet of Kip Fulbeck’s vision.
Fulbeck has exhibited in over 20 countries and throughout the U.S. and has featured on CNN, PBS, The Today Show, MTV, Voice of America (radio), various NPR programs, and The New York Times. He teaches as a Distinguished Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. An active surfer and ocean lifeguard, he is also a national champion master swimmer.
hapa.me is created and developed by Kip Fulbeck and the traveling exhibition is organized by the Japanese America National Museum, Los Angeles, California.
Join us Friday, May 3 for a lecture on the details of this exhibit with the artist and curator Kip Fulbeck. Learn More