KAIMANA

Hawai’i International Film Festival 41,
Bishop Museum Ho‘okipa Lawn, November 5 - 28, 2021

Immersive mist-media film installation

This experience is included with HIFF41 tickets at Bishop Museum and also by separate admission to Bishop Museum.

Hawai’i-based artist Taiji Terasaki presents KAIMANA – an outdoor, walk-through art and film installation offering a cinematic work projected onto a dramatic, interactive mist curtain. Through this provocative lens, the experience conjures up the enchantment of old Hawai’i’s vibrant ocean culture, and fond memories of the Waikīkī Natatorium. Archival photographs and recently discovered film footage highlight the Natatorium’s active life and local impact, emphasizing the bonds between architecture and activity, community and legacy—between place and life.

World Premiere HIFF41 at Bishop Museum Immersive Art & Film Installation
Hawai'i, USA, 2021


  • Director Taiji Terasaki
    Producer Taiji Terasaki, Corey Tong
    Editor, Additional Photography Taylor Oishi
    Art Direction & Design Christiaan Kuypers, Taylor Uakea Niimoto
    Production & Installation Rob Keyser, Kenny Lui
    Archival Research Kelly Ciurej, Carley Shimizu

    Archival Images
    ’Ulu’ulu Archives, University of Hawai'i
    Bishop Museum Archives, Hawai'i

    Special Thanks
    Bishop Museum
    Melanie Ide, Brandon Bunag, Jennifer Onishi, DeSoto Brown, Leah Caldeira, Karla Morgan, Krystal Kakimoto

    ‘Ulu’ulu Archives
    Heather Giugni, Chris Lee, Janel Quirante, Tisha Aragaki

    BrandSafway Services
    Robert Kauamea

    Workshop-HI
    Jason Selly