{"id":25,"date":"2020-01-23T21:26:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T21:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somethingkindofwonderful.com\/selectedworks\/?p=25"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:47:50","slug":"waikiki-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingkindofwonderful.com\/selectedworks\/2020\/01\/23\/waikiki-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Waikiki Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jennifer Goya<br><strong><em>Waikiki Sign<\/em><\/strong>, 2011<br>Single-Channel High-Definition Video\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<br>4 minutes<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Waikiki <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">Sign<\/g><\/em><g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">,<\/g> is a pre-visualization of a future art installation as seen in a single-channel video installation.&nbsp; The proposed art structure will be composed of seven white letters, 40 feet tall and 40 feet wide that spell out \u201cWaikiki\u201d and would be constructed on the makai side of Diamond Head Crater.&nbsp; The sign gathers it\u2019s meaning from the iconic sign it imitates, a sign to be seen and desired from afar, placating the hungry tourist eye. The sign is seen from far away as a fantasy out-of-reach and out-of-touch\u2014themes people visiting or living in Hawaii are conflicted with every day.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cWaikiki Sign\u201d gathers it\u2019s meaning from\nthe iconic sign it imitates in Hollywood, California.&nbsp; People project their desires onto the famous\nHollywood Sign and for many grand dreams of success become out-of-reach.&nbsp; To see the sign you must see it from far\naway, a symbolic act that mirrors the struggle to achieve something that many\ndon\u2019t experience.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Waikiki Sign<\/em> embodies the human desire to seek an untouched paradise. When visitors arrive in Hawaii, they are met with a chaotic mix of real and fantasy images of an idyllic place.&nbsp; This film foreshadows a near future where this sign exists, masking the real state of Hawaii with a version of paradise only to be seen and desired from afar, much like the sign itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/misbitsnma.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/misbitsnma.com\/\">Misbits Gallery<\/a><br> Oxford, Mississippi<br> 2017 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer GoyaWaikiki Sign, 2011Single-Channel High-Definition Video\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad4 minutes Waikiki Sign, is a pre-visualization of a future art installation as seen in a single-channel video installation.&nbsp; The proposed art structure will be composed of seven white letters, 40 feet tall and 40 feet wide that spell out \u201cWaikiki\u201d and would be constructed on the makai side of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-narrative-film","category-selected-works"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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