Ua a‘o ‘ia ‘o ia e ia 우아 아오 이아 오 이아 에 이아. 서울: 서울시립미술관, 나선프레스, 2025. ISBN: 979-11-980575-4-9.

This multilingual volume of over 550 pages is written as concrete poetry, with a non-hierarchical design between image and text, events and documents, performers and viewers. The book depicts stories and storytellers within the channel between the Korean Peninsula and the Hawaiʻi archipelago, he pilina that began in 1903. The book was published on the occasion of Sung Hwan Kim’s exhibition at SeMA (2024–2025).

Published by Seoul Museum of Art and Rasun Press

Design by Shin Shin

Artist, writers, image makers, and characters:

Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick, Ahukiniakealohanui Fuertes, Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, Lise MichelleSuguitan Childers, Maile Meyer, Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina, Ed Greevy, George Helm, Pilāmoʻo, ʻElepaio Press, ʻAi Pōhaku Press, Mary Jo Freshley, Halla Huhm, kekahi wahi, Aiala, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Han Chang-ki, Mok Soo Hyun, Jung Byung Joon, Hyun Soon, Alice Hyun, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, Chris Marker, Akira Kurosawa, Suin Kwon, Gahee Park, Sung Hwan Kim, David Michael DiGregorio, among many others.

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