Hoʻi Hou Nā Wai was a group exhibition that centered on the importance of wai (water) and invoked a makawalu perspective on the health and return of our waters, our ʻāina, our communities, and the spaces we create and build from mauka to makai. As the waters that had been built over and buried resurfaced in our wahi pana, the spaces and the people within them were able to thrive once again.

Featuring artworks across various mediums—from illustration, kapa, and paintings to AR, VR, AI, and projections onto 3D prints—this exhibition drew on the themes of the Eahou Festival. The artworks focused on the stewardship of our ʻāina, the return of waters and streams to our urban landscapes, representations of water guardians and moʻo, including Kāmōʻiliʻili, and visualizations of a thriving future for Mōʻiliʻili and the islands of Hawaiʻi, extending across Moananuiākea to artist visions from Aotearoa and Turtle Island.

Lighting up the JCC Courtyard for the Eahou Festival on the night of September 13, multiple video artists, filmmakers, and animators activated the buildings with projections that moved across the walls and grounds, extending around the Mākeke, visible from the streets leading into the Festival.

Artists involved included Alec Singer, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Ashley Luka, Brandon Makaʻawaʻawa, Colleen Kimura, Creative Impact Lab Aotearoa, Kari Kehaulani Noe, Ka’ala Farms with Naomi Marisaa, Kieren Mckee, Mananakealoha, Nanea Lum, Nicole Naone, Pohaikealoha Panoke, Sean Connelly, Solomon Enos, Tiare Ribeaux, Vincent Bercasio, and Waiwai Studios.