Post #734530 by tikilongbeach on Wed, Jan 7, 2015 10:30 AM

http://www.ppie100.org/event/pacific-worlds/

Pacific Worlds, a new major exhibition at the OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA, explores California’s historical and contemporary place in the Pacific region, through rarely-seen objects from the Pacific Islands. One hundred years after the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), the exhibition re-envisions California as “the East Coast of the Pacific,” taking over OMCA’s Great Hall with interactive, multi-faceted experiences. Pacific Worlds turns the familiar idea of California as the western frontier on its head, examining the deep and rich history of this region’s interactions with the Pacific, and exploring the on-going connections and intersecting experiences of Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians, along with Filipinos, Native Californians, and American collectors, colonists, and audiences. Weaving together pieces from the Museum’s collections with interactive media, visitor contributions, and contemporary California Pacific Islander artwork and community voices, Pacific Worlds presents Californian identity as tied to and shaped by the histories, peoples, and geography of the Pacific Islands.