Lost & Found (September 2019)
Andy Behrle
Ephemeral light work installation/ 1-night only at 68 N. Market St., Wailuku
Inspired by ʻōlelo noʻeau: ‘Ma ka hana ka ‘ike (In working, one learns)
Artist Statement: "Water is life, and life in Wailuku has always flowed through the river from mauka to makai. This is the unifying experience of everyone who has ever called this place home. I am interested in humanity’s relationship to the natural world, and how our interactions with nature inform our spirituality. This artwork is intended to draw some connections between the world we have inherited and the landscape we leave behind. I am also interested in how the memories of individuals and communities are rooted in the environment and places we inhabit. In a world where 1 trillion photographs were taken last year alone and every minutiae of our daily lives is captured and shared online, it is hard to imagine that a building as beautiful as Wailuku’s St. Anthony church has few surviving photographs even though it has only been gone for 42 years. St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost items, and hopefully this artwork reconnects a nearly lost past to the people living in Wailuku today and into the future."
Andy Behrle
Ephemeral light work installation/ 1-night only at 68 N. Market St., Wailuku
Inspired by ʻōlelo noʻeau: ‘Ma ka hana ka ‘ike (In working, one learns)
Artist Statement: "Water is life, and life in Wailuku has always flowed through the river from mauka to makai. This is the unifying experience of everyone who has ever called this place home. I am interested in humanity’s relationship to the natural world, and how our interactions with nature inform our spirituality. This artwork is intended to draw some connections between the world we have inherited and the landscape we leave behind. I am also interested in how the memories of individuals and communities are rooted in the environment and places we inhabit. In a world where 1 trillion photographs were taken last year alone and every minutiae of our daily lives is captured and shared online, it is hard to imagine that a building as beautiful as Wailuku’s St. Anthony church has few surviving photographs even though it has only been gone for 42 years. St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost items, and hopefully this artwork reconnects a nearly lost past to the people living in Wailuku today and into the future."
About the Artist: Andy Behrle creates site-specific and site-responsive installations that reflect upon the cultural, geologic, and social histories of places where he has lived and visited. Many of these projects focus on the use of new media technologies and digital video projection to immerse viewers in worlds shaped by colors of light and textures of water. Behrle also uses digital editing software to stitch together multiple video files to re-imagine stained glass windows of historic places and traditional fabric patterns. For all of these projects, he captures video footage of local water sources both naturally occurring and created by humanity to investigate global systems through regional water use issues.
Born and raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Behrle has chased professional aspirations, personal growth, and creative inspirations around the country before settling in Hawai’i in 2018. Receiving his BA in Philosophy & Religion and Studio Art from Elmira College (New York), Behrle quickly associated the language of objects with existential thoughts and set upon exploring the invisible realities of our universe through his artwork. Taking this avenue of inquiry to Arizona State University, he soon embraced the creation of time-based installations with his MFA thesis exhibition. A few years removed from the studio, Behrle’s art practice was reignited in Birmingham, Alabama where the cultural and geologic histories of the South inspired new large-scale works. After relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 2012, Behrle began creating experiential installations with light and digital technologies. While living and working in the Yakima, Washington area, Behrle opened a dozen solo exhibitions and was awarded numerous grants and residencies. In 2018, Behrle broke onto the international light art scene while creating video installations for festivals in Germany and Tunisia. He now resides in Hawai'i with his wife and sons.
Born and raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Behrle has chased professional aspirations, personal growth, and creative inspirations around the country before settling in Hawai’i in 2018. Receiving his BA in Philosophy & Religion and Studio Art from Elmira College (New York), Behrle quickly associated the language of objects with existential thoughts and set upon exploring the invisible realities of our universe through his artwork. Taking this avenue of inquiry to Arizona State University, he soon embraced the creation of time-based installations with his MFA thesis exhibition. A few years removed from the studio, Behrle’s art practice was reignited in Birmingham, Alabama where the cultural and geologic histories of the South inspired new large-scale works. After relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 2012, Behrle began creating experiential installations with light and digital technologies. While living and working in the Yakima, Washington area, Behrle opened a dozen solo exhibitions and was awarded numerous grants and residencies. In 2018, Behrle broke onto the international light art scene while creating video installations for festivals in Germany and Tunisia. He now resides in Hawai'i with his wife and sons.
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Learn More:
STBA's Andy Behrle Needs Your Help (6/6/19) | Artist Seeks Pre-’77 Photos of St. Anthony Church (6/14/19) | Finder of Lost Articles (6/25/19) | One Night Only (7/27/19) | Site Visit to the Source (7/30/10) | Aloha (7/31/19) | Our Very 1st SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Unveiling (9/3/19) | Artist Creates Replica of Church Windows Lost in Fire 42 Years Ago (9/4/19) | Where in the world is Andy Behrle? (9/4/19) | ‘Lost and Found’ Artist Andy Behrle On Connecting People, History, and Nature (9/12/19) | Small Town Big Art (9/13/19) |
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MAHALO
Stephen Kealoha & Rev. Roland Bunda, St. Anthony’s Church | Amy Lord & Andrew Toney, Maui OnStage | Mayor Michael Victorino | Dore Minatodani, University of Hawaii at Manoa | Cynthia & Rachael Lallo | Cudra Clover & Ben Yashon | Lesley Cummings & Alan Takitani
