POW!WOW! HAWAII 2018
by Faile
When the Brooklyn-based duo of Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, aka Faile, were invited to participate in the Pow!Wow! movement’s flagship festival in Hawai’i in 2018, they said they wanted to “get back to our early street art days being a bit looser and less refined.” Still rich with symbolism and cultural relevance however, John Hina, aka Prime, founder of @808prime supporting at-risk youth, painted the word ‘Onipa’a—meaning immovable or resolute. The Faile team also says that the red, white, and blue border of the Lana Lane wall in Kaka’ako is a reference to Hawaiian quilt making: “When the white line is on the outside it represents peace and harmony. When the red line is on the outside it represents war and resistance.” @faileart @powwowworldwide
