Lead artist and exhibition facilitator Tiare Ribeaux (Kānaka Maoli/US) said Honohono meant "to listen and allow for reflection, remorse, forgiveness and love".
"It also means to join and be interconnected.
"That’s the outlook we must embrace to address the complex social and environmental challenges of climate change."
Opening this Friday, Honohono will display prototype artworks from Creative Impact Lab Ōtepoti Dunedin (2023–24) — a Leonardo international exchange supported by the United States Embassy in Wellington and hosted by the museum.
During the lab, local artists combined indigenous methodologies with their personal creative practices to explore the impact of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tūhura Otago Museum head of exhibitions and creative services Craig Scott said it was "great to be able to provide a space for thought-provoking community projects like this".
"Ōtepoti is a hugely creative city, and it’s really important to foster that by making room for as many different perspectives as possible."
The exhibition explores healing, herenga (interconnectedness), ancestral ties and our kuleana (responsibilities) to the environment, asking what might happen if we were able to rid ourselves of the borders that separate people from the land and one another.
The artworks use multiple media, including video, projection, sculpture, land art, augmented reality, sound, mapping, and AI.
Honohono is on exhibition from Friday in the Beautiful Science Gallery at Tūhura Otago Museum.
