Honolulu Biennial at Ward Villiage - 04/23/2017

I heard about this exhibit at the Ward Village (aka old IBM Bldg) from my sister and decided to check it out.  I did some googling on the artist Yayoi Kusama and saw her other exhibits in NYC and they seemed pretty interactive and interesting so I wanted to see it for myself. I was expecting a crowd but luckily, there was none so I got lots of space to look around and take pics with my iphone. I didn't think they'd allow photos or video either, but wow.. both were welcome. Only warning was to not touch anything..
In the court yard was the "Artificial Rock" sculpture.

The "Breathing Flower". This flower actually opens and closes..

On the 3rd floor was the Yayoi Kusama exhibit. A room of glowing dots.. When I first entered, it was really weird to adjust to the  lighting.. these dots seem to be 3-D popping in front of me everywhere.. but after a while, I realized they were all 2-D stickers on everything in the room.  They were randomly place.. but seems like the spacing was not as random.. it was pretty cool..   

These were glow in the dark dots about the size of those they use on garage sale items.. it was on everything..

At one point, I had the place all to myself.. it was quiet and it was so awesome to walk around.. There were only these two small rooms.. 

When leaving, I notice the cool view from inside the building.

Downstairs in the lobby area, a model of the Ward Village new buildings.. a lot of them have started and the whole area has changed.  They even have the rail in this model and I wonder if it would ever be reality.

I walked around a little and saw this new building.. so much has changed. This doesn't even look like I'm in Hawaii any more.  It was nice to get out and check out all the changes in the area. I suspect this place will look a lot different again in a couple of months.