Artist and author Kip Fulbeck started The Hapa Project in 2001, photographing over 1,200 individuals who identified as multiracial, including their handwritten response to the question, “What are you?”
hapa.me – 25 years of The Hapa Project features Fulbeck’s photographic portraits as he revisits the cultural and artistic significance of the work, its impact on the participants, and the changing awareness of multiracial identity in the United States. Nearly 25 years later, Fulbeck has re-photographed 130 of the original participants and asked them to write new personal statements, exploring how our self-definitions and perspectives change over time.
A selection of portraits from The Hapa Project were first featured at the Museum of Us in the exhibition Race: Are We So Different? In this expanded exhibition, visitors are invited to reflect on what it means to be you.
The Museum of Us invites visitors to participate in The Hapa Project through an interactive element in the exhibition. On select dates, visitors can have their portraits taken on a polaroid camera in the exhibit and write their own personal statement responding to the question, “What are you?” Portraits will then be displayed in the exhibit.
Friday and Saturday, July 4-5, at 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. and 3-4 p.m.
The Museum of Us
1350 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
