Of Japanese and Sāmoan descent, Yuki Kihara’s interdisciplinary work challenges singular, historical narratives and the false divides that they have perpetuated. Presented at the Gwangju National Museum, A Song About Sāmoa—Moana (Pacific) 2022 belongs to the A Song About Sãmoa series, which brings together two culturally distinctive art forms: Sāmoan siapo and Japanese kimono. Creating siapo, a hand-made barkcloth made from the lau u’a (bark of the paper mulberry tree), is a labour- intensive practice and one of the oldest traditional art forms in Sāmoa. The works are presented as sculptural objects as well as a surface for illustration and design. This particular work depicts a chaotic scene that warns against the increasing levels of resource extraction by foreign powers. These powers are portrayed in the form of expedition fleets, submarines, and underwater mining that are seeking to affirm their geopolitical dominance across the Moana, or the Pacific Ocean. The siapo kimonos also feature a series of hands piercing through the sky inspired by an ancient lore describing the genesis of the Sāmoan word Pālagi (foreigner)–where Sāmoas, upon seeing the first Europeans across the horizon, believed that these foreigners had Pā (pierced) through the lagi (sky). In and among the chaos, however, the Pacific double-hull canoe, which uses traditional navigation methods, sails across the Pacific Ocean as a symbol of Indigenous resilience and resistance, while foreign ships from the past and present arrive continuously to compete for domination.