Maui: Sugar Plantations

Maui: Sugar Plantations is made up of three overlapping maps which combine patterns, texts, codes, colours and ideas. The top map is called ‘Spanish camp A’, and shows designated areas of sugarcane production using black outlines and shapes. It visualises human control over nature, the displacement of workers and unjust labour practices – the barracks on the right were living quarters for the plantation workers. Underneath is a nautical map and a topographical map which highlight the location and formation of the Hawaiian island of Maui. Kozloff remaps the world with hopes of changing attitudes and actions towards humanity and the earth.