Telegraph Valley: A Performance That Asks—What Do You Carry?
Two Nights Only | December 1 & 2 | Miami Art Week 2025
Miami, FL — Telegraph Valley isn’t just a performance—it’s a spatial, embodied experience that invites audiences to reconsider what they carry, what they build, and what they ultimately become. Presented as part of Miami Art Week and The Container Project, this work by artist L.A. Samuelson merges installation, performance, and public dialogue into an evening of reflection, imagination, and community inquiry.
Audiences will first encounter Samuelson’s immersive installation, which reconsiders the body as a “house for the soul,” disrupting expectations of form, structure, and identity. The experience continues with a post-performance conversation featuring the artist alongside dramaturg Elle Hong and sound artist Adam Stone, expanding the work’s central question:
What’s in your container?
With only two presentations and limited capacity, Telegraph Valley offers an intimate setting for deep engagement.
Event Details
📅 Monday, Dec 1 | 5:30–7:00 PM
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📅 Tuesday, Dec 2 | 5:30–7:00 PM
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Part of Miami Art Week.
Part of The Container Project.
Part of a conversation that matters.
Presented By
This exhibition is presented by Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI) in partnership with the Barry University Institute of Immigration Studies and the Monsignor William Barry Library.
Telegraph Valley is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project, supported by the Doris Duke Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Special thanks to:
- Victor Romano, PhD, Vice Provost for Student Success & Undergraduate Studies
- Giselle Elgarresta Rios, PhD, Endowed Chair, Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh Institute for Immigration Studies
- Vivica Smith Pierre, MLIS, PhD, Director of Library Services, Monsignor William Barry Library
From the Leadership
Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Founder & Curator
Tanya Desdunes
Executive Director
The DVCAI Team
Don’t Miss This Transformative Experience.
| Accessibility and Accommodation: The exhibition venue is accessible. To request materials in an accessible format at least five days in advance, please contact Rosie Gordon-Wallace, DVCAI President |Curator at [email protected] or by phone at (305) 542-4277. |
| About DVCAI Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc. is a virtual artist space dedicated to promoting, nurturing, and cultivating the vision and diverse creativity of emerging artists from the Caribbean and Latin American Diaspora through experimentation, exhibitions, artists-in-residence programs, international cultural exchanges, and dialogue in contemporary art. www.dvcai.org. DVCAI partners with organizations to enhance residency experiences in the Caribbean region, nationally, and internationally. For more information, please visit www.dvcai.org and follow our activities at https://www.instagram.com/dvcai/ https://twitter.com/DiasporaVibe. |
