Riccardo Perotti presenta su nueva canción, “Mundo perfecto”
El cantautor ecuatoriano Riccardo Perotti grabó “Mundo perfecto” con su colega y compatriota Ale Bayas. El reconocido artista piensa impactar al público con esta nueva obra, creada recientemente en Miami, donde reside. “Estoy muy feliz por el resultado de este trabajo, en el que fui tan bien acompañado por mi querida Ale y un gran equipo”, manifestó. Perotti, graduado del prestigioso Berklee College of Music, cuenta que “Mundo perfecto” narra la historia de “un amor imposible”. El tema ya está disponible en las plataformas digitales. Perotti es una figura de la música ecuatoriana y ha grabado una serie de canciones que han sido hits. Creador innato, durante la pandemia también escribió el tema “Esto también pasará”, grabado con sus hijas, Isabella y Martina. “Está canción nació de la necesidad de darle esperanza a mis hijas, que estaban ansiosas por no poder concurrir al colegio”, cuenta. Por más de 30 años el talento de Riccardo Perotti ha sido sinónimo de excelencia musical. Siendo el primer ecuatoriano en egresar de Berklee College of Music, llevó ese rico bagaje académico a su Ecuador. De padre italiano y madre guayaquileña, Perotti nació cerca del mar, en Manta. Se crió en Quito y desde muy joven su inclinación por la música fue innata, formó parte de varios grupos musicales, componiendo e interpretando música para él y otros artistas. Con el disco “Traficando un amanecer” se lanza al ruedo musical como solista en los años 90 y su canción “Quién te ha dicho que el amor es fácil” se convierte en un éxito avasallador. Luego vinieron grandes éxitos como “Aunque no sé dónde estás”, “Duro de matar” y “Basta con que estés”. Perotti, además, organizó en 1999 el festival “Pululahua, Rock desde el Volcán”, con la participación de la La Ley. Babasónicos, Lucybell, Nito Mestre, Pedro Aznar, entre otros. Fueron 48 bandas en total.
La actriz colombiana Ana Carolina Grajales da voz a diversos personajes en la película “Encanto”
Ana Carolina Grajales es parte del elenco de la popular película de Disney Animations, donde le da vida a personajes en inglés y español. “Encanto” es la nueva película animada de Disney Animations, proyecto que llega a Ana Carolina Grajales por medio de una audición, en la que, como requerimiento, debía hablar español e inglés, y ser colombiana. Gracias a su gran trayectoria en el mundo del doblaje, donde ha dado vida a diversos personajes en producciones como: Los Padrinos Mágicos, Glitter Force (Netflix), I am Frankie (Nickelodeon), South Park, Popples (Netflix), Doctor Who (HBO) y muchos otros más; al momento de la audición contaba con la experiencia para ser considerada parte del proyecto.
“Encanto” es un proyecto especial porque Ana Carolina está dando la voz original a muchos de los personajes de la película tanto en inglés como en español. El filme cuenta la historia de una familia extraordinaria, los Madrigales, que viven escondidos en las montañas de Colombia, en una casa mágica, en un pueblo vibrante, en un lugar maravilloso y encantador llamado Encanto, así lo dice Walt Disney Animation Studios en su página web. “Tener la oportunidad de ser parte de tan importante proyecto que representa a Colombia de una manera tan hermosa y más dentro de mi carrera como actriz es un gran logro”.
Ana Carolina es de ascendencia colombiana, aunque nació en Miami. Vivió sus primeros 12 años en Colombia, Posteriormente estudió en España teatro y cine. Proviene de una familia reconocida de escritores, poetas y directores de música colombiana. Fue a la edad de trece años que comenzó su formación actoral profesional. Ha participado en varios proyectos para el mercado hispano en México, Colombia y EE.UU. para empresas como Nickelodeon Latinoamérica (Grachi), Telemundo (Marido en Alquiler, Relaciones Peligrosas), Discovery Channel, Venevisión,HBO y su participación en la película “Más sabe el diablo por viejo” distribuida por 20th Century Fox.
Ana Carolina se encuentra promocionando su cortometraje “Un silencio prolongado”, donde además de actriz es productora. Actualmente tiene su propia marca llamada Toonymania de la mano del actor y artista plástico Pablo Azar.
Miami Ocean Orchestra realizará un concierto gratuito el viernes 10 de diciembreen Key Biscayne
Dicen que la música eleva el espíritu, así que para la Ciudad de Key Biscayne lo mejor es cerrar el año con un concierto de primera magnitud. Se trata de un espectáculo animado por la Miami Ocean Orchestra, que interpretará un medley de canciones alegóricas a las Fiestas de Fin de Año. El recital se hará el viernes 10 de diciembre, a las 6 pm, en el bello espacio Moncao Reflecting Pools at Civic Center Oval Plaza, con entrada libre. Más información en: 305-361-2770 [email protected] o www.keypianofestival.org. Este concierto es realizado por la organización Key Biscayne Piano Festival & More, liderado por la notable artista Amarylli Fridegotto. La dama reside en la isla y es ítalo-venezolana. Posee una academia de piano, es empresaria y activista cultural comunitaria. “Ojalá que el festival y otros eventos que organizamos con la fundación proyecten a Key Biscayne como una isla de la naturaleza y el arte”, dice. Es destacable el hecho de que el espectáculo del 10 de diciembre es patrocinado por la alcaldía de Key Biscayne, dirigida por Mike Davey.
Faena Art | Free and Open to the Public – Miami Art Week
FAENA ART COMMISSIONS LARGE-SCALE SITE-SPECIFIC ARTWORKS
BY PILAR ZETA FOR MIAMI ART WEEK 2021
November 9, 2021
Faena Art Debuts The Project Room During Miami Art Week 2021, An Inaugural Space For The Nonprofit Organization To Host Year-round Curatorial Projects
● Faena Art commissioned various artworks by Pilar Zeta, including Hall of Visions, a large-scale site-specific installation, and a sculpture entitled Hatch, on view during Miami Art Week 2021. ● Faena Art and Aorist launch their digital partnership with the release of NFTs by Pilar Zeta that will accompany the artist’s monumental installation on the Faena Beach. ● The inaugural exhibition for Faena Art’s Project Room will feature Barcelona-based artist Andrés Reisinger’s The Smell of Pink, an immersive multisensory site-specific installation commissioned and produced by Aorist.
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(Miami, FL) — Faena Art, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that commissions, produces, and houses cross-disciplinary artistic experiences year-round, announces the opening of the Project Room, and commissions of various artworks by Pilar Zeta, among other initiatives supporting the creative community during Miami Art Week 2021. A catalyst for innovative, site-specific, and immersive creative practices, Faena Art bridges the popular and the experimental, making art accessible to all. Live from November 30 to December 5, Faena Art programming for Miami Art Week 2021 will include artist commissions, partner installations and public exhibitions.
Pilar Zeta Commissions Faena Art commissioned various artworks by Pilar Zeta, including Hall of Visions, a site-specific monumental installation for Faena Beach, and a sculpture aptly titled Hatch, to be featured at the Faena Hotel Miami Beach Cathedral. Hatch — a sculpture featuring an egg beginning to crack that connects to the narrative around the larger installation on the beach — refers to a moment of rebirth and realization. Multimedia Artist and Director, Pilar Zeta has a long-standing relationship with the organization and Miami Art Week 2021 presents an opportune moment to realize her artworks in a significant way.
“From my early days as a creator I learned from all my battles to recognize the hand that comes all the way from the invisible to rescue from uncertainty and to take us to the place that we dream to be,” Alan Faena stated during the Faena Art Gala. “I also learned that I want to commit part of my life to becoming that hand to other creators and agents of change.” Commissioned by Faena Art, the immersive artwork Hall of Vision alludes to Argentina’s Madí Movement and pays homage to the history of Art Deco in Miami Beach. Its surreal placement on the beach strays away from realism while acknowledging the existence of solid objects that celebrate pure geometric form. The digital counterpart of the installation – presented in partnership with Aorist as Faena Art’s Primary Digital Partner – consists of a one-minute animation that takes the viewers on a journey through the details of the installation, immersing them into a mystical, futuristic, and unexplored world. The animation will be divided into five shorter clips and converted into unique NTFs to be auctioned on Aorist on November 30.
Faena Art Project Room Located in the heart of the Faena District, the Faena Art Project Room marks the first dedicated space for the nonprofit organization in Miami, serving as a platform for experimentation and development of innovative ideas. The Project Room will host an artist residency program and a series of artist talks, embodying the ethos of Faena Art, which seeks to foster new models for social interaction transcending the traditional boundaries of art,science, philosophy and social practice. Looking ahead to future Faena Art programming, the Project Room will be a cultural incubator during pinnacle moments in the community, inclusive of Miami Music Week and Give Miami Day. Faena Art has plans to bring the Faena Prize for theArts to Miami Beach for the first time and will utilize the space to highlight works of artists both known and unknown.
“As we celebrated 10 years of Faena Art during our inaugural gala in October, we are thrilled to have a space in this community to continue in creating a platform for ground-breaking artists from around the world,” said Faena Art Executive Director, Nicole Comotti. The inaugural program will feature Barcelona-based artist Andrés Reisinger’s The Smell of Pink, an immersive multisensory site-specific installation. The presentation is showcased in collaboration with Aorist, a new cultural institution offering a climate-forward NFT marketplace for artists at the edge of art and technology. Commissioned and produced by Aorist, The Smell of Pink is part of Aorist’s multi-location launch exhibition titled Crossroads, featuring artists whose works act as catalysts and wayfinders along the roads that connect the digital realm and our everyday landscapes. The work will invite audiences into a dream-like experience akin to stepping inside a rose quartz, surrounded by scents inspired by music and nature. Renowned for his merging of digital and physical worlds, Reisinger will create a scent bearing the installation’s title, and the bottle, coupled with the NFT, will be available as a complete work for auction on Aorist on November 30. For more information, please visit https://www.faenaart.org/ Follow Faena Art on social media @FaenaArt
Faena Art During Miami Art Week 2021 – Free and Open to the Public Live from November 30 to December 5, Faena Art programming for Miami Art Week 2021 will include artist commissions, partner installations and public exhibitions.
Join us for the Grand Opening of Hall of Visions by Pilar Zeta— unveiling of site-specific monumental installation commissioned by Faena Art at Faena Miami Beach
Remarks by Alan Faena and special guests
Faena Art Project Room—3420 Collins Ave
Located in the heart of the Faena District, the Faena Art Project Roommarks the first dedicated space for the nonprofit organization in Miami, serving as a platform for experimentation and development of innovative ideas. The inaugural program will feature Barcelona-based artist Andrés Reisinger’s The Smell of Pink, an immersive multisensory site-specific installation with accompanying NFT, which is part of the Aorist Launch Program: Crossroads
Nov 30 | 6PM – 10PM
Dec 1 – Dec 5 | 3PM – 8PM
Wednesday, December 1
Unique Design x Miami opens
Skate-able Object Park by Yinka Ilori
Dec 1 – Dec 5 | 11AM – 7PM
Faena Art Presents METAHUMAN ADVENTURES IN THE METAVERSE – an afternoon with Deepak Chopra
1:30PM – 3PM
Faena Hotel Miami Beach – 3201 Collins Ave
Faena Art hosts an informal mixer with Deepak Chopra, followed by a conversation moderated by Poonacha Machaiah, and ends with a Metahuman Meditation with Deepak Chopra.
Join us at the skate-able Object Park by Yinka Ilori for a live DJ set by BLOND:ISH presented by Faena Art, Faith Connection, and Unique Design X Miami
3PM – 7PM
Faena District at the Skate-able Object Park by Yinka Ilori
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About Faena Art Founded in 2011, Faena Art is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that commissions, produces,
and houses cross-disciplinary artistic experiences year-round. A catalyst for innovative, site- specific, and immersive creative practices, Faena Art bridges the popular and the experimental,
making art accessible to all. Faena Art fosters new models for social interaction transcending the traditional boundaries of art, science, philosophy, and social practice. Now celebrating 10 years of developing extraordinary talent, Faena Art continues in this passionate pursuit, including through the Faena Prize for the Arts initiative. The Faena Prize for the Arts, a biennial international juried prize, has for over a decade been integral in identifying and supporting ground-breaking artists from around the world at any stage of their career. Faena Art plans to bring the Faena Prize for the Arts to Miami Beach in 2022. https://www.faenaart.org/faena-prize/ Faena Art Project Room 3420 Collins Ave Miami Beach, FL 33140
PARTNER EXHIBITIONS
Complementing the Project Room and site-specific installations by Pilar Zeta, Faena Art is supporting partner exhibitions with The ReefLine and Aorist, among many others, on view during Miami Art Week 2021, November 30 – December 5. For more information, please visit https://www.faenaart.org/exhibitions/ About Pilar Zeta Argentinian-born artist Pilar Zeta works as a Multimedia Artist & Director in the United States. Zeta’s art is heavily influenced by her upbringing and having been introduced to esoteric philosophies from a young age, Pilar Zeta’s understanding of Neo-Metaphysical concepts is ubiquitous throughout her various artistic creations. She describes her artistic style as ‘mystical futurism.’ https://pilarzeta.com
About Aorist As Faena Art’s Primary Digital Partner, Aorist will release a series of NFTs as the digital counterpart of various artist commissions to be auctioned on Aorist on November 30. Aorist is a next-generation cultural institution offering a climate-forward NFT marketplace for artists creating at the edge of art and technology. With a cross-disciplinary program of exhibitions, commissions, partnerships, and an incubator, Aorist bridges the digital and physical domains while supporting experimentation, co-creation, and innovation. https://aorist.art/
About Faena Art
Faena Art is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that commissions, produces, and houses cross-disciplinary artistic experiences. A catalyst for innovative, site-specific, and immersive practices, Faena Art bridges the popular and the experimental making art accessible to all. Faena Art fosters new models for social interaction transcending the traditional boundaries of art, science, philosophy, and social practice.
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Colombia - March 8 2014: Kogi Mamas (shaman) chewing coca leaves in front of a hut in the forest in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Colombia
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RUMINAWE ENTRE LOS KOGI
Curador y crítico de arte Eduardo Planchart Licea
Ruminawe, tras abandonar a los hombres de la selva, se dirigió con paso firme a su querida cordillera, guiado por el sol y las estrellas. Extrañaba la suavidad y el calor de lana de alpaca, el frío comenzaba a atenazarlo mientras ascendía. Cruzó la cordillera por el sitio más árido, las piedras desmoronadas abundaban haciéndolas peligrosamente resbaloso, más de una vez estuvo a punto de caerse, al recorrer el estrecho camino entre cordilleras que lo llevaría nuevamente al imperio del Inca. Tras el agotador esfuerzo al coronar la primera cumbre de la cordillera sintió el gozo de volver a los dominios del cóndor. Esa noche logro dormir un sueño reparador en el fondo de una profunda grieta que lo protegió del hiriente viento, Por una noche pudo olvidarse del hambre, pues en esa soledad de nada le servían el arco, no había nada que cazar. Durante varias lunas caminó entre paisajes pétreos y resplandecientes cielos. Mientras recorría la cordillera, sentía que pisaba la orilla del cielo.
Al empezar a descender el paisaje comenzó a ser dominado por el verdor que rodeaba las lagunas nacidas de la nieve derretida de las cumbres, pudo reponer sus provisiones de agua y llenar sus jícaras. Sobre su espalda cargaba una mochila de lana, donde llevaba sólo recuerdos que atrapan el tiempo eterno en ellos. Entre una de sus manos sostenía la vara de mando que hacía de él un Karaí. Volvió a colgarse en el cuello el medallón de oro que le habían dado en el templo del Sol al salir del Cuzco. En la lejanía veía un Sol caído descendiendo, y en su ida parecía incendiar el cielo.
Al seguir descendiendo los frailejones en cada huaca hacia sahumerios, y oraba y pudo dormir entre las lanosas hojas del frailejón verde. Hacer fuego era difícil. Los pequeños arbustos que crecían en los páramos tenían la madera húmeda, por la perenne llovizna y la niebla que se cernía sobre el páramo. Sentía la cordillera como un cobijo, como si estuviera pisando nuevamente su hogar. El cansancio no lo había vuelto a dominada, los hombres de la selva le habían enseñado a caminar sin esforzarse, buscando su propio ritmo. Días atrás se le habían acabado las hojas de coca,rìa mezclar con los caracoles molidos del poroporo, empezaba a extrañar su sabor amargo y la fortaleza que daba a su cuerpo y la espiritualidad en que se veía inmerso.
Descendía y ascendía de un valle a otro, hasta que al fin llego al punto más alto de la sierra, al ver a su alrededor se lleno de gozo y plenitud. Logro liberarse de la angustia latente que lo acompañaba como una sombra al no ver desde ese lugar huellas del Inca, el Dios Viviente.
Sabía que se acercaba al territorio de los Kogi, en varias ocasiones había pasado cerca de chozas abandonadas en las cuales acostumbraban a descansar, en su interior eran oscuras y cerradas, para protegerse del frío y de los vientos de muerte. Las únicas aberturas era una pequeña puerta escondida y una pequeña abertura circular en el techo, los insectos abundaban y jugueteaban entre las estalactitas de grasa y humo. Colgaban de las paredes ollas de barro, cucharas de maderas, plumas, espinas amarradas en redes. El piso estaba cubierto de esterillas sobre las que había dormido las mujeres, pues los hombres dormían en chinchorros tejidos de algodón.
Al irse adentrando en el dominio de los Kogi, empezó a tener extrañas visiones. Cuando miraba algunas rocas se transformaban en inmensos capullos, y en su interior veía hombres en posición fetal, como esperando volver a la vida. Los troncos de los árboles se convertían en culebras de vistosos colores, las hojas en pájaros….El ver se convirtió en una pesadilla. Con el tiempo supo que para los Kogi esto era normal, le llamaban la doble mirada. A través de ella veían la esencia de las cosas.
Al empezar a distinguir en la lejanía los poblados Kogi, el cansancio había penetraba hasta sus huesos y la vara de mando se transformó en un bastón que los sostenía en pie, sentía que la Madre tierra le absorbía su energía y a s vez lo estaba transformando, los calambres que herían todo su cuerpo. Se encontraba completamente embotado, no albergaba ningún temor, sabía que lo peor que podía pasarle era que lo expulsaran del poblado, ya que los hijos de Gaulchováng despreciaban la violencia en cualquiera de sus formas. Al irse acercando las chozas parecían montañas de arenas comunicadas entre sí por caminos de madera, que parecían una gigantesca tela de araña.
Ruminawe difícilmente se hubiera imaginado que su llegada era esperada con impaciencia. El ruido que hacían los objetos metálicos que llevaba sobre sí, se habían convertido en un poderoso y misterioso eco que provocaban inquietud al ser oído por los Kogí. Estaban intrigados por los destellos que emitía su medallón de oro. Los Mámas del pueblo llegaron a pensar estar ante un demonio engendrados por sus faltas a la ley de la Diosa Madre. Por esta causa el Máma Sintaná reunió a los hombres dentro de la casa ceremonial, en nueve círculos concéntricos para oír la confesión colectiva, así podría saber si habían trasgresiones en actos o pensamientos contra la madre tierra, se reunían en ese sitio sólo los hombres, pues las mujeres tenían prohibido entrar a la casa ceremonial donde se guardaban las máscaras sagradas, se danzaba y se realizaban los duelos del saber. La choza ceremonial era internamente una réplica del huevo cósmico que era la tierra. En él nacían los hombres al conocimiento y a la eternidad. Pero tras oír cada confesión no encontró trasgresiones a la ley. Al terminar los hombres salieron de la casa ceremonial al centro del poblado a reunirse con las mujeres y los niños para oír sus actos, sueños y deseos. El Máma se encontraba en el centro, junto a la roca sagrada, ombligo del mundo. Alrededor de ella se reunían a orar, por el bienestar de sus hermanos menores. Oía pacientemente y aconsejaba, tomaba como guía el comportamiento de los primeros padres y madres.
El peregrino recordaba su vida en el templo y las historias que aprendió entre los hombres de la selva sobre el origen de los gemelos Sol y Luna y de los jaguares que estuvieron a punto de destruirlos, la búsqueda de la Tierra sin Mal, guiados por los profetas sin ombligo. En el poblado lo esperaban impacientemente. Destacaban sus trajes de algodón, de blanco y otros de vistosos colores, eran el los signos visible de su clan. Los no iniciados en la sabiduría de Gauchováng, no podían llevar colores chillones en su indumentaria. Mientras oraba el Máma Sintaná entró Ruminawe al poblado, espero hasta que terminara su oración para acercarse al centro de la plaza. Sabía que los Kogi eran los guardianes del equilibrio del universo, impidiendo con sus rituales que las fuerzas del caos rompieran la armonía y desequilibrarán la Tierra Media. Y la Diosa daba a cada uno su propia oración, que era el puente interior entre el arriba y el abajo… Alrededor de la roca madre un coro de voces, creaban una misteriosa música. Al convertirse en un susurro, el Máma exclamo:
-El equilibrio y la fortaleza de los pilares vivientes, que sostienen sobre sus hombros el huevo cósmico dentro del cual existimos, depende de nuestro vivir. Debemos contrarrestar el mal de nuestros hermanos menores a la ley de la madre. Somos los hermanos mayores, esa es nuestra responsabilidad. No es excusa para actuar en contra de ley la violencia, la mentira, el desprecio a la tradición de nuestros hermanos menores. ¿Qué más se puede esperar de ellos? Al terminar de hablar el Máma, un kogi que había guardado sus faltas hasta ese momento, comenzó hablar:
-He tenido sueños de violencia, la sangre derramada lo impregna todo ¿Qué puedo hacer contra ello?. Los sueños son las semillas de la realidad. He visto violencia y respondía a ella con muerte. He pedido fuerza a la Diosa Madre para no quedar atrapado en las garras de Se.
-No olvides Sagry, la muerte no existe, Sintaná le respondió. Por ella renacemos en el vientre de la madre. No debes conmoverte, ni llorar por nuestra muerte. Tus lágrimas y dolor anegarían el camino que nos lleva a la otra vida. ¡No hay muerte, ella es sólo la máscara de nuestros deseos!¿Has matado en tus sueños?
-No he matado a persona alguna, pero he cazado animales salvajes, devoraba y bebía su sangre, realizaba actos sexuales en posiciones no permitidas por la Diosa. Sintaná le comento con palabras ecuánimes.
-No debemos asesinar a los animales, son nuestros protectores. Cada uno de nosotros tiene un alma animal. Pero para poder sentir la crueldad del acto de matar, debemos vivir el acto de asesinar un animal, descuartizarlo con nuestros dientes y beber su sangre. La repulsión revolverá nuestro ser y comprenderemos el porqué de la ley. Las fuerzas que nos gobiernan son: Se, es la fuerza destructora, la muerte, el lado oscuro e izquierdo del universo; Mu es la creación, el nacimiento, lo luminoso, el lado derecho del universo, ambas luchan en nosotros y el cosmos para equilibrarlo. La destrucción no puede existir sin la creación, el arrepentimiento sin el crimen y el bien sin el mal.
-La Diosa nos enseñó como unirnos amorosamente a nuestra otra carne a nuestra otra alma, la mujer es la imagen de la Diosa Madre. El no hacerlo como nos fue enseñado, uniéndonos en un abrazo como el cielo y la tierra, como la lluvia besa el surco donde sembramos la semilla produce un punzante dolor a los pilares vivientes, los sostenedores de las nueve tierras. La raíz de la realidad son los sueños, pensamientos y actos para luchar contra Se pidamos la ayuda de la Diosa Madre.
Sintaná, voz de la Diosa, respondió Segrí.
-No sólo en sueños he faltado también lo he hecho en actos. No he usado el popóro, me produce rechazo el amargo sabor de la hoja de coca con cal. No anhelo la sabiduría, ni el conocimiento de las raíces sagradas. Las noches que paso en la casa ceremonial recitando las historias del origen, aprendiendo la ley, son un sacrificio. Prefería pasar la noche sintiendo el calor de mi esposa sobre mi cuerpo a imagen viviente de la Diosa.
-El popóro es la unión, la fuerza que guarda la cal para la tostada hoja de coca. Le recordó Sintaná. Nos da vigor y aleja el sueño, nos permite aprender durante noches seguidas la ley de la madre. Introducir la pequeña rama en el orificio del poporo, significa sustituir la unión de la carne, el placer del sexo, por un deber: atesorar el conocimiento que nos permite descubrir los rostros de la realidad, llenando así nuestro ser de equilibrio. Concéntrate en cada paso que des sobre la tierra, lucha contra la maleza que oculta la realidad. Tienes que aprender a dominar tus deseos, ellos nacen del ensueño, para dirigir tu ser y alejarlo de la ley. El sexo nos debilita, nos quita energía y poder. La Diosa madre nos creó de la sangre de su primer mes y de un pelo de su vulva. Nacimos de su vientre para conocer la ley. Vivir como lo estás haciendo, es morir, ¿No te das cuenta?, es como si no hubieras nacido.
Vive como un Kogi. No nos averguenzes ante la Diosa. Que ese anhelo cale en lo más profundo de tu ser, así todo seguirá su curso.
Al terminar de hablar Sintaná, Ruminawe entró al poblado. Sus pasos eran acompañados por el ruido de su sonajera. Al llegar a la plaza central, lo miraron con una mezcla de curiosidad y temor. Nadie le dirigía la mirada, mientras los Máma discutían sobre su aparición.
-Llevas en tus manos el bastón del Karaí primigenio, le dijo Sintaná, Gauchovang tiene estima por su sabiduría. Él es dueño de la llama que da vida a los cuerpos y les inspira arrebatas palabras. Los Karaí nacieron de la planta de auyama primigenia creadora de los linajes que pueblan la Tierra Media. Los hombres de la selva son amados por la Diosa, por seguir su ley; otros frutos más lejanos desoyeron su voz y olvidaron a la madre.
Las palabras de Sintaná tranquilizaron a Ruminawe, no sabía que esperar de gente tan misteriosa. Las mujeres se le acercaron hablando en un dialecto diferentes al usado por el Máma, le costaba comprenderlo. Acariciaban con desagrado una piel de venado que lo cubría. Le pedían que la dejara fuera del poblado, les recordaba la belleza del animal vivo. Mientras le decían esto pusieron entre sus manos un huso para hilar algodón con el que podría tejer en un telar de mano un camisón, pues cada hombre debía hacer su vestimenta y la de su familia. En los dominios del Inca recordaba, cubrían los cuerpos embalsamados de largas telas, una y otra vez, él debió tejer más de una vez esos largos listones mortuorios. Ruminawe debajo de la piel de venado, llevaba un largo camisón de algodón. La cintura la apretaba una correa hecha de palmas, tendría que hacerse otra de fibras nevas, no había otras fibras en las cercanías. Las mujeres dominadas por su curiosidad, vaciaron los bolsos que llevaba entrecruzados en sus hombros, al ver su contenido se comenzaron a reír estrepitosamente. Le costaba comprender el por qué. Pero por sus gritos, movimientos pícaros y suspicaces miradas creyó sospechar la causa del bullicio.
-¿Qué desea un Karaí entre gente pobre e ignorante?, Ruminawe respondió a la pregunta de Sintaná: La pobreza externa es signo de sabiduría, quien gasta su vida obteniendo riquezas se olvida del camino que lleva a Yuuluka y a estar de acuerdo con la Diosa. Quien sólo nace, come, acumula, cría y muere ignora la ley y se separa de la madre.
Tiempo tendrás para demostrar la verdad de lo que dices. Continúo hablando Sintaná. Si piensas con el corazón y la mente serás uno de nosotros, pero si ocultas tu verdadero rostro deberás abandonarnos. Te daremos la oportunidad de demostrar que hablas con la verdad. Siento que hablas con el corazón de las palabras, pero no todos lo sienten, deberás convencernos con tu vivir. Olvidemos la ley, vamos a descansar detrás de la casa ceremonial, a ella sólo pueden entrar los iniciados y los que están por iniciarse. Tendrás oportunidad de demostrar tu saber y amor por la madre, antes debemos purificarte, estás contaminado. Vivires aislado por un tiempo en ayuno. ¿Por qué no llevas popóro?. Ruminawe ardía de curiosidad por saber el significado del poroporo.
Untitled Art is an innovative and inclusive platform for discovering contemporary art. It balances intellectual integrity with cutting-edge experimentation, refreshing the standard fair model by embracing a unique curatorial approach.
Untitled Art was founded in 2012 by Jeff Lawson. Each year, the fair selects a curatorial team to identify and curate a selection of international galleries, artist-run exhibition spaces, and non-profit institutions and organizations, in dialogue with an architecturally-designed venue. It launched the art world’s first virtual reality fair in July 2020 and will celebrate its 10th edition in 2021.
To mark the occasion, under the guidance of Artistic Director Omar López-Chahoud, the 2021 presentation features an expanded curatorial platform with four guest curators: Natasha Becker, Miguel A. López, Estrellita Brodsky and José Falconi. Brought together for their diverse perspectives and regional expertise, the curators will nurture dialogue between participating galleries and artists to generate a more global and inclusive conversation.
The 2021 presentation takes place on the sands of Miami Beach from Nov 29 until Dec 4. Comprising over 145 international contemporary galleries, the fair connects the best of contemporary art, live events, artist performances and other activations to keep more than 40,000 attendees captive and entertained during Miami Art Week.Guest CuratorsPartners
Natasha Becker
Natasha Becker is the Curator of African Art at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Prior to joining the museum in 2020, she organized numerous exhibitions as an independent curator and spearheaded international initiatives as the Assistant Director of Mellon Initiatives at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. She is the cofounder of two collaborative curatorial platforms: Assembly Room in New York City and The Underline Show in Johannesburg. Becker has served as curatorial adviser for the Face Foundation and co-curator at the Ford Foundation Art Gallery. She is focused on artists from Africa and the African diaspora with a distinct interest in women artists and centering social justice within the contemporary art dialogue. ‘Perilous Bodies’ and ‘Radical Love’, two recent group shows held at the Ford Foundation Art Gallery, wove together the perspectives of 42 international artists on issues of social violence, justice, and liberation. At the Osage Foundation in Hong Kong, she co- curated ‘Present Passing: South by Southeast’ with Patrick Flores, the renowned Filipino curator and art historian, to explore equivalent articulations of the Southeast through South Africa and the Caribbean. Becker was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa.
Estrellita B. Brodsky
Estrellita Brodsky is a New York-based curator, art historian, philanthropist and advocate of art from Latin America. Brodsky holds a doctorate in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She curated the first U.S. museum survey of Julio Le Parc ‘Form into Action’ at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) (2016-2017); the first U.S. retrospective of the Venezuelan kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez ‘(In)formed by Color’ at the Americas Society, New York (2008); and ‘Jesus Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970’ (2012) at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University. In 2015, Brodsky founded ANOTHER SPACE, a program and exhibition space in New York City dedicated to broadening international awareness of artists from Latin America and of Latin American descent.
Miguel A. López
Miguel A. López is a writer, researcher, and curator. Between 2015 and 2020, he worked at TEOR/éTica, in Costa Rica, first as chief curator and, from 2018, as co-director and chief curator. Recent curatorial projects include: ‘and if I devoted my life to one of its feathers?’ at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2021); ‘Cecilia Vicuña, a Retrospective Exhibition’ at Witte de With, Rotterdam (2019) and MUAC-UNAM, Mexico City (2020); co-curated ‘Virginia Pérez-Ratton. Central America: Desiring a Place’ at MUAC, Mexico City, (2019); ‘Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For’ at the Americas Society, New York (2019); and ‘Social Energies/Vital Forces. Natalia Iguiñiz: Art, Activism, Feminism (1994–2018)’ at ICPNA, Lima (2018). Recent books include: Ficciones disidentes en la tierra de la misoginia (Dissident Fictions in the Land of Misogyny) (2019), and Robar la historia. Contrarrelatos y prácticas artísticas de oposición (Stealing History: Counter-narratives and Oppositional Art Practices (2017). His writing has appeared in Afterall, Artforum, Art in America, e-flux journal, and Manifesta Journal, among others. López is also a co-founder of the independent art space Bisagra, active in Peru since 2014.
José Falconi
José Falconi is a Lecturer in the Department of Art History and Architecture at Brandeis University (2014-2020), at Boston University from 2016, and was recently appointed Professor of Art and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut. In Latin America, Falconi has been Bicentennial Visiting Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Chile (Santiago de Chile, 2012 and 2019); International Professor at the National University of Colombia (Bogotá, 2013); Visiting Professor at the Center for Latin American Studies “Manuel Galich” at the Universidad San Carlos of Guatemala (2016); and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Costa Rica (2017).
This year, over 145 international galleries and organizations will participate in Untitled Art’s Miami Beach edition, featuring four guest curators to celebrate the fair’s 10th edition and an ambitious new sector Nest to support emerging galleries, collectives and non-profits.
Untitled Art Miami Beach is pleased to present a program of curated Special Projects, Podcast Conversations, Monuments, performances and events for the 2021 edition. The schedule will continue to be updated with new events as the fair approaches.
SP1 THREE TURNS Miami, 2021 Kit Radford, Bloom (Or Live Trying), 2020 Minoosh Zomorodinia, Resist: Air, Water, Earth, 2014 Ana Teresa Fernández, Siren’s Song, 2010 Whitney Lynn, The Siren, 2019 Response works by Mrinalini Aggarwal, John Anderson, Kim Anno, Lisa Blatt, Irene Carvajal, Carlos Castro, Don Daedalus, Robert Earl Davis, William Edwards, Linda Ford, Kacy Jung, Liz Miller Kovacs, Peter Max Lawrence, Meredith Leich, Reza Monahan, John Muse, Toban Nichols, Liz Oppenheimer, Anna Rose, Ouater Sand, Maya Smira, Chad Stayrook, Alisha Trimble, Beth Dávila Waldman, Lawrence White, and Zimo Zhao. Curated by Tony Labat Presented by San Francisco Artists Alumni
Opening Day only 12pm – 8pm West of the Dunes
SP2 Camilo Restrepo The Other Names, 2021 Water-soluble wax pastel, ink and saliva on paper Presented by Steve Turner, Booth A14
The Other Names consists of 503 portrait drawings of those who were mentioned by their “other names” (the aliases that Colombian criminals assume), in El Tiempo, one of the country’s largest newspapers. The 503 portraits encompass each and every alias that appeared in the newspaper during 2020, making the installation a one-year visual encyclopedia, a snapshot of the country’s violent criminal history.
SP3 Álvaro Gómez A Return to The Thread A selection of textile works from 1970s to 1980s Presented by Herlitzka + Faria, Buenos Aires, Booth A46
Herlitzka + Faria, Buenos Aires is pleased to present A Return to The Thread by Alvaro Gómez. This presentation brings together a selection of textile works created from the early 1970s to 1980s and makes reference to the very origin of textile art, the thread.
SP4 Elsewhere(s) Curated by Estrellita Brodsky and José Falconi
Organized by guest curators Estrellita Brodsky and José Falconi, Elsewhere(s) brings together works by over 25 artists from Latin America and its diaspora, drawn from Untitled Art’s roster of participating galleries as well as Latin American private collections and institutions. Occupying various spaces around the fair’s main entrance, the exhibition aims to counter the marginal position of the region’s art within the commercial art market, while reflecting on artists’ roles to envision alternative societies as shamans, healers or utopian visionaries. The exhibition features works from multiple periods and regions, grouped around themes of cosmology, magic, and non-Western forms of knowledge.
SP5 ART X PUZZLES NEST 8:8 X UNTITLED ART FAIR CAPSULE COLLECTION
ART X PUZZLES: Puzzles with Purpose is pleased to announce the “8:8 NEST X ART X PUZZLESX UNTITLED” . According to numerology, the number 8 represents a “master number” which signifies infinity and insight. 8 Artists and 8 Galleries were selected by private invitation to create 8:8 Nest ART X PUZZLES Special Limited Collector Edition Jigsaw Puzzles.
SP6 Antonia Wright And so with ends comes beginnings, 2019 HD color video, 4:30 (excerpt) Audio score written by Jason Ajemian Presented by Locust Projects
Locust Projects presents And so with ends comes beginnings, a video by Miami-based artist Antonia Wright that will be presented at UNTITLED ART FAIR viewable on a floating video screen on November 29, from 4-6pm viewable from the beach at Lummus Park Beach.
SP7 Y.ES Contemporary
Y.ES Contemporary creates opportunities for outstanding Salvadoran contemporary artists to advance their artistic practice and engage with artists, curators, collectors, gallerists and the media within and outside El Salvador. Y.ES Contemporary is an initiative of the Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech Foundation.
SP8 Atelier Caracas for Studio Boheme Radical Semantics, 2021 Lacquered MDF Dimensions Variable Presented by Hayworth, Booth A31
SP9 Bradley McCallum Of Light Presented by Catharine Clark Gallery
Confined to his home studio during the global pandemic, artist Bradley McCallum started to examine and dissect the unfolding crises in America. Cutting, ripping, pasting, overlaying different images, and adding textured materials, collage became a way to reflect on the fragments of daily life and offer a visual diary of contemporary events.
Of Light encompasses more than a 100 artworks that capture and processes the crises, revealing an arc of intimate, emotional, and challenging moments. Loss and death, are refined through images, textures, and associations. We see flowers at a public memorial, a figure with a raised fist backlit by a roaring fire, a couple holding onto each other for dear life; each seemingly banal situation finds its place within the larger narrative. But there are also poignant moments of individuals and communities coming together, marching, grieving, overcoming, bridging divides, remembering, healing, helping: fragments of profound compassion, scattered moments of light and love.
SP10 Joyce Billet Rising, 2021 Etched and cut plywood
My work explores the tension between the analog and the digital.
I am interested in duality: positive and negative forms, presence and absence, darkness and light. Rising explores these concepts by engaging both wall and floor with horizontal and vertical panels, rooted at the ground, and suspended as they rise. It challenges the traditional ways of painting by altering the flat surface into a visual, tactile, and functional sculptural element. Going back and forth between the natural and the industrial, plywood is a raw yet processed material which I transform through machine cuts and etchings directly abstracted from my hand paintings.
Connecting back to human nature, the unpainted wood is burnt revealing the truth of the material, the memory it collects through built-up layers that disappear as they are assembled. Repetition, fluid lines, height, and narrow forms create a rigid yet organic environment, providing an immersive moment both visually and physically.
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Ever wondered how designers and artists find the perfect color combination?
They use color theory. Color theory is a practical combination of art and science that’s used to determine what colors look good together. The color wheel was invented in 1666 by Isaac Newton, who mapped the color spectrum onto a circle. The color wheel is the basis of color theory, because it shows the relationship between colors.
Colors that look good together are called a color harmony. Artists and designers use these to create a particular look or feel. You can use a color wheel to find color harmonies by using the rules of color combinations. Color combinations determine the relative positions of different colors in order to find colors that create a pleasing effect.
There are two types of color wheel. The RYB or red, yellow, blue color wheel is typically used by artists, as it helps with combining paint colors. Then there is the RGB, or red, green and blue color wheel, which is designed for online use, as it refers to mixing light – like on a computer or TV screen. Canva’s color wheel is an RGB color wheel, as it is designed for online use.
Color combinations
Complementary
Two colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. This combination provides a high contrast and high impact color combination – together, these colors will appear brighter and more prominent.
Monochromatic
Three shades, tones and tints of one base color. Provides a subtle and conservative color combination. This is a versatile color combination that is easy to apply to design projects for a harmonious look.
Analogous
Three colors that are side by side on the color wheel. This color combination is versatile, but can be overwhelming. To balance an analogous color scheme, choose one dominant color, and use the others as accents.
Triadic
Three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. This provides a high contrast color scheme, but less so than the complementary color combination — making it more versatile. This combination creates bold, vibrant color palettes.
Tetradic
Four colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. Tetradic color schemes are bold and work best if you let one color be dominant, and use the others as accents. The more colors you have in your palette, the more difficult it is to balance,
Primary, secondary and tertiary colors
There are 12 main colors on the color wheel. In the RGB color wheel, these hues are red, orange, yellow, chartreuse green, green, spring green, cyan, azure, blue, violet, magenta and rose.
The color wheel can be divided into primary, secondary and tertiary colors.
Primary colors in the RGB color wheel are the colors that, added together, create pure white light. These colors are red, green and blue.
In the RYB color wheel, primary colors are colors that can’t be mixed from other colors. There are three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue.
Secondary colors are colors that result from mixing two primary colors. There are three secondary colors. In the RGB color wheel, these are cyan, magenta and yellow. When you mix light, red and green make yellow, green and blue make cyan, and blue and red make magenta.
In the RYB color wheel, the secondary colors are purple (red mixed with blue), orange (red mixed with yellow), and green (yellow mixed with blue).
Tertiary colors are colors made by combining a secondary color with a primary color. There are six tertiary colors. In the RGB color wheel these are orange, chartreuse green, spring green, azure, violet and rose.
In the RYB color wheel, the tertiary colors are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet.
Warm and cool colors
The color wheel can also be divided into warm and cool colors. The warmth or coolness of a color is also known as its color temperature. The color combinations found on a color wheel often have a balance of warm and cool colors. According to color psychology, different color temperatures evoke different feelings. For example, warm colors are said to bring to mind coziness and energy, while cool colors are associated with serenity and isolation.
Warm colors are the colors from red through to yellow. These colors are said to bring to mind warmth, like the sun.
Cool colors are the colors from blue to green and purple. These colors are said to bring to mind coolness, like water.
Shades, tints and tones
You can create shades, tints and tones of a color by adding black, grey and white to a base hue.
Shade
A shade is created by adding black to a base hue, darkening the color. This creates a deeper, richer color. Shades can be quite dramatic and can be overpowering.
Tint
A tint is created by adding white to a base hue, lightening the color. This can make a color less intense, and is useful when balancing more vivid color combinations.
Tones
A tone is created by combining black and white—or grey—with a base hue. Like tints, tones are subtler versions of the original color. Tones are less likely to look pastel, and can reveal complexities not apparent in the base color.
Hue, Saturation and Luminance
A hue is basically any color on the color wheel. When you are using a color wheel or a color picker, you can adjust the saturation and luminance of a hue.
Saturation is the intensity or purity of the color.
Luminance is the amount of brightness or light in a color.
Color meanings and color schemes
This is just an introduction to the fascinating world of color. There’s so much more to learn! For instance, did you know that the color royal blue was created in the 1800s for Queen Charlotte? If you want to discover more about colors, check out our Color Meanings page – it explores the history and meaning of hundreds of colors. Or if you’re looking for more great color combinations, check out our Color Palette Generator or browse thousands of inspirational color schemes.
FLUF WORLD PRESENTS FLUF HAUS: AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE TO CELEBRATE
THE LAUNCH OF THREE GROUNDBREAKING NEW COLLECTIONS
FLUF Haus Is Opening The Doors To Its Metaverse Portal This Year @ Art Basel, & You’re Invited (Dec. 4)
On the heels of exponential growth, the revolutionary new NFT project brings its community to a one-of-a-kind event to share new experiences in the metaverse ecosystem
NFT MIami Beach
MIAMI BEACH, FL (November 23rd, 2021) – FLUF World, a collection of metaverse-ready unique 3D avatars, music and games, today announced the premier of FLUF Haus Miami Scene Drop, an exclusive event to celebrate the True Metaverse movement at Art Basel. Ushering in the realisation of community developed and owned metaverse content, the exclusive event will bring this world to life and celebrate the newest avatar drops in the ecosystem. Backed by collaborator Outlier Ventures, FLUF World has become a standout player at the front of new meta media. With a mission to create the most open, inclusive and creative community possible, FLUF World fosters connections with artists, collaborators and FLUF Owners (FLUFs are their genesis collection of 10,000 rabbit avatars with unique traits). The community-driven event is designed to celebrate the FLUF movement, while showcasing the vibrant art and sounds from FLUF World, including over two dozen artists and musicians. “FLUF World is a rich new media experience, built off the back of community ownable avatars that are the gateway to smart, connected metaverse experiences,” says Jesse Metcalf, co-creator of FLUF World. “From our characters, to the soon to be released 3D, immersive NFT burrows, partnerships and more collections to come, our goal is to create a vibrant inclusive and creative experience.” Recognized as one of the leading NFT projects in the world, the visionary company thrives by giving its members full commercial rights over their own FLUF World avatars and assets, as tools they can use to create, share and monetize. FLUF world has sold over $75 million dollars in NFTs in just three months and has blossomed from a single character to a string of world first product innovations including:
● THINGIES: Thingies are 10,000 programmatically-generated 3D animated spiders, capable of producing their own generative NFT art. These avatars were created by an AI that was fed over 10,000 images of abstract art, learning to produce its own before recreating these as furs and canvases. They have the ability to make art for their owners which can be sold on the secondary market. ● SCENES AND SOUNDS: The Scenes and Sounds feature enables FLUF holders to swap and change their Fluf’s soundtrack and backgrounds making FLUFs one of the first dynamic multimedia NFTS. It opens an exciting world of collaboration with exclusive artists able to use FLUFs as a distribution channel for new art or music. With a thriving secondary market, Fluf holders can sell their existing media assets and find their perfect matches. ● PARTY BEARS: Party Bears are the latest addition to FLUF World. These fun-loving bears bring the party with them wherever they go. As fully-rigged 3D avatars, equipped with sounds, they can explore the metaverse and play music alongside existing Flufs. Their unique feature, another world first, is each item of clothing and accessory is its own NFT opening the door for collectors to trade clothing and collaborations with fashion designers and labels who want to make a step into the metaverse.
The first limited FLUF Haus Scene and Sound (a Miami Art Basel edition of 400) is reserved for FLUF Haus attendees; current scenes and sounds range from $500 to $5,000 on the secondary market. FLUF Haus members will be granted access to join the Fluf community and become eligible to receive updates, access to product drops and future events. “Despite all the commercial success and technology firsts, our greatest achievement is our vibrant, welcoming, passionate community,” says Aaron McDonald, co-founder of FLUF World. “FLUF Haus is designed to connect artists into the metaverse, and a community that loves art and music and wants to engage with the creative process. At this celebration, we hope to set the stage for our members around the globe to embark on a new creative journey.” FLUF World’s aims to host over 200 international artists at the FLUF Haus premier. The founders hope those in attendance can contribute and ultimately share new experiences with their art in the metaverse. FLUF World has also announced that tickets from FLUF VIP Pass Trait holders who are unable to attend can be donated to local artists in the Miami area. The event will take place on December 4th, 2021 at 9:00PM EST at the Freehand Hotel in Miami Beach, FL. To get a ticket to FLUF World or to nominate an artist you think would benefit from joining the FLUF Haus community in Miami register here at www.FLUFhaus.com FLUF World’s collections are available on the Opensea marketplace, where customers can purchase products using Ethereum.
Visit FLUF World at: https://fluf.world/ Follow FLUF World social channels here: Instagram: @flufworld Twitter: @FLUF_World Facebook: @flufworld ABOUT FLUF World FLUF World is home to 10,000 unique 3D animated rabbits living as NFTs on the blockchain. FLUFs have been programmatically generated from 270 attributes across 14 categories to be entirely unique by at least three degrees of separation. Owners can download their FLUF in MP4, GIF, and PNG formats, with 3D models coming soon.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Satellite Art Show triumphantly returns to Miami Art Basel and once again radically re-envisions what an art fair should be. This year, Satellite will focus on performance work, time-based media, and installation – singularly cornering the market on these unique platforms will give these cherished art forms a home during Miami Art Week. Expect over 30 live performance artists presenting fiercely challenging new works, installations, tech-forward projects, and even an interactive “Official Billy Joel Piano Man Karaoke bar”! Plus after hours musical and performative activations with nods to the art handler community and the NFT world.
Curatorial Statement:“In the wake of the pandemic, this program represents the re-emergence and reclamation of the body. The selected artists recognize the revolutionary power of the body through actions that often serve as a release from the trauma inflicted through centuries of heteronormative and colonial conditioning. In addition, this year’s program seeks work that actively rejects the systems perpetuating injustice and serves as a safe space for historically marginalized communities. This is the liberation of the body.” –Quinn Dukes
Satellite Art Show will be conveniently located JUST THREE BLOCKS from Art Basel at the corner of Meridian and Lincoln Road! Leading the curatorial team will be artist Quinn Dukes ofPerformance is Alive and returning once again as founder and creative leader is artist Brian Andrew Whiteley.
Sylvain SOUKLAYE | Photo by Colin DelfosseAgua Dulce | Photo by Denis Sandalini
PERFORMERS
Thomas Albrecht (Kingston, NY, USA), Jocelyn Beausire (Princeton, NJ, USA), Ama BE (Washington D.C, USA/Ghana), Katina Bitsicas (Columbia, MO, USA), Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn (Atlanta, GA, USA), Caitlin Mary Margarett (Madison, WI, USA), Hope Esser (Chicago, IL, USA), Xxavier Edward Carter (Dallas, TX, USA/Mexico City, Mexico), IV (NYC, USA),Vivian Chinasa Ezugha (Hampshire, UK/Nigeria), Oya Damla (Brooklyn, NY, USA), Agua Dulce (Miami, FL, USA), Gabriela Fernandez (Miami, FL, USA), Alexandra Hammond (NYC, NY, USA) Amanda Kleinhans (Tallahassee, FL, USA), Miss Art World (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Arantxa Araujo (NYC/Mexico), Verónica Peña (NYC/Spain), and Yali Romagoza (NYC/Cuba), Neill Prewitt (Atlanta, GA, USA), Sylvain Souklaye (Brooklyn, NY, USA/France)
VIDEOS SCREENINGS
Ali Asgar Tara (Brooklyn, NY, USA/Bangladesh), Meghan Moe Beitiks (Gainesville, FL USA), gustaf broms (Sweden), Maureen Catbagan and IV Castellanos (Brooklyn, NY, USA), Ayça Ceylan (Istanbul, Turkey), Alex Côté (Montreal, Canada), Adán De La Garza (Denver, CO, USA), Victor de La Rocque (São Paulo, Brazil), Alma García Gil (Mexico City, Mexico), Rae Goodwin (Lexington, KY, USA) and Casey McGuire (Carrolton, GA, USA), Marta Lodola (Berlin, Germany/Italy), Stephanie McGovern (NYC, USA), Tuty Moreno Campos (Mexico City, Mexico), Barbara Rosenthal (NYC, USA), Sylvain Souklaye (Brooklyn, NY, USA/France), Kailas Sreekumar (Kerala, India), Natacha Voliakovsky (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Claire Zakiewicz (NYC, USA/ London, UK)
Milk and Honey | Cultivating MassWhen each performance ends get ready for some Joel for your soul!
INSTALLATIONS AND DURATIONAL WORKS
Milk & Honey (Isla Gordon and Ashley Kaye) present Cultivating Mass, a lush and immersive installation inviting guests to re-arrange their own gender binaries.
NY FEM FACTORY: A two-person Oculus virtual exhibition by artist Jessica Yatrofsky
Official Billy Joel Piano Man Bar Installation: Just when you thought it was safe for you to wipe off your makeup and take a nap – we bring you the Billy Joel Piano Man Bar Installation. The music and merriment starts right up in-between performance art sessions. Expect flowing liquids, a microphone, disco lights and beer bongs.
Subtropical Affairs: The Center for Subtropical Affairs (Little Haiti) will be presenting “Subtropical Affairs”, an installation of indigenous plants at SATELLITE.
Grace Exhibition Space: Wild & Alive: a video capture of 15 Years of Performance Art in NYC (New York, NY, USA)
Light Baths: a photography booth/installation experience with projections by Brooklyn artist Jarid Blue
Maverick Exp presents GALLERY ROW (New York, NY, USA) A special curated selection of artworks from around the United States.
FEATURING:Jill Taffet (Sarasota, FL), Jennifer McDermott (New York, NY), Kelly Boehner (Savannah, GA), Nancy Gifford (Scottsdale, AZ), Anita Arliss (Atlanta, GA), Rafael Fuchs (Brooklyn, NY), Michael Wyshock (Sarasota, FL), Jason Isolini (Brooklyn, NY), Edie Beaucage (Los Angeles, CA), Glenyse Thompson (St. Petersburg, FL), Emily Roynesbal (Denver, CO), Jacki Davis (New York, NY), Sean Naftel (Brooklyn, NY), Roxanne Faber Savage(Fairfield, CT), Janet Mueller (Miami, FL), Royal Uban (Los Angeles, CA), Spencer Young(New York, NY), Tom Hooper Seaman (New York, NY), Alfredo Travieso (Miami, FL)
8:30PM Oya Damla (Brooklyn, NY, USA), The Weight of Pleasure
AFTER-HOURS
9:30-11:00PM Art Handlers Ball an evening honoring all those working the Art Fairs. Featuring LIVE performances from: Mildred Hurtful & Wrongo Starr (Glasgow), John Pizza (NYC), Hweeqo (NYC), Rompers (NYC); DJs: J. Stroke (NYC), Breakfast Spaghetti (Zurich), Phase Pattern (London)
Friday, December 3
LIVE PERFORMANCES
2:00PM Agua Dulce (Miami, FL, USA), CareGiving
4:00PM Ama BE (Washington D.C, USA/Ghana), bête noir
7:00PM Amanda Kleinhans (Tallahassee, FL, USA), I’m Ready for My Close-Up
8:00PM Arantxa Araujo (NYC/Mexico), Verónica Peña (NYC/Spain), and Yali Romagoza (NYC/Cuba), SIRRERAS FEM II
Pinecrest Gardens Blooms at Night with ‘Bruce Munro: Forest and Field of Light’
Experience this otherworldly, immersive light exhibition from Dec. 4, 2021 – June 26, 2022
PINECREST, FL (November 4, 2021) – Village of Pinecrest and Pinecrest Gardens treats visitors to Bruce Munro: Forest and Field of Light, an extraordinary large-scale, site-specific light installation by acclaimed British artist Bruce Munro from Dec. 4, 2021 – June 26, 2022. The exhibitionis scheduled to open during Art Basel Miami and will be included in its event programming. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at pinecrestgardens.org.
Bruce Munro: Forest and Field of Light features more than 6,000 fiber-optic illuminated stemmed glass spheres that cascade across nearly two acres of Pinecrest Gardens and are inspired by the venue’s unique landscape and vegetation. “The beauty of this exhibit set on a botanical stage, will bring our intimate gardens to life at night, as well as provide a breathtaking and otherworldly experience for anyone who attends,” said Alana Perez, Pinecrest Gardens’ executive director. “This is the first time we are opening up our Lower Garden, with its tropical, jungle-like winding paths, for visitors to experience an exhibit unlike any other in South Florida.”
Installation highlights include Field of Light,which will greet visitors as they walk along a garden path around a banyan tree up to Lakeview Terrace. This most iconic vista at Pinecrest Gardens will be enhanced by gently-changing colored waves of light. Deep in the Lower Garden, guests will further find a winding, exotic tropical Forest of Light. Visitors can stroll through a serene and enchanting pathway surrounded by illuminated stems, adding a new dimension to the Gardens’ Cypress Slough, Hardwood Hammock and natural rainforest. Immersed in tropical splendor, the illumination will be reflected in streams that surround Turtle Island.
Bruce Munro has worked in the medium of light since the 1980s and was one of the earliest adherents to isolate light and its qualities as a main focus for expression. Field of Light is Munro’s most iconic expression of this idea. The artwork began as a simple sketchbook notation, made during a life-affirming 1992 travel experience the artist shared with his then fiancée, now wife in Australia, at its sacred center Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) monolith. The artist dreamed of a field of lights that would bloom under night skies, like the desert after a rain. Life and family then intervened and he was unable to execute the artwork until 2004, when it was immediately recognized as emotionally significant, not only for Munro but for others. Subsequent iterations began to be commissioned in places and spaces across the world: England, Scotland, Denmark, Mexico, Korea, Australia itself and in multiple locations across the United States.
Pinecrest Gardens will be the artist’s first opportunity to create outdoor artwork for a tropical forest setting. And, because of the diversity of Pinecrest’s landscape and plant collections, Munro thought to create a second iteration for the field surrounding Swan Lake, creating a second vista of the artwork and its reflected image in the water.
“Every exhibition venue is unique and I am delighted to be invited to exhibit my work at Pinecrest Gardens,” Munro said. “For me, light is a medium of expression and conduit to share thoughts, feelings and life experiences with others. I hope this exhibition will inspire a little bit of hope and joy to everyone who visits these beautiful gardens.
According to Forbes, which describes Field of Light as “the future of public wellness,” Munro’s work ‘is famous for creating deep emotional responses from the viewer.” The Los Angeles Times has called Munro’s work “mesmerizing,” while The Guardian noted, “This is art you feel, rather than art you view.” The Huffington Post said, “It can be hard to describe in words the gifts that Munro bestows on the landscape as his work escapes description in either written or photographic form, it is something to be experienced.” Theoretical physicist/Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek noted in The Wall Street Journal, “I had the uncanny sense that I was walking through my own mind…in the ever-changing landscape of possibilities, I felt I’d gotten an inkling of what thought looks like.”
WHEN: Exhibit runs from Dec. 4, 2021 – June 26, 2022:
TIMES:
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. from Dec. 4. – Mar. 12
7 p.m. – 10 p.m. from Mar. 13 – Jun 26
*Closed to public for private receptions on Dec. 8 & 18
WHERE: Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Road
Pinecrest, FL 33156
TICKETS: $20 per person. Purchase tickets online atpinecrestgardens.org.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bruce Munro is best known for producing large immersive light-based installations, which often employ a massing of components by the thousands. Born in London in 1959, he completed a B.A. in Fine Arts at Bristol in 1982. Shortly after he moved to Sydney where he worked in design and lighting, inspired by Australia’s natural light and landscape. Returning to England in 1992, he settled in Wiltshire, where together with his wife, Serena, raised four children. Following his father’s death in 1999, Munro felt compelled to resume art making on a personal level. His work has been shown at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Waddesdon Manor, the Rothschild Collection, Buckinghamshire; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Munro’s work is held in museum collections internationally including the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. www.brucemunro.co.uk.
ABOUT PINECREST GARDENS
Pinecrest Gardens, South Florida’s Cultural Arts Park, attracts over 160,000 visitors each year. Formerly Parrot Jungle, one of America’s most beloved tourist attractions, the Village of Pinecrest purchased this property in 2002, and in October 2011, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Pinecrest Gardens is a premier venue for the arts, education and environmental conservation and preservation. On any given day, one can experience a live performance in its 500-seat amphitheater, tour the 14 acres of botanical beauty that includes native forested wetland, tropical hardwood hammock and cypress slough or participate in a horticulture or conservation workshop. For more information, visit www.pinecrestgardens.org or follow @PinecrestGardens on social media.
