The artist Albert Schmidbauer’s own statements on his biography are short and sweet – even more than that: reduced to the essential. Born in 1968 in Schärding /Upper Austria, he lives and works in Vienna, Salzburg, Natternbach and Los Angeles, and is married to Christina. His daughter Nika was born in 2008 and his second daughter Mira in 2011. His son Luis was born in 2013. Autodidact.
The profession of an artist is accordingly not one that can be acquired through academic training and a corresponding degree, but is rather a calling. Comparable to the calling to be the father of three children. You can prepare for this task in seminars and by reading guides, but mastering the task requires responsibility and demands daily commitment and dedication.
It is likely no coincidence that Schmidbauer became the “father” of numerous works of art after the birth of his third child.
Since 2012 the autodidact created more than 300 works. These “children” are mostly large-format acrylic paintings on canvas. As a graduate of a secondary school that specialises in artistic education, Prof. Laurenz Hudetz influenced him personally. Schmidbauer’s works are indirectly influenced by Hubert Scheibl, one of Austria’s best-known artists, and by the world star Gerhard Richter.
Three philosophical themes define his oeuvre: openness, change and hope.
Concretism is an art movement that emerged in the early 20th century. It is characterized by its emphasis on the use of geometric forms and its rejection of any kind of symbolism or representation. Concretists believe that art should be concrete, meaning that it should be based on real, physical objects and materials.
The term “concretism” was first used by the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg in 1930. Van Doesburg was a member of the De Stijl movement, which was also known for its use of geometric forms. However, van Doesburg believed that De Stijl had become too abstract, and he wanted to create a new art movement that was more concrete and rational.
Concretism was influenced by a number of different factors, including the rise of science and technology, the development of new materials, and the political and social upheaval of the early 20th century. Concretists believed that art should reflect the modern world, and they used geometric forms to create works that were both visually striking and intellectually stimulating.
Some of the most famous concretist artists include Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and Max Bill. Their work can be found in museums and galleries around the world.
Concretism had a significant impact on the development of abstract art. It helped to pave the way for other abstract movements, such as Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Concretism also influenced the development of architecture, design, and typography.
key characteristics of Concretism art: • The use of geometric forms • The rejection of symbolism and representation • The emphasis on the concrete and rational • The use of new materials and technologies • The reflection of the modern world
If you are interested in learning more about Concretism art, here are a few resources: • The book “Concrete Art: A Global Survey” by Peter Selz • The website of the Concrete Art Society • The exhibition “Concretism: Art, Architecture, Design” at the Museum of Modern Art
Se realiza encuentro cultural y artístico en Miamidedicado al pueblo indígena Warao
Empoderando a la mujer warao
Un encuentro cultural y artístico dedicado al pueblo indígena Warao y al empoderamiento de la mujer Warao, se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de Miami con el título “Orígenes”, el 17 de noviembre de 2022 de 5:00 a 8:00 pm, en BKS Productions Studio, con una variada programación que abarca una exposición, la presentación de cantos y tambores, un performance y la proyección de un documental.
Tribu Warao “los habitantes del agua”
Según informan los organizadores, Koreily Rodríguez y Tamara Améstica, durante el encuentro será presentado un documental, “que nos sumerge en un recorrido por la valiosa historia de nuestros indígenas ‘Waraos’, que hará emocionar a la audiencia por la grandeza de este pueblo que durante siglos llena de vida al destellante Bajo Delta del Río Orinoco, mostrando la sabiduría ancestral de una comunidad autóctona que habita en palafitos elevados sobre las aguas enlazadas al Amazonas. Sentirán cómo a través del sonido afluente del impetuoso caudal del Río Orinoco y su fauna colorida, se genera una vibración casi mágica que los trasladará a un entorno de contemplación, en donde los niños se arrullan con el canto de la madre tierra, naturaleza única y poderosa que abre los canales acuáticos para hacer flotar las canoas que trasladan a los ‘Waraos’ en una misión de pesca para sustentar a sus familias”.
El Documental es autoría registrada de la productora Foto Estudio Corrales en alianza con Symbol Print l INC y Fundación Ecoescuelas con Propósito, como parte de las iniciativas que se desarrollan para el bienestar social para las comunidades Waraos.
Asimismo, los presentes tendrán la oportunidad de disfrutar de una exposición con una selección de piezas de artistas plásticos de proyección internacional, como son Juan Carlos Cepeda, Betty Yonnes y Gina Gutiérrez, “quienes visten el evento de lujo honrando a las comunidades indígenas. Cada una de las obras tiene una historia que contar, auténtica e impactante dentro del marco del empoderamiento de la mujer indígena, que usa sus manos virtuosas para trabajos de artesanía mientras resguarda la seguridad de sus hijos. Esas imágenes calzan una realidad de lucha y valentía que impactará en los intelectuales del mundo del arte”, tal y como expresan los organizadores.
La programación incluye además “la participación de músicos y cantantes que a través del sonido vibrante harán palpitar los corazones que con el estruendo de los tambores cautivarán al público presente. También la presentación especial del performance del ‘Hombre Cubo’ por Rafael Montilla y nuestro pintor de la Libertad Floyd, quien a través de su obra en vivo capta la mirada de todos en un momento integrador del arte y la cultura”.
El evento “Origenes” cuenta con el apoyo de Fundación Ecoescuelas con Propósito, Fundación Sucrea, GAIA Pop, Oficina externa para Venezuela de la Embajada Americana, Museo Empresarial y Cultural de Colombia, Human Rights South Florida, Jóvenes Unidos por los Derechos Humanos
La cita es para el 17 de noviembre de 2022 de 5:00 a 8:00 pm, en BKS, 5465 NW 36th Street Miami Springs FL 33166, Estados Unidos.
Media sponsors: PortadaFlorida.com & Artmiamimagazine.com
Alba Triana’s Oeuvre is a Mesmerizing Ode to Nature
By Salomé Gómez-Upegui
Alba Triana, courtesy of the Artist.
Over the course of her groundbreaking career, Colombian artist Alba Triana has melded science, intuition, philosophy, and artistry to create a fascinating body of work that is purposefully difficult to define. In her enthralling installations, which take the form of light and sound sculptures, vibrational objects, musical compositions, or oftentimes something in between, electromagnetic fields bring sculptures to life, and enthralling sound waves vibrate and dance with light, becoming visible to the naked eye.
“I come from music, and being a composer greatly influences my work. I work a lot with sound, but I also have pieces that involve other forms of vibration,” Triana says. “Sometimes I define myself as a sound artist/intermedia artist because my work encompasses something bigger than just audible sound.”
Triana always knew she would be an artist. Her paternal grandfather was one of the founders of the symphonic orchestra in Colombia, and on her mother’s side, her grandfather was a poet. “My whole childhood gravitated around the arts,” she says. She studied music composition at Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and dedicated the initial stages of her career to composing avant-garde music for electronic and symphonic instruments.
It wasn’t until she attended graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts that her practice shifted and began the course it continues to follow today. The year was 2014, and a difficult personal situation led her to spend time experimenting instead of composing music. “My work changed and adopted the installation format, which marked a big shift in my practice,” the Miami-based artist recalls. The result of these initial experiments was the first piece in “Music on a Bound String,” a series of works that she continues to develop to this day.
Alba Triana, “Luminous Phrase A1 L5(Detail),” visible and audible sound installation, 2019.
Inspired by string musical instruments, the pieces in this series usually follow a similar structure to produce visible sound. Each installation presents a string held by two points. Meanwhile, a speaker emits an inaudible signal picked up by the string, which then vibrates and reveals a restless soundwave. Luminous Phrase, 2019, a recent iteration of this series in which a noiseless soundwave interacts with blue and red light to reveal a series of unexpected gestures, is one of many of Triana’s works set to be on show this year at Untitled Art.
When people encounter Triana’s oeuvre, they often wonder how she arrives at such remarkable creations. “I always say, I don’t know. It just happens,” she says. “I think that the process of experimentation and meditation [play an important role], and also I collaborate with people from other disciplines like scientists.”
This isn’t to say she hasn’t developed a particular system that creates space for intuition, reason, and artistry. Triana says curiosity ignites her creative process. “It’s a curiosity that sometimes I can’t put into words. Usually, it’s related to deep questions about our humanity, how everything functions—the universe,” she explains. What follows these moments are periods of experimentation in her studio, which she describes as a “creative laboratory.”
There, intuition initially runs the show, although she often brings in philosophy, mathematics, physics, and other sciences to help find an answer to the questions she’s exploring. Research is followed by important periods of experimentation and creativity. “When I’m experimenting, there is a moment in which I understand what I want to do, and then I just get into creative mode,” she explains.
Occasionally, Triana allows herself to be surprised by the creative process, following unknown paths and respecting what the work reveals to her along the way. “One of the things that I love about art is that each work shows something to you. So I let the work manifest what it needs to manifest. And in a sense, I train myself to be a vehicle through which many things can manifest,” the Colombian artist says.
Alba Triana, “Delirious Fields,” suspended spheres in variable electromagnetic fields and aluminum rods, 2019.Alba Triana, “Delirious Fields – Quintet”
Though intuition plays an important role, Triana dances delicately between instinct and reason to produce her singular creations. “When you overthink, you can be overwhelmed by rational fantasies, and when you only follow your intuition, it can [make the work] too simple.” Through this dance, she seeks to cultivate different forms of intelligence in her work. “I believe art is a powerful vehicle in which humanity expresses all forms of intelligence. I think when you engage different forms of intelligence, different things get revealed to you and through you,” Triana says.
Triana uses unexpected materials such as coils, needles, light, music, and electromagnetic fields in work. Of this last material, she says she is mainly interested in the fact that “we cannot hear it, we cannot see it, we cannot touch it. It allows me to explore the relationship between our tangible physical world and the imperceptible forces that govern absolutely everything.”
In Delirious Fields, 2019, for instance, an installation of shiny silver spheres suspended by transparent threads engage in mesmerizing and disparate dances around spools of copper coil. The spheres’ seemingly magical choreography is the product of electromagnetic fields at work. Similarly, in Entropic Ballet, 2021, another work in the “Delirious Fields” series (and is set to be on show this year at Untitled Art), delicate silver needles suspended by fishing line engage in a one-of-a-kind choreography also prompted by the electromagnetic fields Triana utilizes.
To produce these works, Triana sends electricity through a coil which emits an electromagnetic field. “I create the system and make sure I have the conditions I want, so the choreography or whatever is happening emerges from that. I create certain conditions, and then things happen naturally,” she explains.
Alba Triana, “Orbits,” suspended spheres in variable electromagnetic fields and magnetic films, 2021.
One of Triana’s biggest inspirations is nature. In the past, she has been outspoken about believing human beings are not separate from nature but rather a part of nature themselves. This belief is at the center of her artistic practice. “I’m very inspired by nature. And when I say nature, I’m not talking about botany. It’s about how everything functions at a very fundamental level. I’m interested in how nature self-organizes. If you see things in nature, for example, a solar system, it’s not that different from an atom. And there’s an order within the chaos, which is very interesting,” she says.
“I feel that for many years, [most of] humanity has followed an anthropocentric paradigm in which we feel that we are different from nature. That paradigm needs to be shifted. We are a manifestation of nature,” Triana explains. “Intelligence is a very powerful thing that emerges through the human being, and that is something that I have learned by doing this work. I’ve learned many things about our desires, how we function, and how we self-organize.”
Ultimately, Triana strives to create work that induces a state of awe, and to attain this she turns to herself as a point of reference. “If the work induces something profound in me, I trust it can induce something profound in someone else. Sometimes, when I’m in the most intense of creative moments, I physically feel things like my taste buds get activated, or when I can’t stop thinking about something, [I know it’s because it] has stayed within. So I trust that if the work can touch me, it can touch someone else, and we can connect.”
Salomé Gómez-Upegui is a Colombian-American writer and creative consultant. She writes regularly about art, gender, social justice, and climate change for a wide range of publications and she is the founder of Solar, a creative communications studio based in Miami, FL. Salomé holds an LLM from Harvard Law School. She is a regular contributor to publications such as Vogue, The Guardian, and W Magazine.
Change at the helm of Art Basel:
Noah Horowitz appointed CEO
Change at the helm of Art Basel: Noah Horowitz appointed CEO
Noah Horowitz has been appointed CEO of Art Basel, succeeding Marc Spiegler, Global Director Art Basel, who has taken the decision to leave MCH Group and explore the next phase of his artworld career.
The Board of Directors and Group Management Team would like to thank Marc Spiegler for his longstanding commitment as head of the leading global platform for contemporary and modern art with shows in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong and now also Paris. At the same time, the MCH Group Board of Directors and Group CEO Florian Faber are pleased to announce the appointment of Noah Horowitz, who held the post of Director Americas from 2015 to 2021.
Noah Horowitz is returning to Art Basel as CEO on November 7, 2022. He joins from Sotheby’s where he served as Worldwide Head of Gallery & Private Dealer Services since September 2021. As the outgoing Global Director, Marc Spiegler will hand over the running of the business to Noah Horowitz at this juncture, supporting Noah through year-end, including on the 20th anniversary edition of Art Basel Miami Beach (Dec 1-3). Following this, he will continue in an advisory capacity to Art Basel for the next 6 months.
“Under the leadership of Marc Spiegler, Art Basel has developed into what it is today – one of the most prestigious and valuable brands in the international art market”, states Andrea Zappia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MCH Group. “Our thanks go to Marc for his great personal commitment, his networking in the global world of art and his notable successes in the development of Art Basel.” Andrea Zappia adds: “On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, I am delighted to be welcoming Noah Horowitz back into the team – We are convinced that Noah’s business acumen, digital experience and extensive relationships within the international gallery and collecting community will be instrumental in further developing Art Basel and delivering on the company’s ambitious growth plans at its home base as well as internationally.”
“We are especially pleased that Noah is returning to Art Basel as the new CEO, further strengthening the MCH Group Management Team as a colleague in future”, says Florian Faber, Group CEO. “I already had the opportunity to work with Noah in the past and am confident that with his outstanding expertise in the global world of art, he will successfully lead Art Basel into its next phase. Noah is held in high esteem in the industry, uniting an in-depth understanding of the art market and its players with a lifelong passion for the visual arts, business knowledge and digital transformation. Together with Noah, we will consolidate the position of Art Basel as a globally leading platform for modern and contemporary art and forge ahead with our innovative initiatives.” Florian Faber continues: “Marc Spiegler has done an outstanding job in developing Art Basel over the past fifteen years. The recent premiere of Paris+ by Art Basel and the upcoming 20th anniversary edition of Art Basel Miami Beach are two more highlights in a long and illustrious career. We cannot thank Marc enough and wish him all the best for his future.”
Marc Spiegler joined MCH Group in 2007 as Co-Director Art Basel and, since 2012, has been Global Director Art Basel. “Following the successful premiere of Paris+ and with the imminent 20th anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach, I am leaving Art Basel on a high note.” he says. “Leading the next stage of Art Basel’s evolution will take many years and a different set of skills. Having launched new shows in Hong Kong and Paris, staged 43 fairs, and led Art Basel through a global pandemic, it has come time to pass the baton. Fortunately, my friend Noah Horowitz – the perfect person to carry Art Basel forward – will be leading that development. Finally, I would like to thank my incredible team and my colleagues throughout the world for their passion, their commitment, and their dedication in driving patronage to our galleries and their artists.”
“I am honored and delighted to be returning to Art Basel in my new role. I would like to thank MCH Group and Florian for their confidence in me as well as Marc for his stewardship over the years “, says Noah Horowitz. “The Art Basel team is incredibly committed, and I look forward to working with my colleagues and all the stakeholders of the Art Basel community to lead and evolve the business as we collectively embark upon a new chapter.”
About Noah Horowitz Noah Horowitz is returning to Art Basel as CEO on November 7, 2022, having held the post of Director Americas from 2015 to 2021. Noah joins the organization from Sotheby’s where he served as Worldwide Head of Gallery & Private Dealer Services since September 2021. In this capacity, he steered Sotheby’s business strategy and relationships with the international dealer community. Previously, he held a fouryear tenure as Executive Director of The Armory Show in New York, after directing the first ever onlineonly fair, VIP Art Fair, from 2010-11. He has a Ph.D. in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and is the author of Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market (Princeton University Press, 2011). His writings and commentary on art and economics have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Financial Times, Texte zur Kunst and The Art Newspaper, amongst others. Noah is a member of the Manhattan Chapter of Young Presidents Organization, and lives in New York City with his wife, Louise, and children, Sif and Leo. About Art Basel Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. Art Basel’s engagement has expanded beyond art fairs through new digital platforms and a number of new initiatives such as the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast, and the BMW Art Journey. Art Basel’s Global Media Partner is The Financial Times. For further information, please visit artbasel.com. About MCH Group MCH Group headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is an internationally operating experience marketing company with a comprehensive services network. It organizes some 30 community platforms in Switzerland and abroad, including Art Basel, Swissbau and Giardina. The Live Marketing Solutions division with the MCH Global, MC2 and Expomobilia brands offers comprehensive experience marketing solutions. MCH Group also runs Messe Basel and the Congress Center Basel and Messe Zürich. The company has more than 800 permanent employees, approximately half of whom are located in Switzerland and the USA. Further information may be found at: www.mch-group.com
With his “hyper-contemporary” style, Criatura blurs the lines between art, fashion and pop culture. Spanish for creature, the name tells you all you need to know… echoed by the iconography which populates his works – creatures, all with an element of mystery. Most recognisable, and for which he continues to gain notoriety, TENTA, an artistic experiment aimed at re-writing the ‘rules’ that govern the art world.
The London based artist’s debut at Art Fusion Wynwood, “INTRODUCTION TO TENTA”, comprises canvas works and his trademark sneakers, and couldn’t be more Miami. Rich with regional influence, from color to culture, this exhibition nods its head to The Heat, the recent introduction of Miami to the Formula 1 calendar and the bright, in your face attitude Miami wears on it’s sleeve. All connected by one key theme, TENTA.
Artist Statement:
“Convention tells you to paint everything one way. What If I paint one thing, every way?”
Returning to the SCOPE pavilion this year is The New Contemporary, an experiential multidisciplinary program located in our expanded Atrium. The New Contemporary will present daily programming featuring large-scale installations, music performances, and panel discussions during the day while continuing our long-standing commitment to wellness. Guests are encouraged to attend our morning healing program and guided meditation against the backdrop of beautiful South Beach. This multi-day destination will transform after-hours into a premium nightlife experience and feature world-class music talent at night.
TOMISLAV TOPIC | INSTALLATION | ENTRANCE
The German artist Tomislav Topić uses large-scale color and form to create site-specific art installations that derive from graffiti and street art culture. Topić will use shapes and patterns found in architecture to transform SCOPE’s front entrance and challenge the spectator’s perception of space.
SCOPE is proud to partner with Creative Artists Agency and YellowHeart on a diverse curation of innovative NFT-minted SCOPE VIP tickets. These minted tickets feature artwork celebrating SCOPE’s The New Contemporary Program.
SCOPE will partner with digital marketplace YellowHeart for a second year to create the first-of-its-kind blockchain ticketing solution.
A monumental example of the future of public art, the Monolith, produced by ArtRepublic with curatorial guest Superchief, will illustrate the power of public digital art installations’ ability to bring connectedness and wellness to communities. The Monolith will feature emerging and blue-chip digital artists within this monumental sculpture piece.
THE SANCHEZ BROTHERS | SCULPTURE | ATRIUM
TEMPEST is a new installation by Canadian fine art photographers Carlos & Jason Sanchez who are known for their large-scale dramatic work. A storm will rage within a large glass box where metallic pieces collide to resemble the movement of a starry night or perhaps the universe unraveling and then coming back together.
Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu personifies the migrant experience through his thoughtful and engaging artwork. Constructed using cardboard boxes, Migrant acts as a visual metaphor for the trauma of dislocation from one’s roots. His work will be on view in The New Contemporary Atrium during the show this year.
Interactive artist and engineer Jen Lewin has created a towering 12-foot-tall lighted infinity mirrored bear. Inspired by the dazzling natural phenomena of Polaris (the North Star) and its constellation Ursa Minor, the sculpture’s multi- paneled infinity mirrored body reminds viewers to look up in amazement and wonder. Ursa Minor’s grand scale serves as a glowing landmark for navigation as we maneuver through uncertain times and our current moment of climate crisis.
Superchief Gallery NFT, the World’s First IRL NFT Gallery, has curated daily NFT showcases with some of the biggest names in the art industry.
HOTTEA | INSTALLATION | ATRIUM
Acclaimed street artist HOTTEA uses brightly colored yarn to create larger-than-life hanging installations. On the heels of national and international praise, he returns to SCOPE Miami Beach for another iteration of his monumental work in the SCOPE Pavilion.
Lucy Sparrow is one of the most exciting and original artists working in the UK today. Her practice is quirky yet subversive, luring the audience in with her soft, tactile, colorful felt creations before hitting them hard with her comment on subjects from the demise of the traditional high street to censorship in pornography. This year Lucy Sparrow will return to SCOPE Miami Beach for another incredible installation.
The SCOPE Main Stage will host events throughout daily programming. In the morning, guests are encouraged to attend yoga and guided meditation. Afternoon activations include daily talk series and performance programming. At night guests have a chance to loosen up and blow off some steam with a-list talent that is respected worldwide. All of this is occurring alongside large-scale installations, music, and VIP tours, creating an unforgettable experience for those attending.
Conceived as a collaboration by Chip Lord, Jack Massing and Sean Miller. In planning The Exquisite Moving Corpse (2022) Lord, Massing, and Miller made decisions to alter the methodology from a drawing strategy and apply it to video. They invited sixty artists to create a one-minute video based on the last frame of the previous minute.
Lord, Massing, and Miller made the first three minutes and then handed it off to an evolving list of artists whom they invited – a jump into the unknown! Some artists produced their one minute of footage within hours whereas others took weeks to complete their minute. The final product is a cohesive sixty minute film.
PRACTICAL ARTS is the creative collaboration and utopian playground of Lilah Friedland and Polina Malikin. They work with other makers to create beautiful, useful objects, instigate and nurture caring relationships, and seek out soulful and ecstatic experiences. PRACTICAL ARTS works with other makers to illuminate the everyday through artistic practice in service of joy and the power of intention.
SCOPE is proud to reintroduce the SCOPEcircle with a new initiative that invites top collectors to host an artwork presented by our flagship New Contemporary program. Large scale sculptures will be loaned to collectors in the spirit of building emerging artist patronage.
The SCOPEcircle is a contemporary version of a program that SCOPE built years before. The SCOPEcircle was a committee for artworld luminaries that curated and supported emerging artists projects and Emerging Artist Grants.
CURATORIAL AWARD
Greg Allen-Müller, Hyper-Realistic Straight Lines, Sculpture | Courtesy of Bahnhof Gallery
Curatorial Awards are given to exhibitors featuring an extraordinary program through solo or focused thematic curation.
SCOPE International Art Show is proud to present galleries from 23 countries in 2022. Our commitment to diversity in our program is exemplified by the generous Travel Grants that we offer exhibitors who are traveling from overseas.
Join Alo, SCOPE’s official wellness partner, and start each day feeling your best. The L.A.-based activewear and lifestyle brand is bringing mindful movement to Miami Beach with energizing morning beachside yoga classes and sound baths held daily. Find your flow, tap into your power, and get centered at the start of each day before heading out to experience all that SCOPE Miami Beach has to offer.
Alo is a pioneer in mind-body wellness, with offerings designed to promote physical and mental health, and an ethos of eco-responsibility. From athlete-approved, studio-to-street clothing to clean beauty, to streaming thousands of fitness classes on the Alo Moves digital platform, the Alo brand has become synonymous with a healthy lifestyle and balanced mindset.
Programming Schedule
Morning Yoga Flow + Sound Bath | 10AM – 11AM Wednesday, November 30th Thursday, December 1st Friday, December 2nd Saturday, December 3rd Sunday, December 4th
Brand Innovators is thrilled to be the Official Content Partner at the 21st annual SCOPE Art Show. Our program – on both the Main Stage and VIP Stage – will feature a wide variety of artists, creators and other talent, as well as many senior brand marketers from Fortune 500 and other leading brands positioned at the intersection of art and culture. In addition, our Culture Shifter Awards will honor some of the most innovative and influential people shaping the future of sports, fashion and entertainment. Open your heart, mind and soul to some of the most exceptional and fascinating speakers working in front of and behind the canvas. We look forward to seeing you in South Beach!
AFTERNOON | TALKS
SCOPE presents a dynamic series of talks and events in partnership with prestigious publications, institutions and strategic partners.
SUNSETS | LATE AFTERNOON MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVATIONS
Image Courtesty of Gianni Blu
Sunsets transform experiential afternoons into exclusive live evening performances. SCOPE’s stage will ignite with top music performers who will add a new dimension to our pavilion.
EVENING | PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
SCOPE’s multi-day destination will transform after-hours to a premium nightlife experience and feature world-class music talent at night.
GREY GOOSE®, the exclusive vodka partner of SCOPE Miami Beach 2022, invites you to an immersive celebration of the martini, daily from 11AM to 8PM. A whimsical French garden comes to life on the sands of South Bach, showcasing martinis crafted by local Miami bartenders and sunset DJ sets, with moments captured in a surreal and sleek fashion for guests.
DELILAH DAY LOUNGE
Come swing and jive through this homage to the roaring ‘20s at SCOPE Miami Beach 2022. Delilah is a modern-day supper club with a vintage aesthetic. Nostalgic touches offer a warm and welcoming atmosphere as guests dine on refined American fare. Eating, drinking, and dancing converge in this luxury space as guests enjoy lounge style bottle service as the affair unfolds. Elegant yet alluring, the charm and vivacious energy of Delilah is like stepping back in time.
BOOTSY BELLOWS
Step into the residential haven that is Bootsy Bellows. First introduced in 2012 by actor David Arquette and The h.wood Group, the space mirrors Frank Sinatra’s 1940s Palm Springs home. From the pink banquettes to the lush greenery, the venue breaks the mold on traditional nightclub aesthetics with its luxurious, residential feel. Combining a variety of live entertainment, including DJs, music performances, and puppets, the locale is a decadent playground for adults. Named after Arquette’s mother, a burlesque dancer and pinup model in her time, Bootsy Bellows is a spectacle in a class of its own.
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE LOUNGE
Experience tranquility at SCOPE 2022 as you enjoy the elevated ambiance of Norwegian Cruise Line. Take in the breathtaking views of Miami Beach from our Observation Lounge as you discover the impressive art collection featured on our ships as you sip coffee, wine, or handcrafted cocktails.
At Norwegian, we believe that each journey is unique to the individual, so we’ve created a lounge to explore, discover, connect, or relax – the choice is yours!
GALDERMA VIP LOUNGE
Immerse yourself in a true artistic experience with Galderma’s aesthetic products Restylane® and Sculptra® at SCOPE Miami Beach 2022. Come see an immersive installation by acclaimed street artist HOTTEA who uses brightly colored yarn to create larger-than-life hanging installations. In addition, express yourself with makeup by a celebrity makeup artist and receive on-site consultations and treatments.
Learn more at www.RestylaneUSA.com and www.SculptraUSA.com.
Come experience a natural oasis designed by ORIGIN™ at SCOPE Miami Beach 2022. Take time to relax and hydrate with spring water samples at our premium bar, or unlock your creativity and work with an artist as they create a custom sketch that speaks to your ORIGIN™ Story. No matter what you choose to enjoy, expect a refreshing experience all while taking in the atmosphere of the South Beach Lounge.
Discover restaurants to love in Miami, with Resy as your guide. Check out the RESY x SHOKUDO collaboration at the SCOPE Miami Beach to enjoy special bites and drinks. (Pro Tip: if you love sushi, don’t miss the Resy Roll!).
White Claw Hard Seltzer, the official hard seltzer at SCOPE Miami Beach, is continuing its event series supporting emerging artists, Next Wave powered by BMI. Originating in Nashville, TN, this program was built to merge White Claw’s admiration and passion for music’s rising talent. This one-night show will highlight Miami’s diverse talent scene with a sound unique to the waves down in South Beach.
Save Tower Theater: It’s more important now than ever before to support Miami Dade College’s Tower Theater by showing up to this year’s GEMS festival.
Opening & Closing Night Films: The Festival will open with Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and will close with Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. Paul Dano, The Fabelmans star, will receive the Precious GEMS Award virtually.
How MDC’s Miami Film Festival Programs Its Films: Speak with Nick Calzada (Interim Executive Director and Senior Programmer) and/or Lauren Cohen (Director of Programming) to learn about how they select films to be featured at GEMS.
Most Countries in a GEMS Lineup: MDC’s Miami Film Festival GEMS 2022 will feature films from 14 countries, the most ever in a GEMS lineup.
Seven films being presented as Special Presentations in the GEMS 2022 selection are official submissions to the 95th Academy Awards in the International Feature Film category, having received acclaim at Cannes, Berlin and other world film festivals. Fun Fact: Countries must submit their film of choice in order for the film to be considered for the award. The seven films are:
Close (Belgium) – This film was universally loved at the Caan Film Festival
Saint Omer (France)
Holy Spider (Denmark) **A feminist movie; the director of this film came with signs to a film festival in solidarity of Iran.
The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
Alcarràs (Spain – Catalonia) – The director for this film was previously at GEMS
Corsage (Austria)
Decision to Leave (Korea)
Three Films Won Audience Choice Awards at the Toronto Film Festival: Miami Film Festival GEMS will screen three of the top-placing films from the Toronto Film Festival that received the audience choice awards. These three films are:
The Fabelmans, closing night film based on Steven Spielberg’s life
Women Talking
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Local Angles: Billy Corbin’s God Forbid: The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty, a revealing documentary about Giancarlo Granda, former pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Hotel, who shares the intimate details of his seven-year relationship with a charming older woman, Becki Falwell, and her husband, the Evangelical Trump stalwart Jerry Falwell Jr. This film will be featured at the GEMS preview night on Oct. 27 (limited press seats); The Inspection with Gabrielle Union; while Gabrielle Union is unable to attend GEMS, her co-star Raúl Castillowill be at GEMS to personally receive the Art of Light Award and will attend a screening of The Inspection.
Feminist Movies: She Said about two New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story which led to the #MeToo movement; Alice Darling, Women Talking, and Corsage
Arts Movie: All the Beauty & the Bloodshed, a documentary about photographer Nan Goldin’s battle against the notorious big-pharma Sackler family
First-time Feature Film Directors in GEMS Lineup:
Alice, Darling, starring Anna Kendrick and directed by Mary Nighy
The Inspection
The Quiet Girl
Saint Omer
Second-time Feature Film Directors in GEMS Lineup:
Close
The Son
Alcarràs
Some of the biggest stars and filmmakers in the world have graced the screens and red carpets of the Miami Film Festival from Sofia Loren, Antonio Banderas, Anne Hathaway, Danny Glover, Shirley MacLaine, Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar, and Andy Garcia.
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale and David Posnack Jewish Community Center Resume Second Sunday Film Series
Premiering on Thursday, November 3, 2022, and continuing on consecutive second Sundays as of January 8, 2022, the Second Sunday Film Series will include an afternoon of art and film held at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale FORT LAUDERDALE (November 3, 2022) — NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, a world-class fine art museum located in the heart of Downtown Fort Lauderdale, is thrilled to resume Second Sunday Film Series in collaboration with David Posnack Jewish Community Center (DPJCC). Screened in NSU Art Museum’s Horvitz Auditorium, the program includes a guided tour of the Museum’s newest exhibitions followed by screenings. Films include “Kiss Me Kosher,” a love story between clashing cultures and families; “Love it was Not,” a finely crafted documentary; “Here We Are,” a heartwarming father and son story, and “Greener Pasture” a comedy by Matan Gugenhaim and Assaf Abiri. Tickets are $10 per screening for members of the Museum and/or DPJCC, $20 for non-members. The Museum offers a three-film bundle priced at $25 for members of the Museum and/or DPJCC and $50 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased by visiting nsuartmuseum.org or at the door. Tickets to the showing of “Kiss Me Kosher” on November 3 are available now and can be purchased at the following link: https://nsuartmuseum.org/event/david-posnack-jewish-community-center-presents-kiss-me-kosher/ Screenings include:
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Thursday, November 3, 2022 – “Kiss Me Kosher” shows the subversive love story between clashing cultures and families, in a romantic misadventure crossing all borders. When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. Directed by Shirel Peleg, the film will be shown in English, German, Hebrew, and Arabic.
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Sunday, January 8, 2023 – “Love it was Not” is a finely crafted documentary about Helena Citron, a prisoner in Auschwitz, and Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking SS officer who falls in love with her and her magnetic singing voice. Thirty years later, Helena is asked to testify on Wunsch’s behalf. Directed by Maya Sarfaty, based on her 2016 Student Oscar Winner short, she has won Best Documentary at the Atlanta and Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival.
Here We Are Movie
Sunday, February 12, 2023 – “Here We Are,” directed by Nir Bergman, tells the remarkable and inspiring story of Aharon who has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult, it might be time for him to live in a specialized home. While on their way to the institution, Aharon decides to run away with his son and hits the road, knowing that Uri is not ready for this separation. Or is it, in fact, his father who is not ready?
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 – “Green Pastures,” written and directed by Matan Guggenheim and Assaf Abiri, highlights Dov, a widower, who is forced by his family to move to a nursing home – and there’s nothing he can do or say about it. He’s broke since he lost his pension savings, and he blames the state for it. The nursing home feels like a prison, and all Dov can think about is getting out of there, buying his old house back, and living there until he dies. When he notices that all his fellow residents smoke legal medical cannabis, he realizes that weed will be his salvation – selling it, not smoking it. When love, cops, and gangsters come into play, Dov finds himself at a crossroads; will he risk it all to make his dream come true? NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is located at One East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. For more information, please visit nsuartmuseum.org or call 954-525-5500. Follow the Museum on social media @nsuartmuseum.
About NSU Art Museum Founded in 1958, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is a premier destination for exhibitions and programs encompassing many facets of civilization’s visual history. Located midway between Miami and Palm Beach in downtown Fort Lauderdale’s arts and entertainment district, the Museum’s 83,000 square-foot building, which opened in 1986, was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and contains over 25,000 square feet of exhibition space, the 256 -seat Horvitz auditorium, a museum store and café. In 2008, the Museum became part of Nova Southeastern University (NSU), one of the largest private research universities in the United States. NSU Art Museum is known for its significant collection of Latin American art, contemporary art with an emphasis on art by Black, Latin American and women artists, as well as works by American artist William Glackens, and the European Cobra group of artists. Two scholarly research centers complement the collections: The Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman Latin American Art Study Center and the William J. Glackens Study Center. Exhibitions and programs at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by a challenge grant from the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation. Funding is also provided by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Community Foundation of Broward, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Greg Allen-Müller, Hyper-Realistic Straight Lines, Sculpture | Courtesy of Bahnhof Gallery
Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Deploiement, Photography | Courtesy of Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
Image Courtesty of Gianni Blu
