Quiero Bailar Contigo

Quiero Bailar Contigo is a transdisciplinary art experience led by movement artist and educator Nicole Pedraza and transdisciplinary artist Trish Gutierrez. It combines visual, audio and movement elements to awaken the creativity of local community members who interact with the projection interface. Nicole will demonstrate dance phrases for the audience to mimic in front of a depth sensor and observe how the visual and audio elements evolve and transform in response to their gestures. This will culminate in a visual record of art and technology’s accessibility, inclusive of all backgrounds and serve as a launching pad for attendees to begin their own creative journey.

Swamp Deco

An immersive interactive extended reality (XR) art experience where players dive into the year 2500 were climate change has happened and Miami’s historical Art Deco architecture is underwater. Monica Lopez de Victoria is a digital and aquatic creator who believes people need to feel the reality of our city disappearing under the waves, and wants Swamp Deco to be a soft way of awakening consciousness.

Dear Washington Correspondence

Dear Washington Correspondence is a textile project and wordsmith workshop series held at South Florida art centers, aimed to connect with teens and recent college graduates who have both assumed and are about to enter the higher education system. This is a new project arriving out of correspondence that Laura Marsh had with White House staff, that she’s converting into new embroideries and banners.

And Still I Rise / The Water Dancers

And Still I Rise / The Water Dancers is an uprooting “Afrofuturistic Water Dancer” Film installation monument . A memorial and act of empowerment to the deep souls lost in the shipwrecks off the coast of Key West and beyond, its entanglement with the drowned History . A tribute to Black Lives Matter and a celebration of Black Joy. The project will be done in collaboration with Diving With A Purpose and NY choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili.

"Bridge Deconstruction" by the Department of Reflection

Bridge Deconstruction is a sustained creative investigation undertaken by the Department of Reflection for The Wolfsonian-FIU. The research-based, and context and site-specific collaborative endeavor uses bridges and related infrastructure as vectors for individual and communal ideation, storytelling, and creative expression. Bridge Deconstruction takes direct inspiration from The Wolfsonian-FIU’s collection, particularly its Bridge Tender House (aka the Josephine Baker Pavilion), which is seen as a launchpad from which a public installation and collaborative programming will take place.

The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party is a project that explores the exhibition as a medium of art practice, a storytelling platform, and more. The Dinner Party will bring small groups of people together and experience the exhibition by looking, touching, hearing, and sharing stories with the participating artists at gathering events with food. The project is event based with several workshops; artist talks will also be held to have in-depth discussion about relationships towards food in different cultures.