At Memory's Edge

Monuments and memorials have often served as placeholders for historical events--physical manifestations of memorialized legacies. Yet they have also functioned as acts of power reinforcing narratives written by the “victors.” At Memory’s Edge is a Miami-based multidisciplinary exhibition and symposium focused around contested monuments. The exhibition will bring together new works by Ashley Freeby, Efrat Hakimi, Iris Helena, and Lihi Turjeman. Examining structures across the U.S., Israel, and Brazil, the exhibition will investigate monuments as wounds of the past--structures that have manipulated the built environment and how we as individuals navigate and negotiate public space and memory. The exhibition will further be activated through a day long symposium featuring panels and roundtable discussions with artists, architects, and scholars aimed at investigating this topic from a historical and global perspective.

Madame Pipi

Madame Pipi is a short documentary that follows the lives of three Haitian female bathroom attendants who work at the hottest nightclubs in Miami. Relatively invisible, underpaid, and under-appreciated, their stories are a journey of triumph, as they massage the temperaments of their patrons for tips. Despite the rising cost of living, these women send remittances to Haiti, fueling a large part of their home country’s GDP.

18 Years and Counting

Through 18 Years and Counting, I explore the life of my father, Reginald O’Neal Sr., from the year 2002 until now. My father has been incarcerated for 18 years in Florida state prison, and I will be telling his story through paintings, photos, letters, installations, and audio.

The purpose of this project is to give others insight into the experience of someone who is incarcerated. Intimate and personal, the artwork will stem from the perspective of those who are affected by my father’s incarceration, allowing the audience to view him from the point-of-view of his friends and family, as opposed to the rest of society.

Cinemóvil

Cinemóvil is a mobile repertory cinema that operates a state of the art digital projector and sound system out of a 2010 Ford Transit Connect, touring around Miami-Dade County to play films in unexpected outdoor community spaces.

But the vision for Cinemóvil goes beyond the kitsch of a traditional mobile cinema project to serve as an essential conduit for exploring cultural permanence in Miami’s increasingly impermanent communities.