transformative light in Miami
There is a severe sense of fabulous in some Miami areas, where women dress entirely in white, there is always a rooftop beckoning with undulating conversation in many languages, a highlighted liquor in the drinks being passed (last night, rum), and the sense that the heat rising from streets can somehow be contained, shaped, repurposed.
But I’ll let video tell this short story—if you live in Miami, the exhibit runs this Saturday through August 12th (51 NW 36th Street, Facebook event page) and is worth a visit, if only for my favorite Tetris piece—
(see the rest of the story after the jump)
wait for the fanciful object seemingly left by Edward Scissorhands (Jenne and her friend (and happily, my new acquaintance) Stefanie are in the beginning),
my favorite, a Tetris game by Max Gomez Canle of cities and skylines, as if buildings were scraped from the sky (the ongoing construction in Miami does transform light patterns as you discover when walking the city):
burnt pages next to plastic ties affixed to a pole light:
Sebastien Laboureau explained why the rooftop is liberating:
and we enjoyed beautiful burrata at Michael’s Genuine afterwards:
I’m lucky to work with the lovely Jenne and beginning to piece together what Miami—this strange amalgamation of culture, beauty, danger, and fascinating people—holds for those of us who have, like the buildings in the citified Tetris, dropped from the sky to fit into this game logic…
Related posts:
- first Miami food exploration of the new year
- of leaves and light
- sun light, Ms. Albright, first spider I see tonight
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Posted Friday, July 11th, 2008, 6:38 am * Filed in Art, Design, Food. * Tags: Design, dot, fiftyone, gallery, genuine, jenne, kristen, kthread, light, miami, michael's, taylor, transforming, wynwood. Follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Kristen
Thanks for having being here last night.
This page looks very nice.
we should organize something all together around nice cheeses and wine.
i’m glad to have met you at least.
have a nice day
Martin
July 11th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Thanks, Martin. Glad to meet you too; Jenne is such a wonderful connector, and I’m so glad I saw the exhibit.
I’m always up for wine and cheese, and I think the rest of our little group gathered last night will be too–look forward to that–
July 11th, 2008 at 10:01 am
good so let’s do it.
Have a very nice day.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Yay! The post beautifully sums up the whole feeling of the evening and how I too perceive Miami. I am so happy to share the evening with you and look forward to more adventures- documented and undocumented, wink!
July 11th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Indeed, Jenne. Mango Festival, here we come…
July 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
You are the coolest, Kristen! You don’t miss anything, do you?, and I love the Tetris metaphor. What do you make of the semi-smiley face? Meeting like-minded people like you feels like being able to breathe and smile at the same time again. I had a fabulous time, esp. discovering our commonalities. Champagne and mangoes a must this weekend. Possible for the cottage to be further enchanted though? Remains to be seen… Thank you for this beautiful documentation of a beautiful evening!
July 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Stefanie, I couldn’t agree more. To be able to find a new friend who, on top of everything else, also happens to care deeply about academia and American literature–can’t believe my luck.
More enchanted adventures, some starting at the magic cottage, are certainly ahead. On the smiley face, though, I have no idea…
July 11th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
To Cather my fair ladies! See you both soon…