Gansevoort South
2399 Collins Avenue (Entrance at 24th St)
Miami Beach
Complementary valet entrance at 24th Street
2 blocks north of the Bass Museum and Art Basel Positions
December 6-10, 2006
12pm-8pm Daily
Reception
Wednesday, December 6, 7pm – 11 pm
For more information please contact info@m21-art.org or call 917 723 2524
WWW.M21-ART.ORG
Curator Lee Wells will feature environmental video installations, which are explorations of the aesthetics of the sublime. Through both self-analysis and scientific investigation, these artists try to understand the ever-changing physical as well as psychological terrain. Metaphorical, psychological or physical association with the natural world not only gives insight to its secrets, but a certain familiarity negates feelings of estrangement and disconnect with such independent cycles as the tides and the rising sun.
For example, Biggs pairs an underwater dancer with a galloping thoroughbred on a treadmill, drawing immediate parallels between the relationship of power and control between man and animal. Scientific veracity of such connections is tangential—emotional and visual correlations underscore inherent metaphysical congruencies. The other two videos emphasize the intrinsic and fundamental connection between humans and nature: Juan’s video documents the consequences of climate changes in Antarctica while McPhee's video meditates on a small California beach community overcoming the emotional trauma of a devastating mudslide.
Helios Oceanus comments upon the socio-environmental condition of man on Earth in the 21st century. In the ever-changing landscape and the uncontrollable consequences of nature’s raw power, our actions or lack thereof will have a lasting impact on the world around us.