Miami

In December 2008, I developed and served as the artistic director for the Art Miami New Media Lounge, which was then a new addition to the city’s longest running art fair. Continuing my philosophy of bringing art to unexpected locations, I proposed the inclusion of media technology works borrowed from art institutions.  Because the "Art Fair" as such is considered the center of the commercial art market, an unsuspecting audience looking for a product to buy was instead presented with immaterial works from institutions, effectively defeating their expectations and changing the climate of the fair. I returned to Art Miami the following year with Mapping the Blank Spots (2009), a showcase of videos that define local realities within the global art community. Once again, the New Media Lounge brought an immaterial, non-commodity dimension to the fair. I featured videos by various international artists, all on loan from academic and private collections.

Participating Institutions/Artists:


(2008)

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, U.S. (CIFO)

Artists: Alexander Apostol, Amilcar Packer, Magdalena Fernandez, Icaro Zorbar

Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool, U.K. (FACT)

Artists: Nick Crowe and Nick Rollinson

Palazzo Delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy (PAN)

Artist: Bjorn Mellhus

Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (CCA)

Artist: Sigalit Landau

Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Artist: Zhang Xiatao

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Artist: Feng Mengbo

(2009)


Museum Goch, Germany
Artist: Aurelia Mihai


Center of Contemporary Art Afghanistan
Artist: Rahraw Omarzad


Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Artist: Peng Hung-Chih


Collection of Martin Z. Margulies, Miami
Artist: Doug Aitken


Iceland
Artist: Hrafnkell Sigurdsson


Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
Artist: Jani Ruscica


Visual Arts Network of South Africa, Johannesburg (VANSA)
Artist: Donna Kukama


Inter-American Bank of Development, Chile (BID)
Artist: Ivan Nicolas Grum Beytia


Collection of Marc Routh, New York
Artist: Tracey Moffat


Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Albania
Artist: Charlotte Ginsborg