Pictured above and below is ‘Version Key’ as installed at the Miami’s Independent Thinkers art show during the days of Art Basel Miami Beach. The aquarium consisted of an eroded cinder block, red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) seedling, and three upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) pulsating on oolitic sand; not an atypical South Floridian assemblage. It was displayed against a silver parachute backdrop on a concrete block pedestal surrounded by oolitic sand.
The night of Saturday, November 28 we exhibited a live aquarium/ projection at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with The Borscht Film Festival. The still photo above is a top down view of the aquarium, which was comprised of a mound of broken glass crawling with blue leg hermit crabs (Clibanarius tricolor). The video below is the adjunct projection.
Cuddle Fish is the creation of Miami contemporary artist Bhakti Baxter. The limited-edition zine, also compiled and printed by Baxter, features images contributed by a collection of his peers. The cover image is a Sepia sp. Cuttlefish that Colin photographed back in 2007 in Tulamben, Bali. You can find this zine in physical form at happenings around Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009.
Still photo (above) of aquarium/ projection and live video (below) of our contribution to the Sweat Records X Iggy Pop t-shirt release party, August 22, 2009 at the Awarehouse in the Wynwood Art District. This installation consists of a 10″ X 10″ X 4″ acrylic aquarium atop a overhead projector projecting a 15′ X 15′ image onto the courtyard wall. The live-action component of the installation features a performance by thirty photosynthetic jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) collected in the mangrove estuary near the Virginia Key Wastewater Treatment Plant, here in Miami, FL.
Pop’s likeness, as depicted by Miami artist Claudio Picasso.
On Saturday, August 22 Sweat Records will be throwing a party for the release of a series of limited edition t-shirts featuring the image of Iggy Pop from Sweat’s now-iconic “Wall of Idolatry” mural. The show will be held at the Awarehouse space in Wynwood and will feature live performances by Awesome New Republic and The Jacuzzi Boys, DJs, live painting by Francesco LoCastro and one of our aquarium projections.
Iggy will be the guest of honor at this event; if you live in S. Florida, stopping by is highly recommended. $10 admission/ open bar. 8 PM @ 550 N.W. 29 St. Miami, FL 33127
Still photo (above) of aquarium/ projection and source video of projection (below) of our contribution to The Collabo Show, July 25, 2009; an installation dubbed “Solar Power #1″, featuring photosynthetic jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) collected in the mangrove estuary near the Virginia Key Wastewater Treatment Plant, here in Miami, FL.
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A 1:15 segment of the 48 minute looped projection.
