CONTEXT Art Miami is dedicated to highlighting the best of emerging and mid-career artists from over 80 international galleries.
- Time and Place:
- VIP Kickoff is Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 5:30PM-10:00PM.
- The fair will be open for public viewing starting Wednesday, Dec. 2 – 6 from 11:00AM-8:00PM
- CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion, 2901 NE 1st Ave., Miami
- Pieces, exhibitions, projects of note:
- Christopher Cox, a scholar in audio culture, curated a sound positions project featuring 12 artists and listening stations. Sound artists include famous composers and international producers like Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Olivia Block, Maria Chavez and Holly Herndon.
- Paintings by Tim Garwood, British painter born in 1984, featuring works painted on the back of glass
- Ubiquitous States is an interactive performance that combines live heartbeats into a data visualization by new media performance artist Tiffany Trenda, who will don a 3D printed dress that has an embedded computer screen. The image on the screen will show a data visualization of both the participant’s and Trenda’s heartbeat. The performance will question, if we can have authentic human connections using today’s vernacular technology?