ACTIVATIONS
Machine Hallucinations, Refik Anadol
The ReefLine partnered with Faena Art and Aorist Art to showcase artist Refik Anadol's Machine Hallucinations Coral Dreams, a public art installation featured during Art Week Miami Beach, which utilized machine learning to process 35,742,772 coral images sourced from social media platforms, and was subsequently acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
WHAT LIVES BENEATH: TIPPING POINT, CARLOS BETANCOURT
The ReefLine commissioned Carlos Betancourt to exhibit "What Lives Beneath: Tipping Point," a large-scale inflatable at The Faena pool, viewed by over 50,000 during its week-long exhibition.
HEART OF OKEANOS BY PETROC SESTI
During the 2022 Aspen Ideas: Climate Festival, The ReefLine collaborated with the City of Miami Beach and the Aspen Institute to present the symposium "Resilient Futures Art as a Tool for Change: Co-Creating with Nature," featuring speakers like Dr. Sylvia Earle and Mayor Dan Gelber, and showcased artist Petroc Sesti’s "Heart of Okeanos" as part of the temporary public art commissions.
PINK MEDITATION BUOYS BY ANDRÉS REISINGER
During Art Week Miami Beach December 2022, The ReefLine showcased artist Andrés Reisinger's Pink Meditation Buoys, offering a vantage point for reef exploration, shelter for marine life, and hosting guided meditations for ecosystem wellbeing.
S.2122 BY BEEPLE
During Art Week Miami Beach December 2023, The ReefLine exhibited S.2122, a groundbreaking kinetic sculpture by artist Beeple at the Faena Cathedral, exploring rising coastal waters' climate challenges.
MIAMI REEF STAR (PROTOTYPES) BY CARLOS BETANCOURT AND ALBERTO LATORRE
During Aspen Climate Ideas 2024, the innovative “Miami Reef Star” prototypes by Carlos Betancourt and Alberto LaTorre were unveiled at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. These works feature several starfish-shaped marine habitats that will be part of a larger installation permanently located beneath the waters of Miami Beach in Phase 2 of the ReefLine. The unique commission utilizes cutting-edge ocean-friendly 3D-printing technology the star shaped clusters. The ReefLine invites supporters to contribute by adopting a starfish.
ORDER OF IMPORTANCE BY LEANDRO ERLICH
During Miami Art Week 2019, a cultural takeover commissioned by the city of Miami Beach was rolled out: Order of Importance, a site-sensitive provocation from Argentine artist Leandro Erlich that will recast the 21st century traffic jam as 66 life-size sculptures.
Erlich is internationally renowned for his playful and surreal installations, which combine elements of sculpture, architecture and theater to disrupt the audience’s natural view of the world. Apart from its surreal beauty, resembling an image from a contemporary Pompei or a future relic, Order of Importance also alludes to our fragile position in the large universal canvas.