Fringe Projects Temporary Public Artworks Launch Event For SeaFair Mega Yacht / Concept Art Fair

Fringe Projects, Miami’s premier agency for temporary public art, is pleased to launch a program of new commissions in Miami’s downtown on the occasion of Downtown Art Days September 9-11, 2016 – with a launch event at Seafair Mega Yacht on Thursday, September 8th supported by Concept Art Fair. Fringe Projects’ partners include the Miami Downtown Development Authority, Miami Dade-County, Department of Cultural Affairs Art in Public Places, Wavemaker Grants Program, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Siebren Versteeg’s small IS beautiful, 2016. LED lights, InterContinental Miami at 100 Chopin Plaza Miami, FL 33133. September 8th Opening Reception 7-9pm. Nightly Screenings: Thursday September 8 – Monday, September 12.

The evening of Thursday September 8th will feature the premier ofsmall IS beautiful, a public artwork by New York-based artist Siebren Versteeg situated on the exterior “digital canvas” of the InterContinental Miami, with an exciting vantage point from the Seafair Yacht.

Alan Gutierrez, Untitled (scene) Performance, Miami Center for Architecture & Design (sidewalk of NE 1st Street) 100 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33132.

For this monumental artwork, Versteeg will present the entire text of the seminal book “Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered” by E.F. Schumacher word for word.

For six evenings, large letters will scroll down the sides of the hotel at a pace that is comfortable to read, offering a complete public reading visible for miles on Miami’s skyline. For decades, this renowned book has been a resource for economists, business strategists and politicians alike to promote environmentalism and balance between economic growth and the costs of globalism on society.

The launch event kicks off five evenings of public screenings of the over 300-page book, so that it will be “read” in its entirety, each night dedicated to a section of the book: Part 1: THE MODERN WORLD, Part II: RESOURCES, Part III: THE THIRD WORLD, Part IV: ORGANISATION AND OWNERSHIP, and Epilogue.

JPW3’s Zenjail, 2016. Tea Ceremony, Waterfront between SE 1st Street and SE 2nd Street 6:00 – 7:30pm.

Versteeg’s premier of small IS beautiful launches three days before a solo exhibition Middle Ages opening on Saturday, September 10th at Michael Jon and Alan, a contemporary art gallery located at 255 NE 69th Street in Miami, Florida 33138.

Cara Despain’s Sea Unseen, Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus, Kyriakides Plaza Miami, FL 33132. (NE 4th Street between NE 1st Avenue and NE 2nd Avenue)

Also featured in the launch event on the Seafair will be the work of New York-based artist Ben Vida, with a performance entitled Tracers, an electronic music piece that uses a process of digitally tracing preexisting recordings to extract control data. For this iteration Vida has traced recordings of a Cuban drum ensemble demonstrating Santeria rhythms. The control data extracted from these rhythms were fed into a number of synthesizing systems to create disjunctive dance tracks.

Ben Vida’s Traces, Performance. Seafair Mega Yacht at 100 Chopin Plaza Miami, FL 33133. 7-10pm.

Fringe Projects / 2016 Schedule of Events for Downtown Art Days
Friday, September 9 – Sunday, September 11, 2016

Ongoing: Cara Despain, Sea Unseen
Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus, Kyriakides Plaza
Miami, FL 33132
(NE 4th Street between NE 1st Avenue and NE 2nd Avenue)

Ongoing: JPW3, Zenjail
Bayfront Park
301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
(Waterfront between SE1st Street and SE2nd Street)

Ongoing: Siebren Versteeg, small IS beautiful
InterContinental Miami
100 Chopin Plaza, Miami FL 33133
(Nightly screenings through Monday, September 12)

Thursday, September 8
7-9pm: Opening Reception: Siebren Versteeg, small IS beautiful
InterContinental Miami
100 Chopin Plaza, Miami FL 33133
(Nightly screenings through Monday, September 12)

JPW3
Zenjail, 2016
Tea Ceremony
Waterfront between SE 1st Street and SE 2nd Street
6:00 – 7:30pm

Ben Vida
Traces, 2016
Performance
Seafair Mega Yacht
100 Chopin Plaza Miami, FL 33133
7-10pm

Friday, September 9

6:30-7:30pm: Fringe Walking Tour
Miami Center for Architecture & Design
100 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33132
Fringe Projects Walking & Metro Mover Evening Tour with Thom Wheeler Castillo and Fringe Projects Curator Amanda Sanfilippo

7:00-9:00pm: Performance: Alan Gutierrez, Untitled (Scene)
Miami Center for Architecture & Design (sidewalk of NE 1st Street)
100 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33132

Sunday, September 11
1pm – 2:30pm: The Miami Rail Presents Block by Block: Downtown Miami & Fringe Projects

Miami Center for Architecture & Design, 2nd Floor
100 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33132
Block by Block is the Miami Rail’s author series that invites Miami based writers, to engage specific communities and neighborhoods in Miami by providing lectures, workshops and other programming. This iteration will feature a discussion with Fringe Projects Curator Amanda Sanfilippo & participating artists on the nature of intervention-based temporary public art in Miami’s downtown.

2:45pm – 4:15pm: Fringe Walking Tour
Miami Center for Architecture & Design
100 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33132
Fringe Projects Walking & Metro Mover Tour with Thom Wheeler Castillo and Fringe Projects Curator Amanda Sanfilippo