MIAMI ART WEEK
Art for All During Miami Art Week 2023, more than 50,000 art enthusiasts lined up to see Faena District’s four provocative installations collectively titled ‘Spaces of Influence: Shaping Community in the Modern World.’ Supported by Faena Art, the exhibition explored the tension between community and individuality, technology and tradition, power, and grassroots.
MAZE: JOURNEY THROUGH THE ALGORITHMIC SELF BY SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ
Faena Art Week brought together notable artist Sebastian Errazuriz’s pioneering explorations of technology, design, and community; local artist Kelly Breez’s vibrant and authentic tribute to Miami’s unique social fabric; digital artist Beeple’s kinetic sculpture highlighting the threat of climate change; and local artist Liene Bosquê’s site-specific installation based on the demolished and lost building silhouettes of Miami Beach prior to the 1980s. “Collectively,
their installations serve as an engaging lens through which we can explore and celebrate the evolving dynamics of community in our modern world,” said Alan Faena. Errazuriz’s headlining installation, ‘MAZE: Journey Through the Algorithmic Self’, was a veritable cynosure of public interest and activity during Miami Art Week. “Twenty thousand people RSVP’d for the opening and there was an ongoing block-long line to enter the maze all week,” said Errazuriz.
“People really enjoyed themselves!” Designed using artificial intelligence (AI) platforms Midjourney and DALL-E2, the sand-covered labyrinth erected on Faena Beach invited visitors on a journey of self-discovery while reflecting on how AI is increasingly shaping the world. The artwork urged viewers to consider the ways in which communal interactions will help humankind navigate the ethical complexities and potential biases that come with AI, and to ensure
that technology serves humanity, not the other way around. “It was incredibly touching to see people’s views of the maze on social media, how they would frame parts of the maze that were most important to them and capture the play of light on the walls at different hours of the day,” he said. In addition, Errazuriz’s Renaissance-style marble sculpture, ‘Battle of the Corporate Nations,’ was displayed in Faena Miami Beach’s Cathedral, humorously casting tech moguls
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