LTC 080-2022 Art in Public Places Committee Motions - February 15, 2022March 2, 2022
080-2022
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO : Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
DATE:
SUBJECT : Art in Public Places Committee Motions -February 15, 2022
The purpose of this letter to the Mayor and Commission is to provide an update regard ing the
motion made during the February 15, 2022 Art in Public Places Committee ("AIPP ") meeting:
Motion to recommend placement of The Bass Museum of Art 'New Monuments'
commission, entitled I am here: Translation of Mystic Symbols in an Age of New Subjectivity
by Miami Beach based artist Charo Oquet, in Collins Park.
'New Monuments ' is an initiative presented by The Bass Museum of Art, by adding a
fifth plinth to Collins Park and calling for artists to propose a temporary new monument.
The Bass' curatorial team selected Miami Beach based artist Charo Oquet to realize a
work that will be on view beginning March 17, 2022-January 31, 2023. The Bass pays
for all costs relating to the project including production costs , engineering, installation
and maintenance, as well as an artist fee of $5,000.
The proposed work draws on images and rhythms from
individual and collective rituals and ceremonies of the
Caribbean diaspora. Situated at the intersection of
creativity and healing, the work poses an interpretation of
Miami's intersectional history and an offering to the future
to spark healing between communities. The monument will
be fabricated from flat metal cut pieces and curved metal
pipes, cut and assemble in a four-sided sculpture .
Combining symbols and references from across time and
cultures, Oquet's work intends to evoke complex emotions,
thought and introspection as the viewer reconfigures their
own intuitions, desires, values and fantasies of exchange
and relation.
The above motion was approved unanimously. Art in Public Places Committee members
present included Michael McManus, Aaron Resnick, Esq., Megan Riley, Dr. Yolanda
Sanchez and Nick D'Annunzio.
For more information, please contact Lissette Garcia Arrogante, Director, Tourism and
Culture at lissettearrogante@miamibeachfl.gov or x26597.
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