What are the long-term impacts of building an entire city on what was once a sandbar and mangrove swamp? Misael Soto asks that question through “Sand: Amphitheater, Theater, Arena,” where the visual artist will construct a gathering and performance space on Miami Beach from 11,000 sandbags. Over the course of three events beginning this Sunday, October 28, the structure at Collins Park, steps from the ocean, will welcome residents with artistic programming designed to build common ground around what sustainable living might mean in South Florida.
Here’s how to participate:
All activities to take place in Collins Park, 2100 Collins Avenue
Sand: Amphitheater: Sunday, October 28 | 4 PM - 6 PM: Using sand as a literal and metaphorical foundation, the event will consist of a multidisciplinary exploration of the area’s history and its ecosystem, and examine how our decisions along the way led us to present day South Florida.
Sand: Theater: Saturday, November 3 | 5 PM - 7 PM: As the structure transforms into a performance space, local artists and writers are invited to tell new stories through performance, music, film, and readings of poetry and prose. These will be retellings of the past as well as potential futures and parallel universes, with the hope of building a collective present.
Sand: Arena: Saturday, November 17 | 3 PM - 5 PM: What can we learn about human consumption and our effects on the planet by focusing on one simple natural resource? As the space transforms into an arena, a wide range of voices will gather to share, question and learn from each other, in the Greek tradition of dialogue and exchange.
Join the conversation online with #SandMiamiBeach
