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Institute of Contemporary Art Miami

Nov 30, 2021 – Mar 27, 2022
ICA Miami Digital Commissions 2020–21: …what endures…

In Spring 2020, in response to the global pandemic and the resulting shutdown of our physical galleries, ICA Miami initiated a series of digital commissions to stimulate and support artistic production in Miami and beyond. The resulting works were conceived independently by sixteen invited artists, yet this unprecedented moment provides a rich and urgent context in which to ask how we connect to the works and to one another. Collectively, these works engage with themes of identity, community, social justice, and a changing natural environment.

The first series debuted in April 2020 featuring artists Cristine Brache, Terence Price II, Faren Humes, Domingo Castillo, Aramis Gutierrez, Tara Elizabeth Long, GeoVanna Gonzalez, and Deirdre Keough for the Institute of Queer Ecology. The second series debuted in May 2021 featuring Sable Elyse Smith, Houston Cypress, Minia Biabiany, Dara Friedman, Sky Hopinka, Franky Cruz, A.S.T., and Rehana Zaman.

All videos are available now on the ICA Channel.

This exhibition is organized by ICA Miami and curated by Stephanie Seidel, Curator, and Gean Moreno, Director, Knight Foundation Art + Research Center.

Support

Still from Cristine Brache, Morning Sickness in the USA, 2020 for ICA Miami
Cristine Brache, Morning Sickness in the USA, 2020 (still). Video, sound, 3 minutes, 3 seconds. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
Still from Faren Humes, MLK, 2020 for ICA Miami
Faren Humes, MLK, 2020 (still). Video, sound, 3 minutes, 21 seconds. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
Still from Deirdre Keough for The Institute of Queer Ecology, Diapause, 2020 for ICA Miami
Deirdre Keough for The Institute of Queer Ecology, Diapause, 2020. Video, sound, 4 minutes, 50 seconds. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
GeoVanna Gonzalez, Exotic Naps, 2020. Video, sound, 3 minutes, 59 seconds. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
Still from Houston Cypress, …what endures …, 2021
Houston Cypress, …what endures …, 2021. Video, sound, 5 minutes, 34 seconds. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
Still from Rehana Zaman, Donut/Phalanx, 2021
Rehana Zaman, Donut/Phalanx, 2021. Video, sound, 6 minutes. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
Still from Dara Friedman, The Crowning, 2021
Dara Friedman, The Crowning, 2021. Video, sound, 5 minutes, 16 seconds. Courtesy the artist and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.