Aqua/Cultural Transformation: The New Miami Science Museum
Coral Morphologic
- Date Awarded
- 10/01/11
- Amount
- $150,000
- Grant Period
- 10/01/11 to 09/30/14
- Focus Area
- Fostering the Arts
- Community
- Miami
- Initiative
- Knight Arts Challenge
Project Links
Grantee Contact
- Miami, FL
- www.morphologicstudios.com
Featured Media
To portray fluorescent corals as living art forms in a new, pop-cultural iconography of Miami that reflects its unique subtropical location and growing intellectual, artistic identity
Coral Morphologic has teamed with the Miami Science Museum to build excitement for its arrival downtowns at Museum Park by collaborating on a multimedia art-science project at Miami International Airport. This public project will promote the world-class aquarium exhibits that will be central to the new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, to be completed at the end of 2014. High-definition screens will be installed in airport terminals and waiting areas to portray fluorescent corals as living art forms and icons of the city. These installations will engage, relax and entrance travelers of all ages, while reinforcing Miami’s position as a gateway to the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Additionally, coral aquascapes also will be shown on the New World Symphony’s 1,700 square foot outdoor projection wall during a night of underwater film.
Project Team
Knight Foundation