Untitled Announces Dynamic Program of Performances, Talks and Conversations

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Miami Beach, FL, November 19, 2013 – As part of its second edition UNTITLED. will present a dynamic program of performances, talks, conversations and artist projects. Programming will complement UNTITLED’s innovate approach to the traditional art fair model which places emphasis on the quality of the viewer’s experience and the contextualization of the artworks exhibited.

UNTITLED. is an innovation of the traditional art fair model for international galleries and nonprofit art spaces with a focus on emerging and midcareer contemporary art. Our emphasis on international living artists and Omar Lopez-Chahoud’s curatorial approach showcases some of the most exciting contemporary art from around the globe.

This year UNTITLED. has expanded to more than 90 galleries and not-for-profit spaces from 19 countries. UNTITLED. will again be presented on the beach in a pavilion designed by internationally recognized architecture firm K/R, with a floor plan to emphasize the fair’s unique curatorial approach, enhancing the visitor’s experience.

PERFORMANCES

Monday, December 2  6:00 pm

Orifice Does Miami
Location: The main hall near the entrance
Jacolby Satterwhite’s site specific performative video installation debuts a new custom made body sculpture for the event, where the artist performs as an avatar from his 3D animations. The 5-hour endurance performance expands and blurs the spatial barriers between the video and live action arenas. Satterwhite utilizes a provisionally choreographed dance performance based on drawings often referenced in his practice. The variables in the performance shift based the audience and location of the performance.

Sky Tiding  7:00pm

Location: At the water’s edge near the UNTITLED. pavillion
TM Sisters, a Miami sibling duo who work in digital video performance, collages, multimedia installations, sculpture, fashion, video games, and VJing, will perform and facilitate a multi-media, multi-artist collaboration at the water’s edge – an opening ceremony blessing just like one that writer von Goethe would envision from his participatory study of colour phenomena:

Light and darkness united dynamically by means of turbidity generate colour.
Therefore being and non-being give rise to each other,
The difficult and easy complement each other,
The long and short shape each other,
Voices and instruments harmonize with one another,
The front and rear follow upon each other.
-J.W. von Goethe

Tuesday, December 3  5:00 pm

Orifice Does Miami
Location: VIP Lounge
Site specific performative video installation by Jacolby Satterwhite

TALKS AND CONVERSATIONS

Wednesday, December 4   4:00pm

The State of Contemporary Art: Texas
Location: VIP Lounge
Moderated by Virginia Rutledge, curator-at-large, The Texas Biennial.
Participants: Fairfax Dorn , Executive Director and co-founder, Ballroom Marfa; Jeremy Strick, Director, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; and Amada Cruz, Executive Director, Artpace, San Antonio.

Thursday, December 5

1:00 pm
Nonprofit Magazines
Location: VIP Lounge
Editors Sina Najafi from Cabinet Magazine and Tod Lippy from Esopus Magazine will discuss their experiences producing nonprofit arts publications.

The Transformation of a Place: Caribbe  3:00pm

Location: VIP Lounge
A conversation between Chus Martinez, Chief Curator, El Museo de Barrio  and the Dominican Republic-based artist Quisqueya Henriques about the transformation of arts in the Caribbe.

4:00pm
BroLab: Integral spaces
Location: BroLab installation space near the café
Moderated by Terence Riley
Participants: Ryan Roa, Adam Brent/BroLab; Meyken Barreto; Mary Mattingly; Pooneh Maghazehe; Ghost of a Dream (Lauren Wes & Adam Eckstrom)
This panel asks if artists and designers working in cities have the capacity to ask critical questions, create ruptures in the everyday, ignite resilient forms of activism, and enable innovative forms of civic and social participation.

Friday, December 6

2:00 pm
Art Fair as Site
Location: VIP Lounge
Moderated by Greg Lindquist, in partnership with The Brooklyn Rail
Participants: Rachel Beach, Nick Kline, TM Sisters
A panel discussion about exhibiting artworks within the networks of art fairs and their surrounding events

4:00 pm
BroLab: Curating Social Practices
Location: BroLab installation space near the café
Moderated by Jose Diaz of the Bass Museum
Participants: Adam Brent/BroLab, Carlos Rigau, Sean Fader, Bowie Zunino & Jeff Barnett-Winsby of Wassaic Project, Ombretta Argo, Aida Sehovic
A panel discussion about the overlap between art and organizing in the public realm. From DIY community projects by artists and collectives to institutionally supported public interventions, enterprises and partnerships, this panel will discuss the future of art and social practice.

Saturday, December 7

1:00 pm
Artist Talk
Location: VIP Lounge
Penelope Umbrico presented by Aperture
The artist will discuss her photo-based installations, video, and digital media works that explore the ever-changing technologies of image making, and the ever-increasing production and consumption of images on the Internet.

4:00 pm
BroLab: Art Futures
Location: BroLab installation space near the café
Moderated by Paddy Johnson
Participants: Rahul Alexander/BroLab, Joshua Levine, Virginia Poundstone,
Jose Ruiz
This panel will examine the currencies generated in the artworld and its many markets and systems. Participants will be asked to reflect on current and future trends in content, aesthetics and strategy surrounding practices in contemporary art.

UNTITLED. PROJECTS

Continuing to focus on emerging and midcareer contemporary art, UNTITLED. 2013 will present a series of installations and artist projects that highlight its curatorial approach to the art fair model. UNTITLED. PROJECTS will be situated throughout the fair and provide visitors with a unique experience that contextualizes the art works. Highlights include:

Luftraum #1, 2012
An interactive solar sculpture by Björn Schülke that will float gently within the pavilion space, powered entirely on sunlight.

Tafheet (Rack), 2013
A new large-scale sculpture by artist JPW3 (John Patrick Walsh III) consisting of a large rim rack displaying the artist’s signature wheels, produced from discarded candles.

The Hellenic Peninsula devoured by Pigs, 2013
The Italic Peninsula devoured by Pigs, 2012
The Iberian Peninsula devoured by Pigs, 2013
A video installation by Santiago Sierra.

Beverly’s
A bar and project space that serves as a curatorial platform in a social and interactive environment in New York City, Beverly’s will take over UNTITLED.’s VIP room and VIP deck space with a group installation of ten artists.

Moses Transpo
BroLab’s malleable installation comprised of a raised platform made from white laminated particleboard, and recycled black plastic benches, will be transformed and reconfigured throughout the duration of the fair.
Click here to view the UNTITLED. 2013 exhibitor list.

Public Hours: Wednesday, December 4 – Saturday, December 7 11am – 7pm Sunday, December 8 11am – 6pm

Admission: General Admission: $25 Discounted Admission (Seniors and Students): $15 Miami Beach residents: $15 Groups of 15 or more: $15 per person Children under 12: FREE – On the beach at Ocean Drive and 12th Street, Miami Beach, Florida

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