Miami beach : L’art à l’ère de la COP 21?
« Faena forum has been designed to radiate art and ideas into the community and throughout the city,’ noted mr. faena. ‘it is a new kind of cultural enterprise, one that encourages thinkers and practitioners from across a range of disciplines – the arts, sciences, technology and urbanism – to collaborate and creatively collide in ways that push their practices and produce new works, new experiences, and new ideas.’
OMA‘s partner-in-charge, shohei shigematsu commented: ‘culture is at the core of faena’s vision, and has been the driving force for our collaboration in miami beach. by curating their neighborhood with programmatic diversity, alan’s sphere of influence will likely extend beyond this development to the rest of miami beach.’
the development of the project’s mission and program is being spearheaded by its executive director, ximena caminos, who is also the executive director of faena art buenos aires. ms. caminos has also announced the formation of the faena circle, an advisory committee that will collaborate with her on shaping the new center’s vision and programming. the faena circle includes:
– carlos basualdo, senior curator of contemporary art, philadelphia museum of art, who will serve as the group’s chair
– caroline bourgeois, curator of the pinault collection
– philippe parreno, artist
– alex poots, manchester international festival & park avenue armory (to 2015), culture shed (from 2015)