Prime: Residual Fountain of Youth
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Prime Instructions
(Components of the Residual Fountain of Youth):
Fountain
| Instructions | Process | Residue | Performance
COME PREPARED
The "prime"exhibit
explores our concern with aging-- and asks attendees to share their insights.
Specifically, those attending the opening reception are asked to bring items they
have used to stay "in their prime". Those items will be incorporated into
the "Residual Fountain of Youth", an art installation being created
onsite that evening.
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ABOUT THE JOURNEY:
On October 12th, about a month
after the artist's 37th birthday (when the exhibit was originally
scheduled), we are coming
together to explore things that keep us in our prime. It's a timeless pursuit:
Ponce de Leon thought the Fountain of Youth was in
Bimini, or somewhere near St. Augustine, where he landed on Easter 1513.
You can actually find
the elusive Fountain here in Miami-- it's in across the street from the Brickell
Metrorail Station (in Cortada's studio). Like all good things, the studio is hard to find --please click here for
Map
to find your way to the Residual Fountain of Youth.
WHAT TO BRING:
We're actually building the
"Residual Fountain of Youth" that night. You can help build this
interactive art piece when you come on October 12th-- just
bring some item you have used to keep you in your prime.
This can include anything from an empty
bottle to Rogaine to a picture of your new mid-life crisis model sports car. It
could be a hair bottle Grecian hair formula or the used cotton balls you use to apply your
anti-wrinkle cream. It could be a description of a hobby or ritual you engage in
daily, the dried flowers that you placed on your dining room table, or a memento of someone special who keeps you in
your prime (see other items in the Residue Gallery or in the artist's statement).
Those items will be incorporated into an installation sculpture, "The Residual
Fountain of Youth."
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