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The Honorable Governor
Don Juan Ponce de Leon

cordially (and posthumously) invites you to
p r i m e

a process - art installation by

Xavier Cortada

on

Friday, October 12, 2001,
(almost a month after the artist's 37th birthday)

from

8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

in his studio at the

Casa Grande Cultural Center
104 SW 9th Street, Ground Level
Miami, Florida
(west of/across the avenue from the Brickell Metrorail Station)

click here to see map

prime background:
click here to read artist's statement
click here to see the Residue Gallery 
click here to see Prime Links

The reception is co-sponsored by AOL Latin America, BACARDI, USA, the ELHCDC, www.artistamundo.com, and www.cortada.com.

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 building the "Residual Fountain of Youth" that night.  You can help build it 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."

 

 

PRIME-TIME-LINE
click on numbers to see Picture of the Artist in his prime:
         all | 0-12 |  13-24 | 25-36 |  37

 

PHOTODOCUMENTATION
of events to take place on the night of October 12, 2001:
Creation of the Residual Fountain of Youth
Performance Art Piece by Xavier Cortada
Videoinstallation with Bill Bilowit