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prime exhibit
postponed
Due to
the tragic events of today, I have postponed the "prime" art exhibit scheduled
for Thursday.
I ask that you join me in prayer for the victims, their
families and for our nation.
God bless America.
Peace,
Xavier Cortada
9-11-2001
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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
Thursday, September 13, 2001,
(the artist's 37th birthday)
from
7:00 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)
prime
background:
click
here to read artist's statement
click
here to see the Residue Gallery
The
reception is co-sponsored by BACARDI, USA., AOL Latin America, and the ELHCDC.
(Next door: Brazilian artists group show
opening)
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ABOUT THE JOURNEY:
On September 13th, 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 September
13th-- 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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