LOCUST PROJECTS Fall 2024 Exhibitions
Miami, FL – Sept 7, 2024 – On Saturday night Locust Projects kicked off Miami’s season of the arts with two immersive installations featuring artist duos LIZN’BOW and Daniel Arturo Almeida & Adrian Edgard Rivera. Hundreds, including artists, collectors, arts patrons, and Board Members, gathered to celebrate in Locust’s expansive Little River warehouse.
Daniel Arturo Almeida, Lorie Mertes, Liz Ferrer, Bow Ty, Tom Mickelson & Adrian Edgard Rivera. Photo by World Red Eye.
In the Main Gallery, Daniel Arturo Almeida and Adrián Edgard Rivera’s The Elephant Never Forgets struck a nostalgic chord for many who recall the 1970s sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. Drawing from ‘la vecindad’—the show’s iconic neighborhood setting—and other cultural references from Mexican and Venezuelan media, the artists’ surreal backstage TV studio set filled with hundreds of digital bootleg marionettes explores nostalgia, identity, and the influence of mass media.
In the Project Room, Miami-based new media collaborative duo LIZN’BOW opened Niñalandia Skycoaster inviting visitors to step into their personal Buick Rendezvous to take a VR rollercoaster ride through their Niñalandia Mixed Reality Multiverse. Their queer-futurist, post-apocalyptic vision of Miami features lavender dolphins, a jet-skiing unicorn cow, floating mountains of burning money and giant leche jugs, against a skyline of neon rainbows and undulating pink and purple skies. LIZN’BOW brought their technicolor world to life with a live performance by Niña, their feminist reggaeton band, featuring cameos by Miami artist misael soto and Miami bass musician Otto Von Schirach.
The exhibitions are on view through November 2. Visit locustprojects.org for information on related programs including a VR workshop, artist talks and a Flea Market featuring Miami makers.
Both shows are Knight Digital Commissions with additional support for The Elephant Never Forgets from Funding Arts Network.
Locust Projects 2024-2025 exhibitions and programming are made possible with support from: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Children's Trust; Dede and Robert Moss; The National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Grant; Diane and Werner Grob; Susan and Richard Arregui; The Korean Arts Management Service; The Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation; Funding Arts Network; Kirk Foundation; Cowles Charitable Trust, Miami Salon Group, and the Incubator Fund Supporting Sponsors and Friends.