Superblue Miami Breaks Away From Traditional Framed Art, Offers Interactive Experience
Art continues to pave its path in Miami. One of the latest examples is Superblue Miami, a new immersive art space in Allapattah.
Located at 1101 N.W. 23rd St., the 50,000 square foot facility, which opened on May 20, features seven art installations. Their purpose is to highlight the foundation, future, and aspects of the experiential art movement.
The space encourages visitors to to touch and stand inside a variety of large-scale installations that allow art and people to interact and form a symbiotic relationship.
“Superblue Miami’s opening installations offer visitors an unparalleled opportunity to be transported to an array of new worlds in a single visit,” said Shantelle Rodriguez, Director of Superblue’s Miami Experiential Art Center. “The artists inaugurating Superblue‘s first experiential art center offer a glimpse into the breadth of the experiential art movement and the extraordinary possibilities for the public to engage with and activate these kinds of works.”
Visitors are greeted with the kinetic installation Meadow by Amsterdam-based Studio Drift before entering the Superblue Miami displays.
The upturned flowers, which appear almost magical, hang from the ceiling while opening and shutting, giving visitors a taste of what’s to come.
Massless Clouds Between Sculpture and Life, is TeamLab’s first active sculpture. For an extra $12 (online) or $15 (walk-in) attendees can wear a raincoat and goggles and walk through a room infused with soap bubbles giving the perception that you are walking through clouds.
James Turrell’s light-based Ganzfeld work is a six-minute encounter that allows visitors time for meditation. Dimensions blur when the observer stares into the light reflected from the rear wall, and minutes feel like seconds.
Es Devlin’s Forest of Us, is a mirrored maze that lets viewers think about humanity’s impact on the environment and how human bodies, especially the lungs, are similar to nature. A bright crimson wall at the end of the maze acts as a reminder of climate change and encourages viewers to take action. Visitors are asked to wear shoe covers to protect the art as they go into the exhibit.
TeamLab’s Proliferating Immense Life, A Whole Year per Year, is an interactive digital Installation that shows flowers blossom, grow huge and die off, all accelerated by the viewer’s touch.
Universe of Water Particles, Transcending Boundaries, is TeamLab’s way of allowing art to break free from the frame by showcasing a virtual waterfall flowing from the ceiling and splashing onto the floor.
Life Survives by the Power of Life, is TeamLab’s newest installation. It’s a three dimensional artwork using calligraphy to express the depth, speed and power of the stroke.
Superblue Miami follows CDC guidelines. It offers touchless payment and the facility has hand sanitizer stations located at every entry point and at frequent contact areas.
Face coverings and social distancing is not required for fully vaccinated attendees, however, they are recommended for those who are not fully vaccinated.
The exhibit is open Sunday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Admission prices range from $32 to $39 online and $34 to $42 for walk-in tickets.
To reserve tickets, click here.
