11am – 5pm: Plan(T) + Letters to the Future
11am – 12pm: Flood Walk: Miami*
11am – 12pm: DO NOT OPEN
3pm – 4pm: Reflecting Pools (Activation)
4pm – 5pm: Screen printing

11am – 5pm: Plan(T) + Letters to the Future
11am – 12pm: Flood Walk: Miami*
11am – 12pm: DO NOT OPEN
3pm – 4pm: Screen printing
4pm – 5pm: Reflecting Pools (Activation)

PRESENTATIONS

Xavier Cortada | Plan(T)

Sea levels are rising. Saltwater intrusion into our drinking water, septic tanks, landscape and agriculture is inevitable. By planting for a future with saltwater-intrusion, local residents can reckon with and begin planning for the effects of climate change on Miami. Residents of Miami-Dade County are welcome to take a mangrove propagule to plant in their neighborhood.

Xavier Cortada | Letters to the Future

Write an open letter to someone living in the future, display it for the public to read and contemplate. Although the letters are written for people not yet born, their true audience consists of those breathing in the present.

Xavier Cortada | Underwater HOA

Cortada asks coastal homeowners to paint the sea level of their property on repurposed “for sale” and political signs, and then plant the signs in their front yards. By mapping the impending crisis due to sea level rise, the artist aims to make the invisible visible.

Xavier Cortada | DO NOT OPEN

In this ritualistic exercise, the artist leads participants in writing a letter that will be sealed, archived and left unread until 2119 in an archive at the University of Miami.

For more information on the presentations, click the links attached to their names. For more information on the different artists’ presentations and Futurescape Miami click here. 

ABOUT THE FACEBOOK ART DEPARTMENT

The Facebook Art Department includes the Artist in Residence (FB AIR), Analog Research Lab (ARL), and Creative Engagement programs, which have a collective mission to encourage creativity, innovation, openness, and connectivity through art and design. FB AIR invites artists to create site-specific art installations around the world at Facebook offices, and ARLs act as on-site print studios that host immersive learning experiences through the Creative Engagement program. The Facebook Art Department also presents public-facing programs and supports projects that bring together diverse communities in real life and encourage the exploration of creative and critical thinking. To date, we have created projects with over 600 artists and designers in dozens of locations around the world. Learn more at fb.com/artistinresidence and fb.com/analoglab and find us on Instagram at @fbairprogram and @analoglab.