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My recent relationship with Deering Estate began in 2021 with the creation of a site-specific sound installation for the Richmond Cottage in collaboration with my Frozen Music colleagues Rene Barge and David Dunn. The work is based on inaudible sound phenomena recorded during an over-night session in full-spectrum audio around the staircase inside the Richmond Cottage, and the architectural resonance data produced by the acoustical test typically performed in preparation for my sound installations.
The piece was called Paranormal given that the raw material in the piece is not only sound—which is invisible, yet it is all tangible—but also ultrasonic. To hear it, the original recordings had to be transposed several octaves down to our human hearing range. It is then when the paranormal becomes normal. Installed in the staircase of the Cottage, the piece occupied three floors and was included in that summer’s exhibition Homemaking, curated by Melissa Diaz.
It was then that I learned about the Deering Estate’s Community Theater and presented the 25th edition of the Subtropics Festival in September. Based on those experiences, I was encouraged to apply for a 2022 year-long residency at the theater.
Now on my second year as Artist-in-Residence, I plan to apply some of the lessons learned from the experiments I staged in the theater during my first year’s residency. Aside from presenting several events featuring visiting artists such as Phill Niblock, I was able, with the help of Knight Foundation, to create and present a four-episode series of sound-based multimedia events titled And Sometimes The Space is Full of a Previous Space, in collaboration with David Dunn, Ralph Provisero, José Hernández Sánchez, Pat Oleszko, Ricardo Matamoros, Rodrigo Arcaya, and Freddy Jouwayed.
This year I will be presenting four events, including a Subtropics Marathon in September. This while organizing myself for the creation and implementation of a permanent public sound art installation commissioned by Deering Estate to be installed inside the Estate’s Community Theater.
Learn more about the Deering Estate’s Artist in Residence program online.
About the Deering Estate
Deering Estate, located at 16701 SW 72 Ave. in Miami, is a 21st Century house museum, cultural and ecological field station, and a national landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, owned by the State of Florida and managed by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department. Deering Estate is designated as one of seven Miami Dade County “Heritage Parks” which have a vital role in our community’s history, environment and in providing recreational and cultural experiences.
Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc.
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