The story goes that Julia Tuttle, “Mother Miami“, was a visionary whose efforts and origins made her the only female founder of a major city in the United States. Today, there is another woman, Ximena CaminosWith Reefline, he proposes a transformation of the city that promotes scientific and cultural development and integrates art as the infrastructure of the future.
he Reefline It consists of coral reefs built on sculptures that serve as support for their reproduction. In its initial phase, this swamp of submerged cars remains motionless and trapped at the bottom of the valley sea. Every drowning is in itself a performative spectacle. The work alludes to the tension between urban and environmental crisis. Its basic idea is to protect marine life in an art installation that reflects the logic of the surface, drowning the signs of the city that produces it.
Putting Miami at the forefront had nothing to do with business, real estate or finance. Quite the contrary, it was born from an idea, a project that combined creativity, intelligence, teamwork and a government committed to art.
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The mold has been broken, as Miami was at one time and theirs: a warm and friendly haven for them “retired” Who decided to soak bald or gray hair in the undulating ocean waters; The promised land for Cubans in exile; The commercial dream of insolvent immigrants, the overpowered dream of business entrepreneurs, and the paradise of the number of enthusiastic Argentines who imagined that luster. All that and more.
Argentine art triumphs over Miami
A city where the empire of desire and ease, where everything is for sale, women, husbands, logo status, full lips, prominent breasts and above all bulging wallets chime in a clear tandem of interested unions.
We know that history repeats itself. We also know that part of that country’s greatness was created with the brains of others.
Today, a woman from America’s deep south has been thrust into the global spotlight with a VIP billboard alongside the artist. Leandro Erlich Whose work opened the first part of the project that will be extended 11 kilometers under sea level. Caminos and Erlich are both Argentinians.
I decided to change my tune, apologize for this arbitrary decision, and explain myself to Oscar Wilde. “Give me what is unnecessary, because everyone can have what is necessary.”
From the underwater world to Party time in Chez boulangeriewhere a magnificent park welcomed diverse and (in some cases) decorated animals to celebrate the successful completion of the first phase of the Reefline.
Arrive early to catch a special panopticon. The great setting matches the background of the guests, although, as always, some of them are unqualified.
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After half an hour, everything was shining, shining on the fingers, neck, ankles, shoes, clothes, and even crowns. A crowd of young women, blonde, thin and tall, a slap in the face to any record trying to be politically correct, completed the scene.
Clothes are a language that does not lie or betray. Dress is a statement; Who are we and where do we come from? What do we aspire to?
This show city functions as a show window: whoever does not appear does not exist; Success and vision are inseparable.
In the luminous forest of ferns and lush plants, a silver reflection flashed between white gloves like animal teeth. Millionaires From Miami.
The waiter offers more drinks, I agree, and the second one is gone! I hope the language debauchery helps.
Chardonnay In between, what caught my eye was the uniform of a middle-aged woman whose shopping bag appeared to be missing from her hand with a smug celery sticking out from the rest.
My bad! I thought it was an insider until someone introduced it. She was a scientist. The fashion lover’s prejudice is demolished in an instant and then I remember: “Fashion is not dressed, it is read” (Roland Barthes).
His scientific body, open text: discreet comfort, some contained elegance, very contained, disdain for conspicuous consumption; It all depends on the symbolic authority that comes from knowing what is known.
Another drink of appreciation for the lack of real interest in fashion, and not so for an outfit that I imagine would be an “almost” outfit.
His good brain position has activated my brain to practice analysis about organs crewArtists, officials, authorities, the president and more, reveal “intimate relationships” that were almost absent, natural selection? A valid excuse to talk about the typical Miami money girl.
I was still sitting among the leafy plants, glass in hand, happily ready to read the clothes:
1. crew (a team) He is elegant in receiving guests and discreet so as not to stand out too much, thanks to a good education. Long, straight dresses, light colors, and sandals that are never too high to withstand long periods of standing. Super divine girls approved.
2. ArtistsFunky clothes, lovers classicspecial aesthetics, more elegant fashion, clothes as metaphor and reaffirmation. Original accessories that not only decorate, but also clarify. They shout, I’m different! I conclude as a silent critique of the fashion system.
3. Officials and authorities: Sorry, but I’ll pass by, I don’t want to burden you.
4. Environmental technology visionary, main line of the project: radiant, illuminating the night with intense red, known to drive away envy and bad feelings. The monotony of hat, shirt, jacket, pants and wallet is impeccable. As an accessory, an antique Venetian trio necklace of tear-like beads in which I thought I read a reference to those that had been discarded at times when the project took too long. applause
5. Miami money girl. Young people have a lot of everything, make-up, height of heels, size of foreheads, and the extent of exposed flesh. The mini cap carries brands like Gucci, Versace, Balenciaga, and if you’re not lucky yet, the same brands, but in a backup version.
Success, if not achieved, is an actor. His motto: Everything comes, the greatest investment is in your body. Cosmetic treatments, surgeries, the gym, the body itself as a means of progress. Accessories: Lots of gold or metal, endless nails that do quick magic typing on the latest Apple mobile phone, shiny jewelry, lots of chains that are silver first and then with time and effort turn gold.
Will it be an inevitable link in the chain that never seems to break? certainly. Work to maintain the desired state, which you have not yet acquired, and then be able to say: I am what I appear. I am successful, and now I belong. In her arms is a Vuitton bag and a businessman.
As a finale about ReefLine and fashion, I would like to congratulate Ximena Caminos (my daughter) for imagining and striving to realize a visionary project as well as celebrating those “light” fashion moments knowing that we don’t dress to live, but to mean.
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