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"Illuminate Coral Gables" Subject Line Please provide verification code CORAL GABLES, FL –The City of Coral Gables is turning on the lights. Illuminate Coral Gables (ICG), a new public art initiative focusing on the intentional use of light and technology to transform public art by day into magical and mysterious work at night, will be on view Feb. 12 – Mar. 14, 2021. Curated by Lance Fung with Catherine Cathers, Jennifer Easton and Rosie Gordon-Wallace, ICG, has been created for specific outdoor locations throughout Coral Gables. ICG’s eight projects include video projectio...

Pedestrians through the downtown area will spot the work of Cuban-born, Miami-based artist Carlos Estévez, who is developing video content on people’s movements, interactions, and sense of community. His first technology-based artwork, the video-mapped projection will be cast over the entire surface of the historic Coral Gables City Hall building. Another technologically and artistically intricate work: Kiki Smith’s Blue Night, commissioned by the city specifically for Illuminate Coral Gables. The 40-by-190-foot installation will create a wonderland of constellations in Giralda Plaza. O...

Michelle F. Solomon ( Artburst Miami) reviews “Illuminate Coral Gables,” featuring installations on view from February 12 to March 14, 2021, in downtown Coral Gables, Florida. Caribbean-rooted representation includes co-curator Rosie Gordon Wallace (Jamaica) and artists Carlos Estévez (Cuban born, Miami based), David Gumbs (from Saint Martin, based in Martinique), Sandra Ramos (Cuban born, Miami based), and Antonia Wright (Cuban-American, born and based in Miami). [See previous post Illuminate Coral Gables (Exhibition).] “Illuminate Coral Gables” is a public art exhibit that’s perf...