Projections of a Coral City is a large-scale projection-mapping installation, which featured macroscopic images of corals native to Miami and from around the world, was a monumental artwork and the largest projection of corals ever presented globally during Art Basel, Miami 2022. Projections of a Coral City was made possible through the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Miami is a coral city. Built with marine limestone mined from the Everglades, its concrete skyline stands like corals colonizing the fossilized reef ridge on which the city was built. Miami and its maritime environment are inextricably connected geologically, historically, culturally and economically. Engaging residents and visitors with Miami’s coral reefs and waters connects them to the literal foundation of the city and to its future.

 

 

An ambient soundscape foreshadowing the City’s future by Coral Morphologic and Nick León played in tandem with the projections on the Arsht Center's Thomson Plaza for the Arts on Biscayne Boulevard. In conjunction with the installation, Coral Morphologic launched the non-profit Coral City Foundation, whose mission is to protect, document, research and raise awareness of the pioneering urban corals colonizing Miami's artificial coastlines. The Coral City Foundation builds off Coral Morphologic's successful citizen science and art project Coral City Camera, a live stream of the underwater world at the east end of Port Miami.

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Architectural Video Mapping Installation

co-produced by Light Harvest + A3 Visual

Executive Producer - Adam Ganuza

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Lead Producer - Ryan Uzilevsky

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Technical Director - Sean Mason

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Coral Photography - Coralmorphologic

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Arsht Center Senior Director James Cullen

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Projection Manager - James Cullen Lead

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Projection and Media Server Operation -

Sean Mason and Louis Buxin

 

Documentation by

Jorge Graupera, Justin Namon, Alex Orchilles and Alfonso Duran,

 

Edited by Alex Alluax and Ryan Uzilevsky

 

Music - "Broken Open - Setting Myself Fee (Featuring Quixotic) by The Human Experience More info at www.projectionsofacoralcity.com