Midbar Installation Art

Magic in the desert.

Thursday&Friday, experience, 8-11 PM
Saturday, closing event, 7-11 PM

In the next three days, you can fully immerse in the augmented reality experience on diaspora and belonging. Do not wait for the closing event on the 21st; instead, embrace this installation's intimate atmosphere this Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. We'll be at Edge Zones! :)

Midbar is for all ages! (Check out our pictures from the opening; toddlers enjoyed, too!)
But because it includes AR technologies, Midbar is particularly interesting to youth. So, youth, hey grab your tickets below 👇

A big thank you to Shock Miami for including us to their program.
https://cultureshockmiami.com/events/midbar-installation🥰

Hot Tickets | Culture Shock Culture Shock Miami remains as committed as ever to providing access to arts and culture during this time. Check out our Online Experiences page for a list of activities, virtual museum tours, and performances that are available online.

Best time to immerse is during the experience. Don’t wait for the closing event!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/midbar-installation-art-tickets-164423201221

Hours of operation
August 15-21
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Experience
Sun-Wed 8:00PM-11:00PM
Thu-Fri 8:00PM-11:30PM
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Closing Event Aug 21st
Sat 7:00PM -11:00PM

Hello dear friends,

It's August 14th! Finally, it's happening; Midbar is opening tonight at The Edge Zones at 6 PM.

In the last two days, we've been monitoring the tropical depression Fred. Luckily, it will pass this part of Florida, bringing only light rain.

So, there's no better reason to celebrate but to join us for the opening event and the whole Midbar experience! But first, make sure to register for free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/midbar-installation-art-tickets-164423201221

See you tonight!

last but not least: Nevena Stanić Kovačević, marketing and publicity.

Nevena Stanić Kovačević is a multi-instrumentalist, music writer, educator, and music-art curator. She graduated in musicology from the University of Miami and the University of Belgrade and in double bass performance from the University of Kragujevac. Nevena performed as a double bassist and pianist all over Serbia, Europe, and Miami. In her current research, she focuses on women immigrants in post-minimalism and experimental music in the United States. As a curator and marketing manager, Nevena collaborated with multiple music ensembles, artists, and organizations from Belgrade and Miami. Her articles and reviews have contributed to ArtBurst Miami, Culture Owl, South Florida Classical Review, and Soundologia.

This is her story on immigration:
After four years of living, working, and raising my family in the United States, most people consider me an immigrant. But I currently live in a non-resident alien status, which brings challenges beyond merely immigrant. Its stamp leaves some emotional trails with its ink, too. My (non)immigration is a vast gap-trap in which the free spirit that led me to move from my initial spot hits walls every single day to obey the majority's rules. In this vacuum, no one is capable of going back or moving forward. Here, a journal treasures ideas for better days with the legal right to have them unfolded to the community. Yet, my relocation brought me strength which flipped such burden of my current existence to a state of careful mental and emotional honing of resilience and surrender.

The opening event is this Saturday! August 14th at 6pm. Sign up! It’s free!

Midbar Installation Art Midbar is an audio- visual interactive installation utilizing AR technologies. Tickets for the experience

This Saturday, hurry up, register! ❤
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/midbar-installation-art-tickets-164423201221

Meet Raymond Alfredo Rossi MacDonald, saxophone

"I am Scottish. Both of my parents were born in Glasgow. However, my father Hamish was the first Scottish person to marry into an Italian family whose diasporic identity has infused my life. Stories about how our Italian ancestors arrived in Glasgow, and our connection to beautiful landscapes, sunny weather, delicious food, troubadour musicians, and fascinating artisans, were always present when I was a child. At first, these aspects of my young life I took for granted. But at this point, I understand and admire them more than ever.

My early experiences of love and music were wrapped in an Italian accent. My grandmother, Nonna Amalina, would lovingly sing Italian nursery rhymes to me. Everybody called her Amy since Italian names were too difficult for Glaswegians to pronounce at the time. In celebratory social daily events, Italian cuisine and art constantly expressed our connections to idyllic, but rarely visited, Italian villages like Aquilea in Tuscany, where my great grandmother was born.

Music and art filled the lives of my ancestors, too. One strand of our family history involves three Rossi brothers (musicians and artisans) leaving Italy and busking around Europe, stopping in Paris and Brussels, and finally put down their roots in Glasgow. My great grandfather performed as a one-man band on the streets of Glasgow, and our extended family was, and remains, brimming with cafes, musicians, and artists.

However, on the other side of this story there’s struggle, tragedy, and triumph in the face of adversity. My family left Italy due to poverty, battling racism, and searching for a better life. Yet, their reality was harsh also due to a new life in a foreign country. There was a cataclysmic change in their lives in Glasgow when Italy joined WWII with their homes and cafes vandalized overnight. My grandfather interned for three years, and my great grandfather died when a boat, The Arandora Star, full of Italians deported from the UK to Canada, was mistakenly torpedoed.

Consciously and unconsciously, these traumatic experiences were passed down the generations. Diasporic identity, particularly in the summer when our skins would get darker, also meant that my mother, sisters, brother, and I had mercifully brief yet intense experiences of racism.

I remember my origin while visiting Cardito, a tiny collection of houses high in beautiful hills south of Rome. The Rossi brothers left this place over a hundred years ago in search of a better life. Standing in front of my immigrant ancestors, I’m thankful for a heritage that has brought me to this point of reflection. I am also grateful for inheriting from them my love for music, food, art, and, most of all, a unique Scottish-Italian passion for life."

It's happening! This Saturday!
Let's go!

Thank you, Izia, for the beautiful design!
We welcome you to join us. Bring your friend! :)