For Miami Art Week, running December 1–6, Italian visual artist Marinella Senatore will transform the Faena Cathedral in Miami Beach with An Expanded Baroque Crown, an inhabitable luminaria rooted in Southern Italy’s traditions of public celebration, with the phrase “the word community feels good” encircling its perimeter. Commissioned by Faena Art, the temporary architecture of light expands the form of a Baroque crown into a space that visitors can enter, move through, and experience.
“Participation is not only a way of working for me; it is a way of thinking,” Senatore shares. In addition to being an interactive space, the crown will also host readings, dance, poetry, and musical performances, including special programming with the poetry organization O, Miami.
“We open our doors to the world, bringing together artists, ideas, and people from across the globe in a celebration of culture,” adds Alan Faena, the founder and President of Faena Group. “This is the spirit of Faena: creating meaningful experiences that are joyful, inspiring, and shared by all.”
