The Shop at The Standard, Miami

EXILE Books & Fringe Projects present The Site of Sound Pool Screening by Cara Despain

The site of sound is a narrative sound piece premiering with Fringe Projects--a series of commissioned temporary public artworks that explore downtown Miami's less conventional spaces. The piece will use the subterranean cavities of storm drains to unfold a score of sorts for the heralded growth of downtown Miami that is at odds with its geography. A city surrounded by ocean and waterways that sits nearly at sea level, its buildings are vulnerable in the short term to storm surges and temporary flooding, and in the not-too-long term to sea level rise and permanent loss of dry land. At The Standard preview, this soundtrack will be heard underwater in a luxury pool on the bay, echoing the idea of inundation.