When Miami-based artist Johann C. Muñoz thought of creating an exhibit to engage with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, he knew these unprecedented times called for an unprecedented approach.
“I knew that I didn’t want artists to be in their studios within their respective practices making stuff that they could’ve done on their own,” Muñoz tells New Times. “I wanted to establish this meaningful exchange because I really believe that that’s where the power of art lives.”
That meant more than merely curating a virtual collection of original work. Most important for Muñoz was that the artists should be in communication and collaboration with one another, even from afar. In the resulting exhibit, a_part: A Quarantine Collaboration, which is still in progress, they engage in precisely that. Like a game of telephone where a message changes as it passes from one person to the next, each artist’s submission must build on or draw from the one that preceded it.
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