EVENT DETAILS:
Meditations on Waking Up: Opening Reception
Join us on Friday, September 27 for the opening of Meditations on Waking
Up, a group exhibition presented in collaboration with Tunnel Projects,
featuring works by Carrington Ware, Connor Dolan, David Olivera, Jessica Gispert,
Lisu Vega, Luna Palazzolo, Rafael Lucas, Richie Moreno, Sasha Minovich,
Victoria Ravelo, and David Correa. Curated by Catherine Camargo.
DATE: Friday, September 27, 2024 through October 13th, 2024.
TIME: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
ADDRESS
Tunnel Annex: Meditations on Waking Up
151 NE 41st St Suite 129
Miami Florida, 33137
HOURS
Wednesday - Sunday:
12:00PM - 7:00PM
Monday - Tuesday:
Closed
BEST PARKING
Paradise Plaza Garage
NEAREST VALET
Valet Station 8 (V8)
Press Release:
There is a distinct moment of silence as we first rise into our day, before the reflections of our dreams from the night before overcast onto our understanding of today–truths of the self emerge in these moments of silence. Referencing two poems, The Keeper of Sheep by Fernando Pessoa (written under the heteronym Alberto Caeiro) and Meditations Upon Waking Up by Fernando Pessoa, the connection among this group of exhibited artists, each with diverse backgrounds and experiences, becomes clear. Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) was a Portuguese modernist poet and writer, known for his use of multiple literary personas, or heteronyms, to explore various philosophical and poetic themes.
Tunnel Projects is an artist-run initiative based in Miami that provides opportunities for artists to exhibit and develop their work. It is distinctively located in an underground parking lot at El Capiro, a 1980s shopping plaza in Little Havana.Tunnel Projects supports artists by providing exhibition and studio spaces and promotes artist-led workshops and public programs. Each of the eleven artists in this exhibition, whether native to Miami or having established their artistic practice here, are connected to the exploratory space of Tunnel Projects in some way.
At the heart of this exhibition is a thread of conceptual and investigative similarities, though the artworks themselves, from medium to scale, could not be more physically different from one another. The underlying conceptual theme of this group of artists, each pursuing their own spiritual, political, and aesthetic inquiries, yet all capturing an intricate essence of dreams, the past, and the self, often using metaphors of windows, portals, and archives to convey visual reflections, acting as visual archives of deep reflections for viewers.These conceptual explorations are evident in the relentless pursuit of light's qualities in the paintings of Argentinian artist & current Tunnel Projects visiting studio resident–Sasha Micovich, and in the reflective works of artists Victoria Ravelo and Rafael Lucas, where elements of mirrors bring us face to face with ourselves. In Minovich’s artist statement, he states, "In a world saturated with constant stimuli, I try to make my paintings call us to pause, to find beauty in calmness...” This idea embodies the spirit of numerous pieces in this exhibition.
As humans, we find moments when we desperately seek retreat for ourselves—to recover, reflect, and offer ourselves forgiveness or gratitude, acknowledging our bodies for carrying us through the trials of time.These moments unfold when our bodies lead us to the ocean, standing silently as the horizon blurs our vision but clears our mind, or when we wake early, finding the water still and the Miami streets silent—a tranquility that allows us to reflect, write, work, and
count our blessings. Or, as Caeiro describes, lying in the grass, feeling the wind stir—these moments of introspection shape the soul. The artists in this exhibition have captured such moments through non-traditional objects, paintings, and videos; their works serve as vessels of contemplation that nourish our souls as viewers.
Catherine M Camargo, Independent Curator, Founder & Director of Queue Gallery | Q Magazine .
Meditations on Waking Up: Opening Reception
Join us on Friday, September 27 for the opening of Meditations on Waking
Up, a group exhibition presented in collaboration with Tunnel Projects,
featuring works by Carrington Ware, Connor Dolan, David Olivera, Jessica Gispert,
Lisu Vega, Luna Palazzolo, Rafael Lucas, Richie Moreno, Sasha Minovich,
Victoria Ravelo, and David Correa. Curated by Catherine Camargo.
DATE: Friday, September 27, 2024 through October 13th, 2024.
TIME: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
ADDRESS
Tunnel Annex: Meditations on Waking Up
151 NE 41st St Suite 129
Miami Florida, 33137
HOURS
Wednesday - Sunday:
12:00PM - 7:00PM
Monday - Tuesday:
Closed
BEST PARKING
Paradise Plaza Garage
NEAREST VALET
Valet Station 8 (V8)
Press Release:
(Please email catherine@queuegallery.net for all artwork availability inquiries and full press release)
There is a distinct moment of silence as we first rise into our day, before the reflections of our dreams from the night before overcast onto our understanding of today–truths of the self emerge in these moments of silence. Referencing two poems, The Keeper of Sheep by Fernando Pessoa (written under the heteronym Alberto Caeiro) and Meditations Upon Waking Up by Fernando Pessoa, the connection among this group of exhibited artists, each with diverse backgrounds and experiences, becomes clear. Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) was a Portuguese modernist poet and writer, known for his use of multiple literary personas, or heteronyms, to explore various philosophical and poetic themes.
Tunnel Projects is an artist-run initiative based in Miami that provides opportunities for artists to exhibit and develop their work. It is distinctively located in an underground parking lot at El Capiro, a 1980s shopping plaza in Little Havana.Tunnel Projects supports artists by providing exhibition and studio spaces and promotes artist-led workshops and public programs. Each of the eleven artists in this exhibition, whether native to Miami or having established their artistic practice here, are connected to the exploratory space of Tunnel Projects in some way.
At the heart of this exhibition is a thread of conceptual and investigative similarities, though the artworks themselves, from medium to scale, could not be more physically different from one another. The underlying conceptual theme of this group of artists, each pursuing their own spiritual, political, and aesthetic inquiries, yet all capturing an intricate essence of dreams, the past, and the self, often using metaphors of windows, portals, and archives to convey visual reflections, acting as visual archives of deep reflections for viewers.These conceptual explorations are evident in the relentless pursuit of light's qualities in the paintings of Argentinian artist & current Tunnel Projects visiting studio resident–Sasha Micovich, and in the reflective works of artists Victoria Ravelo and Rafael Lucas, where elements of mirrors bring us face to face with ourselves. In Minovich’s artist statement, he states, "In a world saturated with constant stimuli, I try to make my paintings call us to pause, to find beauty in calmness...” This idea embodies the spirit of numerous pieces in this exhibition.
As humans, we find moments when we desperately seek retreat for ourselves—to recover, reflect, and offer ourselves forgiveness or gratitude, acknowledging our bodies for carrying us through the trials of time.These moments unfold when our bodies lead us to the ocean, standing silently as the horizon blurs our vision but clears our mind, or when we wake early, finding the water still and the Miami streets silent—a tranquility that allows us to reflect, write, work, and
count our blessings. Or, as Caeiro describes, lying in the grass, feeling the wind stir—these moments of introspection shape the soul. The artists in this exhibition have captured such moments through non-traditional objects, paintings, and videos; their works serve as vessels of contemplation that nourish our souls as viewers.
Catherine M Camargo, Independent Curator, Founder & Director of Queue Gallery | Q Magazine .
From The Keeper of Sheep ("O Guardador de Rebanhos")
I’ve never kept sheep,
But it’s as if I did.
My soul is like a shepherd,
It knows the wind and the sun
And walks hand in hand with the Seasons
Observing, and following along.
All the peace of Nature without people
Comes and sits down next to me.
But I get sad as if I were thinking,
And I get sad as if I were more than that,
As if I were thinking of more things
Than just being a shepherd who isn’t really a shepherd.
And then I feel the wind and see if it stirs
Where I laid down to meditate,
And I watch the branches’ flying leaves
And the wind of the sun’s great feet
And I just know how to live,
And I’m able to turn it all into poems.
When I start to write, I feel as if I am completely free.
And I sit down and write all day.
What follows from my pen
Is just that the wind is blowing,
That it’s blowing over the branches,
And that it leaves the world full of a day.
And the verses I write are simple,
But I don’t mean to be.
I write just like the wind blows
And what comes out is just the leaves that are
Blown away from the trees.
It’s not that I don’t want it to be different,
It’s just that that’s what comes to me.
I can’t even breathe right sometimes,
And when I think, I get dizzy
Because I’m thinking of something that’s too big for me to understand.
I think, I think, I think
Until my mind stops
And I just sit there, quiet and wondering
At the simple truth
That everything is so clear
And the thing that I really am
Is the thing that I really am.
I’ve never kept sheep,
But it’s as if I did.
My soul is like a shepherd,
It knows the wind and the sun
And walks hand in hand with the Seasons
Observing, and following along.
All the peace of Nature without people
Comes and sits down next to me.
But I get sad as if I were thinking,
And I get sad as if I were more than that,
As if I were thinking of more things
Than just being a shepherd who isn’t really a shepherd.
And then I feel the wind and see if it stirs
Where I laid down to meditate,
And I watch the branches’ flying leaves
And the wind of the sun’s great feet
And I just know how to live,
And I’m able to turn it all into poems.
When I start to write, I feel as if I am completely free.
And I sit down and write all day.
What follows from my pen
Is just that the wind is blowing,
That it’s blowing over the branches,
And that it leaves the world full of a day.
And the verses I write are simple,
But I don’t mean to be.
I write just like the wind blows
And what comes out is just the leaves that are
Blown away from the trees.
It’s not that I don’t want it to be different,
It’s just that that’s what comes to me.
I can’t even breathe right sometimes,
And when I think, I get dizzy
Because I’m thinking of something that’s too big for me to understand.
I think, I think, I think
Until my mind stops
And I just sit there, quiet and wondering
At the simple truth
That everything is so clear
And the thing that I really am
Is the thing that I really am.