A Memorial Bowing

1390, Northwest 7th Street, Miami, FL, United States

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A Memorial Bowing

1390, Northwest 7th Street, Miami, FL, United States

Firm

Snarkitecture

Type

Hospitality + Sport › Stadium
Cultural ›
Government + Health ›

YEAR

2012

This commemorative artwork imagines a creative possibility out of the destruction of the Orange Bowl. A Memorial Bowing
recalls the enormous MIAMI ORANGE BOWL sign from the stadium that stood
on this site from 1937 until its demolition in 2008. The letters from
the sign are reconstructed at their original ten-foot height and
scattered throughout the east plaza of the Marlins Ballpark. Their
positions capture an ambiguous moment between ruin and rebuilding; some
letters stand vertically, others submerge themselves in the ground, and
others lay horizontally as if at rest. As visitors move through the
plaza, new alignments are created between the letters, spelling out
different words as the new stadium is glimpsed through fragments of the
old.

This artwork is part of the collection of Miami-Dade County Art in Public
Places program, made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County
Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.