Exhale pavilion

Miami Beach Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

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Exhale pavilion

Miami Beach Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Firm

Rachely Rotem Studio

Type

Cultural ›
Government + Health ›

YEAR

2010

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

Wind is inherently formless. “Exhale,” the winning competition entry for the 2010 Art Basel Miami Beach and Creative Time Oceanfront competition, harnessed its formlessness to create a dynamic public space for performance-based art. The competition called for a public art venue at Art Basel Miami Beach, the annual contemporary art fair. As the main public venue, “Exhale” was free and open to the public, with nightly programs showcasing video, dance, and DJ performances.
The environment attracted thousands of visitors each evening, its 25,000 square foot site in Miami Beach transformed by seven miles of draping ropes that swayed in the wind. An open plan arrangement of the structures enabled interactivity between the performing artists and the public. It eschewed static divisions of space, instead encouraging constant public activity in informal spaces that shifted form and use with the changing evening winds. Its dynamic wind patterns made it possible for the public to experience weather interactively.