Form and Substance

rior gallery style exhibition of projection, video and light art with a monumental temporary public art installation projected onto the InterContinental Hotel's north façade, which is visible from all of Bayfront Park as well the entire surrounding area. The highlight of the interior exhibition will be a temporary projection mapped installation on the famed “Spindle” sculpture by Henry Moore, which dominates the hotel’s lobby. Form and Substance: Miami will temporarily transform the Spindle into an enormous and complex canvas, giving multiple artists the opportunity to create works specifically for this surface of this 17' tall modern art masterpiece. This monumental projection installation, which will require the talents of experts from many fields, will be a milestone in the integration of art and technology. Artists and teams from around the world have been selected to participate, submitting work ranging from installations to single channel video presentations to mapped pieces on the façade and the “Spindle”. Taking place in, on, and around the luxurious InterContinental Miami, Form and Substance: Miami will offer world-class guest services and amenities. Expanding on the exhibition’s original theme of “Projection Mapping in Contemporary Art”, Form and Substance: Miami will not only showcase new works at the forefront of this technique, but will also focus on its parent mediums, light and video. Ever since the world’s first artists used torches to illuminate their painted walls, creators have always been interested in controlling the light that illuminates their work. However, it was the development of the electric light bulb that truly allowed light itself to become a medium. Since then, the development of light-based art, film, video, and projection have been deeply intertwined driving the development of new technologies and new ways of creating. Form and Substance is pleased to be able to realize this innovative exhibition during such a vital cultural gathering to showcase cutting-edge techniques in artistic creation using various forms of light as an artistic medium. The goal of Form and Substance is exploring light, video, projection, and the interaction between them as artistic mediums as never before. It is the group’s sincere hope to continue to enable that exploration and to elevate the work that it bears, both in the US and across the world.