Live Arts Miami (LAM) performing arts series and Juraj Kojš will present the world premiere of Where Home Is, a music and multimedia game-inspired navigational experience through a fictive territory that stretches over several levels of the MDC Wolfson Parking Garage in downtown Miami, Dec. 9-11, 2021.
Inspired by migrants and immigrants, Where Home Is aims to remind us about the incredible fortitude, resilience, and courage with which people have been navigating the world. With his troupe of artphibians (Kojš’s term for artists whose practice is defined by a commitment to interactive experiences and migration between art disciplines), the piece imagines a country in which participants traverse through physical and conceptual pathways to find their Where Home Is citizenship. Engagement is central to the experience. Audiences immerse themselves in an active, site-specific sonic, visual, and movement encounter experiencing the world from the perspective of a recently naturalized U.S. citizen.
Kojš masterfully combines movement, music composition for voices, instruments, and laptops in this dynamic multidisciplinary performance work. The experience culminates on the top floor of the parking garage, the final level to Where Home Is, citizenship, with a celebratory happening that includes a large-scale video projection display featuring historic footage of the Freedom Tower provided by the Wolfson Archives (as the actual building looms in the background), a market of ideas, dance party, historical tours, and games.
Where Home Is was selected as a winning project of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s 2020 Knight New Work program. The initiative provides funding to nine Miami-based artists and organizations, to bring their innovative ideas to fruition by the end of this year. The project has also received additional support from the University of Miami Frost School of Music.
COVID-19 Considerations and Precautions:
Live Arts Miami is fully committed to the health and well-being of every visitor and staff member. LAM staff with guidance from the CDC has developed the following protocols for safety: All visitors and staff will be required to practice physical and social distancing and must wear a face mask or other facial covering at all times. No visitor or staff will be granted entry if they are demonstrating symptoms of COVID-19 or have been determined to have had trace contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19. Capacity will be limited.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Juraj Kojš (Slovakia/USA). Is Asst. Professor of Professional Practice at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Miami New Times described his muscle-powered multimedia Renaissance as "striking and unforgettable," MiamiArtzine called his Signals "enthralling and immersive," and Miami Herald praised his Bang for the Train as "the most profound...unexpected and enjoyable." Kojš’s commissions for acoustic, electroacoustic, multimedia, and installation
WHAT: WHEN: WHERE:
Where Home Is
Thursday – Saturday, Dec. 9 – Dec. 11, at 8:00 pm MDC Parking Garage (Building 7)
500 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132
For more information, visit www.liveartsmiami.org.
Special $5 tickets for Frost Faculty, Staff, and Students with Promo Code LAMS
