Locust Projects is kicking off Spring Fling season with an interesting exhibition. Starting this week, let’s welcome Blackstar 16/25/60, a giant intermedia installation by artist Tomas Vu.
Taking its name from David Bowie’s amazing final album, Blackstar, the exhibition is inspired by the cultural and artistic legacy of David Bowie and his role as a cultural “mixer,” blending genres, ideas, and influences into new forms. It looks interesting, interactive and thought-provoking.
Blackstar 16/25/60 is the third and final project in the artist’s Bowie-inspired trilogy that started in Berlin in 2019 with Space Oddity 69/19/45. That explored the struggle between man and machine. In New York, The Man Who Fell to Earth 76/22, warned of a technocentric dystopian future where humanity is left behind.
We have a press preview of the final installation right here.
According to Locust Projects website: “With rising sea levels looming overhead, the artist sees Miami as the perfect venue for the third and final piece of the trilogy. Blackstar 16/25/60 will take the opposite path from the previous by imaging a world overrun by nature. It pulls from the artist’s past works and personal archives as a harbinger of the future. It also forges a new space of possibility and potential, as both an outpost—a warning of the future to come—and a sanctuary for learning to survive in it. Through workshops and community activations, together we create a dialogue and seek to understand how we can find solace in a future where nature holds the power.”
About the Artist
Tomas Vu (b. 1963, Saigon, Vietnam) is a New York-based, Vietnamese-born artist and printmaker. His work investigates themes of memory, displacement, and the intersections of personal and collective trauma. Through intricate prints, large-scale installations, and multidisciplinary projects, Vu’s work examines the complexities of identity and the human condition, shaped by his experience as a refugee from Vietnam.
Locust Projects New Exhibition
Blackstar 16/24/60 opens to the public on Wednesday, April 30.
The show premieres on Saturday, April 26 during Spring Fling. It serves as the inspiration for their annual fundraiser’s Space Oddity theme. Proceeds from the event support the 15th anniversary year of LAB: Locust Art Builders Summer Art Intensive for Teens.
Locust Projects is located at 297 NE 67th Street in Little River area.
Try to make it out. This one looks pretty cool.
How many times does an angel fall?
How many people lie instead of talking tall?
He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud into the crowd.
“I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar, I’m not a gang star.”
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Acknowledgements
This article’s published with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
