GOOD TO KNOW.FYI presents BETA FISH @Beaches on the beach
presents BETA FISH
at Beaches on the Beach
Featuring video works in partnership with Daata.art by: George Barber, Helen Benigson, Keiken, Michael Manning, Zoe Marden, Tuomas A. Laitinen, Alwin Lay, Thiago Martins de Melo,
Takeshi Murata, Tin Ojeda, Jon Rafman, Jacolby Satterwhite, Scott Reeder, Penny Siopis,
Georgie Roxby Smith, Chloe Wise, Hector Zamora, Antoinette Zwirchmayr.
Original artworks by: Kelly Breeze, Autumn Casey, Jillian Mayer, Edouard NG and Antonia Wright.
Opening Reception
Wednesday November 30th, 7-11 pm
RSVP suggested: info@goodtoknow.fyi
Location
Beaches Bar and Grill: 4299 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Hours
4:00 pm to very late through December 4th
Extended programming can be found: https://www.goodtoknow.fyi/beta-fish-2022
ABOUT BETA FISH
GOOD TO KNOW.FYI presents BETA FISH at Beaches on the Beach. For this year’s exhibition the curatorial collective GOOD TO KNOW.FYI showcases art in the dynamic and unconventional setting of Beaches Dive Bar.
BETA FISH replaces television screens typically used for viewing sports with video artworks selected from the Daata’s extensive archive alongside site-responsive artworks throughout the bar. The exhibition explores themes common to the social and environmental landscape of beaches.
Drawing from a lifestyle perpetuated in coastal cities, works by Helen Benigson, Scott Reeder, Chloe Wise, Georgie Roxxby Smith, Takeshi Murata and Antonia Wright reflect relatable ideas on self worth, status quo and societal pressures with a time-stamp.
Hector Zamora’s videos hinge on problematic issues pertaining to the colonization of beaches and tropical environments, whereas Thiago Martins de Melo’s work paints a full narrative of this reality. Works by George Barber, Tin Ojeda, Jillian Mayer, Penny Siopis, Jon Rafman and Antoinette Zwirchmayr present the Self within a coastal environment, whilst suggesting a pending catastrophic doom.
Tuomas A. Laitinen and Zoe Marden in turn, both shift forms depicting the science of life and oceanic organisms and Keiken takes us into a dreamy landscape of a preferred escapist metaverse. Jacolby Satterwhite’s work finalizes the narrative of civilization’s trajectory into this futuristic realm.
Site-specific artworks are presented by Eduoard NG, Kelly Breeze and Autumn Casey.
Eduoard NG explores the ironic duality of nature and the self by creating a scent installation of Miami Beach ocean water mixed with the commercial fragrance “Ocean” by Michael Kors. While Autumn Casey and Kelly Breeze present artworks directly related to Beaches dive bar.
GOOD TO KNOW.FYI is a curatorial collective founded by Alex Valls and Julianna Vezzetti in 2017. Fellow members Juliana Steiner joined in 2018 and Jess Hodin Levy in 2020. The collective is focused on creating site-responsive exhibitions in unique satellite locations. GTK.FYI emphasizes the importance of integrating the local community to its curatorial research for the development of each exhibition. GTK.FYI continuously seeks to collaborate with fellow curators, institutions, galleries and artists to continue the growth of its public programming and accessible platform.GOOD TO KNOW.FYI is a recipient of Tulsa Artist Fellowship curatorial grant of 2018-2020, collaborator of “Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy and Materiality” with the Cranbrook Art Museum, participant of the Creative Time Summit 2019, and listed by Untitled Art Fair and Art Basel Miami as satellite programming during Miami Art Week. Good To Know.FYI has produced large scale group exhibitions since 2017.
ABOUT DAATA
Founded in 2015 by curator David Gryn, Daata is the only digital art incubator dedicated to commissioning, curating, and selling all mediums of digital art including video, digital animation, augmented reality, and NFTs. Daata collaborates with emerging and leading contemporary artists from across the globe to bring their most ambitious ideas to life. Daata supports these artworks via exhibitions, sales, collector relations, marketing, and international partnerships to bring digital art into the mainstream. Dedicated to bridging the gap between the traditional art market and the metaverse, Daata supports both physical installations and exhibitions in the online “Daataverse” where collectors and digital art enthusiasts can purchase works as well as engage deeply with the artworks and the digital art community. To date, Daata has commissioned more than 400 artworks by more than 100 artists and Daata has collaborated internationally with galleries, museums, collections, art fairs, festivals and other organizations including: NASA, Hammer Museum, Kiasma, Julia Stoschek Collection, The Bass, MOCAD, Art Basel, Frieze, EXPO CHICAGO, Phillips, Independent Art Fair, NADA, Art Fair Philippines, PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Hauser & Wirth, kurimanzutto, Marian Goodman, Simon Lee, Stephen Friedman, VSF and Thaddaeus Ropac.
Daata’s library of commissions are free to view online at daata.art
Press related inquiries contact:
Alex Valls
info@goodtoknow.fyi
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