“Ebb + Flow” assembles collective stories and sounds from the Everglades wetlands of South Florida. Organized by Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) (Established 2001, Miami, Florida), whose residency program has cultivated artists’ perspectives on the Everglades National Park since 2001, this project honors the communities and various ecosystems of this region, considering a worldview that expands beyond the human era.
Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), Installation of “Ebb + Flow” in Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution
Including oral histories from preservation advocates Daniel Tommie (Seminole Tribe of Florida), Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, and Dr. Wallis Tinnie, in an environment conceived by AIRIE alumni Cornelius Tulloch, Germane Barnes, and Christina Petterson, the installation articulates the cultural and environmental heritage of this subtropical landscape, which is under threat from urban development and climate crisis.
Artistic direction by Cornelius Tulloch. Sound stations designed by Germane Barnes. Seating designed by Christina Pettersson. Video and audio portraits by Ania Freer. Soundscape installation by Atéha Bailly. Exhibition support and production by Kristina Reinis, Givanete Castillo, and Heike Dempster.
Advisory support from the Everglades National Park, Reverend Houston Cypress, Tracey Robertson Carter, Eve Samples, Alan Scott, Jonathan Truppman, Christina Seely, Gavin McKenzie, Dr. Wallis Tinnie, Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, Amanda Williams, Pedro Ramos, and Reginald Chapple.
This installation is made possible with additional support from the AIRIE Board of Trustees and exhibition donors; Tracey Robertson Carter and Christopher Carter, Tyler Emerson-Dorsch and Brook Dorsch, Felecia Hatcher-Pearson and Derick Pearson, Grant and Deborah Smith, Gavin and Christy McKenzie, Tatiana Mouarbes, Open Society Foundation, Tile Allemann and Jonathan Truppman, Riyaad Seecharan, Valerie Grace Ricordi and Jay Flynn, Diana Wege, and Wege Foundation.