ECOTOPIA
collaborative art work
ECOTOPIA COLLABORATIVE ART INSTALLATIONS
by Pangea Kali Virga + Vizcaya Museum and Gardens + you, Miami!
Scroll down to see our three Ecotopia installations made during our Ecotopia workshops.
Including our....
Plastic Hanging Garden
Cyanotype Banners
Tie Dye Picnic Blankets
Ecotopia Postcards made by Nico Hough
Spot them all at the Ecotopia Utopic Town Square Finale Festival!
PLASTIC HANGING GARDENS
AN INSTALLATION MADE ENTIRELY OF PLASTIC BOTTLES AND UPCYCLED MATERIALS
55 STRANDS MADE OF HAND-CUT AND HAND-PAINTED PLASTIC BOTTLES AND ALUMINUM CANS GENTLY SWAY IN THE BREEZE SURROUNDING THE VIZCAYA VILLAGE PICNIC AREA.
These sculptures were crafted from Vizcaya's trash, which is sorted daily. Bottles were prepped by Pangea Kali Virga and Nico Hough, decorated by Lotus House families, community members, and various artist, and strung by Pangea.
This project happened with help from Dayna, Artisans Playhouse, Jeremiah, Paula, Santiago, and others!
Installation by Pangea Kali Virga in partnership with the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Horticulture team.
CYANOTYPE BANNERS
AN INSTALLATION MADE OF UPCYCLED MUSLIN PATCHES PRINTED WITH ORIGINAL CYANOTYPES
60+ INDIVIDUAL CYANOTYPES PRINTED BY THE COMMUNITY AT OUR ECOTOPIA CYANOTYPE WORKSHOP USING PLANTS FORAGED FROM VIZCAYA MUSEUM.
Ecotopia participants learned about cyanotypes while printing their own cyanotype patches to be included in the Ecotopia Cyanotype Banners.
Installation by Pangea Kali Virga in partnership with the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Horticulture team.
ECOTOPIA POST CARDS
DESIGNED BY NICO HOUGH
THESE FUN POSTCARDS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL AT THE ECOTOPIA FESTIVAL FINALE AT THE POET POST OFFICE!
Join Nico Hough, local poet and artist in learning how to write poetry! Send a post card with an original poem on it!
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens will be sending out all the postcards after the event!
TIE DYE PICNIC BLANKETS
MADE DURING OUR TIE DYE WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS DYED PICNIC BLANKETS TO BE USED FOR OUR ECOTOPIA COMMUNITY PICNIC
UPCYCLED MUSLIN, HAND-DYED BY PARTICIPANTS
See them at the Ecotopia Finale Festival as our picnic blankets and table cloths!
