Thank you @nytimes for highlighting our mission and @patchworkcompass for your genius creative writing ! (Link in bio) Part public housing for fish, part carbon-capture project, part art installation, Ximena Caminos’s project for Miami Beach, known as the ReefLine, aims to call attention to the challenges facing the city’s marine life. Ximena Caminos, who is developing the ReefLine In Miami Beach, is an art curator, cultural placemaker and founder of the ocean-centric nonprofit BlueLab Preservation Society. By Nora Walsh New York has the High Line, Miami has the Underline and,in the next few years, Miami Beach will have the ReefLine — a monumental public work featuring an art-studded underwater sculpture park, a carbon-sequestering artificial reef and a seven-mile snorkel trail running from Fourth Street in South Beach to Bal Harbour. Ximena Caminos, an art curator, cultural placemaker (one who uses planning, art and design for community development) and founder of the ocean-centric nonprofit BlueLab Preservation Society, spearheaded this cross-disciplinary project in collaboration with the Miami-based art studio Coral Morphologic. Other partners include the City of Miami Beach, the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), which is responsible for the 15-acre master plan, and players in the blockchain universe like Aorist, a digital art platform, and Decentraland, a 3-D virtual world. The city recently approved a $5 million bond issue to help finance the ReefLine (ranking it on par with Miami Beach’s most significant cultural institutions, like the New World Symphony and Bass Museum), and the first and second phases of the project are supposed to start construction in early 2023. “The ReefLine is a manifestation of all the spheres I care most about,” Ms. Caminos said. “It’s art as a tool for change. It’s sustainable. It’s informed by science and technology. And above all, it’s participatory, free and open to the public.” @thereefline @coralmorphologic @omanewyork @shohei_shigematsu @decentraland_foundation @aorist.art @refikanadol @leandroerlichofficial @knightfdn @randominternational @brandiredd @katefleming @albertolatorrearchitecture

Dear Ocean and Art Lovers, We are excited to announce that in celebration of Miami Art Week, we will be unveiling : MARINE ACUPUNCTURE  The artworks involved in this activation have been selected not only for their undeniable aesthetic value, but also like a dedicated acupuncturist would carefully use a set of tiny needles for pain relief, to address many of the challenges that afflict our oceans and also raise awareness about the dangers of climate change and habitat destruction, hopefully inspiring communities to take action, both at a local and at a global level.   • ‘Heart of Okeanos’ by British artist Petroc Sesti (co-commissioned by The Reefline, Faena Art and CarbonXinc) in collaboration with @decentralandfoundation A smaller version of this CarbonXinc sculpture will be presented at @cop27_egypt in partnership with @oceanic.global     •  ‘Pink Meditation Buoys’ by Argentine artist Andrés Reisinger’s   Curated by @xcaminos ____________________     About ‘Heart of Okeanos’ :  Created with advanced laser scanning techniques, the artwork is a heart-shaped five-foot CarbonXinc sculpture inspired by the heart of a 400-pound blue whale washed ashore in Canada in 2014 and later preserved by scientists. The sculpture will be on view from November 29 to December 4 at the Faena Hotel Cathedral before it is symbolically returned to the ocean at The ReefLine, becoming part of the artificial reef installations that will compose the underwater sculpture park. ‘   About ‘‘Pink Meditation Buoys’: Andrés Reisinger’s floating site-specific installation will give human swimmers a vantage point for reef exploration and local marine life . Even more importantly, during the Miami Art Week, the iridescent pink beacons -always visible from the shore- will anchor and channel the energy of collective guided meditations focusing on the wellbeing of the endangered ecosystem that surrounds them. @atman.spirit Nov 28th - Dec 4th FAENA DISTRIC - MIAMI BEACH  @thereefline @petrocsesti @reisingerandres @decentraland_foundation @FaenaArt @shohei_shigematsu @omanewyork #miamiartweek

We Vote YES !!! Miami Beach voters have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to protect and preserve our world-renowned cultural treasures for generations to come. This November 8th, VOTE YES on REFERENDUM #2! #Yes2Arts Learn More: www.yes2arts.com Bass Museum of Art @thebassmoa Miami City Ballet @miamicityballet The Fillmore Miami Beach @thefillmore Colony Theater @thecolonytheatre Miami Beach Botanical Garden @miamibeachgarden Art Deco Welcome Center @artdecowelcomecenter New World Symphony @nwsymphony Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach @holocaustmemorialmiamibeach Byron Carlyle Theater North Beach Oceanfront Center Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center Miami New Drama at Collins Park Garage @miaminewdrama Miami Beach Bandshell @miamibeachbandshell The Wolfsonian – FIU @wolfsonian The Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU The Reefline @thereefline

@xcaminos Chair of ReefLine will be speaking at Aspen Miami Beach : Climate’s Closing Plenary - May 12th from 11 am - 12.30 pm @nwsymphony “Miami: An Ocean Innovation Hub “ Miami is known for its vibrant culture of innovation in fields including tech, science, and the arts. The city’s location on Biscayne Bay and beside the Atlantic Ocean means that much of that innovation is driven by the need to address climate change, particularly as it relates to ocean and coastal resources. In this panel, local leaders dive into how the city is promoting education through an interplay of art and science, accelerating sustainable entrepreneurship, and leveraging the ocean’s natural ability to capture and store carbon.  ·       Ximena Caminos ·       Laura Steighorst  ·       Anousheh Ansari @anousheh_x (Moderator) @aspenideas @thereefline @miamibeachnews

Join us May 11 th starting 6:00pm for Conservation conversations followed by a cocktail reception. Programming as a follows: 6:00 pm : “Art as a tool for change” Beatriz Chachamovits, Artist Lee Pivnik, Artist Moderator: Kate Fleming, Founder Bridge Initiative / Vice Chair ReefLine 6:30pm: "Nature for people. Nature for places. People for nature." Temperince Morgan, The Nature Conservancy in Florida 7:00pm: CLIMATECOIN explained by Francisco Benedito, CEO 8:00pm: Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue 8:30pm: "Co-Creating with Nature, Coastal Cities Creative Solutions" Mayor Dan Gelber, City of Miami Beach Ximena Caminos, ReefLine Shohei Shigematsu, OMA Shelby Thomas, Ocean Rescue Alliance & Science Director, ReefLine Moderator: Alizé Carrère, National Geographic 9:15pm— Artwork by Michele Oka Doner on view, The Internalized Ocean Performance by William Cepeda Cocktails + Bites + Music by Richie Hell

Ocean Team !!! Magical moments with “Her Deepness” , shining a guiding light forward . “Knowing is the key to caring, and with caring there is hope that people will be motivated to take positive actions.” Sylvia Earle

‘Coral Arena’, is a special commission by @aorist.art in collaboration with The Reefline, OMA/ Shohei Shigematsu x Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud. @omanewyork is an international practice that applies architectural thinking to buildings, urban spaces and domains beyond. This is OMA’s first venture into the NFT sphere. This project is led by @shohei_shigematsu who is a partner at OMA and has led the firm’s portfolio internationally, in the Americas and Japan. His observations and research on the relationship between art and architecture have informed a number of his projects including his collaboration with Nicholas Préaud, Charlotte Taylor and The Reefline for ‘Coral Arena’. @nicholaspreaud is a Paris based architect and digital artist - he explores the ways of connecting the imaginary to the reality of built architecture. And @charlottetaylr is a London based interior designer and creative director. Her studio creates interior spaces that combine the sculptural and the practical; futurism with comfort. #aoristart #OMA #Nicholaspreaud #Charlottetaylor #digitalart #reefline #NFT #cryptoart #datapainting #cryptoartist #digitalart #nftartists #nftartgallery #nftcollector #algorand #digitalpainting #contemporaryart #blockchainart #architellect #digitialinstallation #digitalminimalism #carbonneutral #cleanNFT #NFTtransparency #ecoconciousblockchain #proofofstakeblockchain

Marine explorers have discovered a "pristine" 3km (2-mile) coral reef at depths of 30m (100ft) off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. It is one of the largest discovered at that depth, says the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which led the mission. Dr Julian Barbiere, from Unesco, said there were probably many more of these ecosystems "we just don't know about". "We should be working to map them and to protect them," @bbcnews