The ReefLine- The Miami Reef Star
Bodhi Patil
Bids starting at
$5,000
We’d love to invite you to be one of the 57 founding members of The ReefLine, Miami Beach’s underwater sculpture park and artificial reef. We’re preparing for our first deployment in summer 2025, and the installation includes Miami Reef Star by Carlos Betancourt in collaboration with Alberto Latorre, composed of 57 stars. As a Founding Star Member, your name will be a permanent part of this landmark. We will celebrate this milestone at Miami Art Week 2024 with a site specific art installation unveiling the Miami Reef Star prototypes followed by a special dinner on December 2nd. There are only a few spots left! It would mean a lot to have you with us!
The Story
It’s the heart of our approach to Marine Acupuncture. Using the power of fart as a tool for change, fostering our natural ability to regenerate The ReefLine applies a cross-disciplinary approach of high art and deep science in particularly powerful pressure points across the vastness of the world’s oceans seeking to unlock their regenerative potential. This practice of marine acupuncture has the power to unleash the intrinsic forces of human ingenuity and ecological succession. The ultimate aim is to foster the resilience of natural systems and inspire community engagement brief
The Artist
Carlos Betancourt (born 1966) is a Puerto Rican artist. His artworks delve into the role of art in preserving memory. Through a thoughtful re-examination of his personal experiences, he reveals how beauty and identity, environment and context can frame and recontextualize even the simplest objects, uncovering their profound power and emotional resonance. With a career spanning over three decades, Betancourt’s works are part of public art collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, New Orleans Museum of Art and the Perez Art Museum Miami. Alberto Latorre is an architect, designer, and multidisciplinary artist who uses his work in architecture, design, and art to blur the boundaries between artistic expression and our connection to nature
