New World School of the Arts, in collaboration with Locust Projects, presents /dis·place·meant/ an immersive exhibition featuring 14 emerging artists working with photogrammetry, 3D printing, augmented reality (AR), Ai, and video projection. The installation investigates the layered meanings of displacement in its many states—physical, procedural, and psychological—through interactive and spatially altered experiences.
“/dis·place·meant/ invites the audience to reflect on the multifaceted nature of displacement, to see beyond the physical and delve into the emotional and psychological impacts of the work and the impact on the viewer. The integration of 3D scanning and augmented reality, capturing moments with all its glitches and imperfections not only enhances the visual experience but also bridges the gap between art and technology in a novel way and highlights that time and materiality are fleeting.” – Alisa Pitchenik Charles, NWSA Professor of ART+TECH, and Curator of /dis·place·meant/
Developed in the NWSA college-level ART+TECH Imaging Processes course led by Professor Pitchenik Charles, the exhibition showcases experimental projects shaped through site visits to Locust Projects, ongoing critiques in the NWSA ART+TECH Lab, and support from the Knight Foundation-funded Digital Innovation Lounge + LAB (DiLL) at Locust. Facilitated in part by Andrew McLees, Art + Digital Innovation Manager at Locust Projects, the collaboration provided students access to contemporary artist talks and digital resources throughout the semester.
Exhibition Highlights
– AR-activated wall artwork: Each artist presents a large-scale C-print that serves as an AR trigger, unveiling a hidden digital animation or experience through your phone or an on-site tablet. In addition, the class will debut Class Displaced, a permanent geo-located AR piece embedded at Locust’s front entrance, blurring the line between public space and digital intervention
– 3D-printed sculptures: Physical forms created through photogrammetry scanning and digital modeling anchor several installations, emphasizing themes of identity, absence, and transformation
– Immersive video projection: One wall transforms into a cinematic loop of off-site AR activations, documenting the artists’ experiments with memory, nostalgia, sci-fi, and absurdity
Exhibiting artists
Damoni Byrd, Merly Corvo, Travis Dix, Joshua Joseph, Nova Fernandez, Gabi Lecusay, Anthony Leon-Delgado, Erika Marquez, Jabari Owens, Elizabeth Perez, Alisa Pitchenik Charles (NWSA professor), Veronica Ruz, Valkyrie Toro, and Jazlyn Valle.
At New World School of the Arts, visual arts students explore and develop their personal artistic and aesthetic vision while being guided by a dynamic and distinguished faculty who are all practicing artists. Through disciplined training in traditional and new media, students also develop new skills and refine others while gaining invaluable understanding of the roles of art and design in society. Areas of concentration in visual arts include Art & Technology, Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Information about the NWSA visual arts program is available at 305-237-3620.
A Florida center of excellence in the visual and performing arts, New World School of the Arts is an educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College, and University of Florida. NWSA provides a comprehensive program of artistic, creative, and academic development through a curriculum that reflects our community and the rich multicultural state of Florida. Through our partners NWSA confers the high school diploma, Associate of Arts degree, and Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees in programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance, Music, Theater and Art & Design. NWSA’s rigorous eight-year curriculum and conservatory-style teaching has empowered students in our community and our nation to become leaders in the arts for more three decades. Information about New World School of the Arts at 305-237-3135 or nwsa.mdc.edu.
Founded by artists for artists in 1998, Locust Projects is Miami’s longest running nonprofit alternative art space. Locust Projects produces, presents, and nurtures ambitious and experimental new art and the exchange of ideas through commissioned exhibitions and projects, artist residencies, summer art intensives for teens, and public programs on contemporary art and curatorial practice. As a leading incubator of new art and ideas, Locust Projects emphasizes boundary-pushing creative endeavors, risk-taking and experimentation by local, national, and international artists.
/DIS·PLACE·MEANT/
Opening Reception: May 10; 6-9 PM
On view May 10-31
Locust Projects
297 NE 67 Street, Miami
Free and open to the public