Gloria And Emilio Estefan Celebrate VIP Preview Of “Star Compass” With Elephant Family And The ReefLine, Sponsored By Xerjoff

 

Last night, December 2, 2024, the ReefLine, Elephant Family, and Art&Newport presented Star Compass, a series of three large-scale, multi-sited beachside public art installations honoring the interconnectedness of land and ocean, curated by ReefLine Founder and Artistic Director Ximena Caminos and Art&Newport Founder Dodie Kazanjian.

Notable Guests Included: Ximena Caminos, Ruth Ganesh, Fiona Humphrey, Sergio Momo, Carlos Betancourt, Alberto Latorre, Petroc Sesti, Gloria & Emilio Estefan, Stefania Bortolami, Ayesha Shand, Henri Bergmann, Mia Moretti, Polina Proshkina, and Eve Therond, among others.

Featured artworks included The Great Elephant Migration, Miami Reef Star, and Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile. The Great Elephant Migration is a monumental installation composed of 100 life-sized Indian elephants crafted from Lantana camara, one of the world’s top invasive weeds. Miami Reef Star is a large-scale 60ft sculptural installation by Carlos Betancourt and Alberto Latorre composed of forty-six 3D-printed star modules, which serves as a preview of a permanent artwork that will be installed as part of The ReefLine’s 7-mile-long underwater public sculpture park breaking ground in 2025. Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile, presented by Art&Newport, is one of Daniel Buren’s most significant works and took the form of a regatta featuring sail boats adorned with his trademark colored stripes.

 

 

Celebrations kicked off with Buren’s regatta, raced by Olympic sailors, youth athletes in the Olympic Development Program, and Miami local artists, on the steps of the Peréz Art Museum (PAMM) overlooking Biscayne Bay. The regatta was followed by the unveiling of the sculptural installations at sunset during a beachside cocktail party with sounds by DJ Henri Bergmann including a pop-up presentation of CoExistence, a fragrance by world leading brand in Italian luxury perfumery, Xerjoff. The fragrance was inspired by the flowers of the Indian Elephant’s natural habitat and was created specifically to support the migration. Sergio Momo, Founder and Creative Director of Xerjoff, offered gift bags to guests and created a cocktail recipe referencing the fragrance notes. World-class mixologists from Evelyn’s at Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Fort Lauderdale expertly crafted the unique cocktail alongside their own signature creations. The evening concluded with a private dinner at Casa Faena.

Ximena Caminos, ReefLine Founder & Artistic Director, commented: “The ReefLine seeks to perform a unique kind of ‘marine acupuncture,’ blending art and innovative blue technology to target vital pressure points in the ocean. Our goal is to unlock their regenerative potential, ultimately restoring what has been lost to the devastating effects of climate change while fostering community engagement and awareness. We aspire to become a blue lab for cross disciplinary collaboration and influence public policy.”

Fiona Humphrey, Elephant Family USA Trustee, said: “We’re so thrilled to welcome these elephants to the Miami Beach shoreline, where they will stand majestically at the meeting point of land and sea. I hope this exhibition reminds us of the awe we feel in the presence of wild, free animals and, in our increasingly urban world, inspires humanity to better share space.”

Following the success of The Great Elephant Migration Miami, Four Seasons is honored to continue this meaningful collaboration, as a family of elephants head to Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, where they will be beautifully displayed for the season from December 13th through mid-March.

 

Photos Credit: Matt Borkowski and Lee Smith

Date Posted: December 3, 2024