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Installation by Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe and Alexandre Singh
“Hello Meth Lab in the Sun #13,” 2008
This was set up in an unfinished retail/residential space in midtown. This building is not yet occupied. The interior spaces are wired and mostly finished, but there was still a lot of exposed concrete and insulation. It was very much the anti-Free Sheep -- up-and-coming rather than condemned. The first two floors were filled with paintings, sculptures, installations, and video art that were somewhat compelling, but the installation on the third floor was the best piece we've seen in Miami thus far. The installation took over a mostly finished condo in the building in its entirety. Some rooms were viewable through plexiglass or peepholes in false walls installed in the home, while others were intended to be walked through. The first floor had a meth lab set up in the kitchen, and the upper floor offered surveillance of the lower floor, along with a refrigerator that had a false back, through which was a room that was completely charred on the interior, another room had holes in the wall with tape recorders exposed, another room contained dozens of mason jars with various detritus, and it ended with a view of Miami from the condo's balcony. On the way out we bumped into an Olsen twin. We think it was Mary-Kate because she was wearing so many clothes.
The Versace mansion is indeed one of the jewels of Miami Beach, but do people photograph the front door because it is well designed or because Versace was slain on the steps.
As I wondered around Ocean Drive today I saw dozens of people shooting the front of the house. Death curiosity? It is odd knowing you are standing on the spot where someone died.