Art installations at every Miami-Dade park will call attention to climate change threat | WPLG

All across Miami-Dade County, at every single public park, sculpted markers are being set into the ground.

But this is more than just art in public places. It’s a socially engaged project with an urgent call to action.

It’s called “The Underwater,” an evolving installation on climate change conceived by Miami-Dade Artist-in-Residence Xavier Cortada, whose first visit to Antarctica in 2007 left him shaken to the core.

“It’s not just about the polar bears or the manatee, it’s literally about your wallet. It’s about your kids future. It’s about their inheritance, it’s about the Miami you love,” said Cortada. “Scientists gave me a chunk of ice, put in my hand and said, ‘This is going to melt and drown your city.’ The only place I’ve called home.”

That was it. The fuse was lit for what would explode into Cortada’s most ambitious project to date.

Learn more at www.cortada.com/underwater