MIAMI, FLA.- The exhibition, Subject to Interpretation: MONAD Studio, features the duo’s stunning and powerful site-specific installation La Cole (the abbreviation for the Spanish phrase la colectividad judía en Argentina). This colloquial term, La Cole, is recognized by Argentines as lovingly referring to the local community of Jews and its close-knit, strong bonds. All of the elements of La Cole were created using state-of-the-art 3D printers. Large-scale, intricately ornate panels hover above the central space of the gallery.

Suspended from the ceiling as beacons of light, the panels are lit from above in luminous tones emanating down from the dome that adorns the building’s ceiling, radiating light across the porous surfaces of the panels, to evocatively portray the multiple links and rich relations shared between the members of communities all over the world. “Each individual panel will represent a cosmology of communal relations, fusing the singular and the multiple together, representing the coming together as a whole,” said Eric Goldemberg. 

Eric Goldemberg and Veronica Zalcberg are originally from Argentina, and transplanted from New York to Miami in 2006. As architects and artists, they are renowned for their work with 3D printing and have been creating innovative transdisciplinary work together for 26 years.

The installation will also feature a sound component, created by the composer Jacob Sudol specifically for this exhibition. Sudol has sonified La Cole by applying sonic transducers to each panel to create interactive sounds.

On the ground level below the overhead installation, six of MONAD Studio’s signature 3D printed musical instruments will also be on view. MONAD’s functioning musical instruments, truly sensual sculptural works, are in high demand.

Cultural institutions request they be sent on loan to exhibitions and events all over the world including China, Japan, Russia, the Czech Republic, New York, London, Berlin and even at the National Library of Congress, plus technology festivals and 3D printing festivals worldwide. At the opening reception, MONAD Studios’ 3D printed titanium violin will be played by Michael Klotz, and the 3D printed monovioloncello will be played by Jason Calloway.

“This new series Subject to Interpretation is a bold departure for this institution, as we continue to spearhead the role of the museum for the 21st century,” said Susan Gladstone, the Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU.

“Our museum team has enjoyed working with MONAD Studio and the result has been to create fresh, vibrant new work in our galleries. Eric and Veronica are renowned worldwide for their captivating work at FIU’s Miami Beach Urban Studios (MBUS) here on Miami Beach that combines art, architecture, music and design in such an extraordinary manner. We are very fortunate to have these talented artists set the bar so high for this new series that will propel our museum into its next phase of cultural leadership in the community,” adds Susan Gladstone

Veronica and Eric consider themselves as crossover artists, being architects that work across different mediums and with different collaborators. Their work overlaps creativity, design and art, and they are constantly mining for new vehicles and modes of artistic expression to reflect the fluid transitions between architecture and art – often strongly influenced by Miami’s environment.

“We’ve always been obsessed with the native Strangler Fig trees, even before we decided to move to Miami, from seeing them during our visits,” said Veronica Zalcberg. “We are continually fascinated with the shapes of these trees and how they latch onto existing trunks. This installation is after all, totally about roots and growth.”

“Our work for this museum exhibition brings forth the idea of an aggregation, multiples of the same kind that multiply in a certain way to sustain the idea of singularity of the individual but at the same time associating with each other so that they create a collective (La Cole) – a social armature supported by tradition and religion,” adds Eric Goldemberg.