SYMPHONY: TRANSITION IN ASCENSION | SPECIAL PROJECTS

Symphony: Transition in Ascension

A layered sound journey by the pool with Agua Dulce playing sound bowls and gong in unison with a tapestry of recorded flutes and sound bowls by Ry. Dulce will be encapsulated with natural plant matter and concrete sculptures by artist Lucía Aquino, while a slow motion, distorted Everglades by Matty Jonas and Tom Mickelson is projected onto the scene. This collaboration merges sound, sculpture, performance and video to create a multi-sensory experience. The recorded audio will chime along with the live performance, layering into a mellow symphony-like surround sound projected through mics and a PA system for the fairgoers to experience at the pool or while wondering about.

ABOUT

Alyssa Andrews (b.1993, Reno, NV) is a multidisciplinary artist from the American Southwest. For the past decade, she has worked as a visual artist in Miami, FL, New York City and Tucson, AZ. Alongside her artistic practice, she works with artists and art organizations facilitating programs, fabrication and art education. Her work has been shown at Feria Clandestina, Flux Factory, [NAME] Publications and The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson. She currently lives and works in Miami Beach, FL.

Lucía Aquino is an artist from Milwaukee, WI with roots from El Salvador. Aquino’s practice ranges from painting to immersive installation and sculptures. Working with a variety of materials including concrete, metal, ceramics and live plants, her work portrays states of construction, disintegration and reconstruction. For the past decade she has worked as an artist in New Orleans, LA and most recently Miami, FL. She has exhibited work at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, The Front, Good Children, among several others. She currently is based in Miami, FL.

Agua Dulce is a queer, neurodivergent, transdisciplinary artist based in Miami, FL. They hold a Bachelors in Psychology and a Bachelors in Art History from Florida International University. Dulce utilizes performance, poetry, metal, ceramics, tattoo, assemblage, installation and sound; integrating intuitive connections with ancestors and spiritual practices related to the land. They cultivate a liberatory expressive practice influenced by community organizing, transformative justice, and a deep commitment to exploring themes of memory, identity, and ancestral connection. Agua is an Associate Artist at the Bakehouse Art Complex, and a ProjectArt resident teaching artist (2024-25). They received an Ellie’s Creator Award (2023) and is a Miami Individual Artist Grant recipient (2024, 2025). Their work has been shown at ICA Miami, ICA Richmond, NADA Art Fair, Satellite Art Fair, MOCA North Miami, Oolite, OMiami, Airie, BFI, Commissioner, Deering Estate, The Bass Museum, Mana Contemporary Art Museum, Edge Zones, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Aspen Ideas, and more.

Ry (they/them) is a queer healing arts practitioner and sound bath facilitator based in Portland, OR. They completed their sound healing training from The Sound Healers Academy (2023). With a lifelong passion for nature and sound, they use intuitive understanding to promote healing, safe spaces and wellbeing in their practice. They work with frequencies utilizing sound bowls, flute, and the organic sounds of nature to create experiences that encompass themes of identity understanding, belonging and acceptance.

Ry was featured on Americas Got Talent (2024) and Ry regularly provides community sound healing sessions in nature and parks, along with live stream full and new moon lunar ceremonies.