Event Details

Part fiction, part reality, the Grotto is a scale installation of a series of faux coral boulders sculpted into a secluded lounge inspired by coral rock quarries and the mythology surrounding the fictional identities that form around these places, where young people and outsiders gather to sequester themselves. The Grotto takes cues from local sites such as the Coral Castle and the Venetian Pool where digging for coral rock acquiesced to a mystical landscape, and a fantasy Venetian enclave, respectively. Imbedded with fossils of coral rock as well as everyday objects such as cellphones and car keys one might lose while communing amongst the large rocks, The Grotto is part pavilion, part folly, where one can escape the ordinary.