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Into the Clouds
Ripstop nylon
Each: 120 in x 75 in x 90 in
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes, by exchange
2020.5.A-C
Click here to see Art Talk: FriendWithYou presented by the Conni Gordon Education Series.
Click here to see a talk with FriendsWithYou and Pharrell Williams at the NSU Art Museum.
FriendsWithYou is the fine art collaborative of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, working together since 2002. They aim to use their multi-media works to spread the positive message of “Magic, Luck, and Friendship." Their process encompasses the healing arts, modern rituals, animism, and recognizable symbols as a means “to prompt a wide spectrum of emotions from playfulness to self-reflection." For the past 17 years, their work has focused on the contemporary art practice “relational aesthetics" that spreads positive intentions to affect culture. Their work has traveled the globe, and the artists are considered pioneers in the field of experiential art. Their fully immersive installations serve as cultural happenings that inspire compassion, joy and communal interactions. FriendsWithYou has also adapted its philosophy to a number of mass media applications, most notably their Netflix series, True and the Rainbow Kingdom.
NSU Art Museum commissioned this installation for the
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