GeoVanna Gonzalez

Puerto Rican-Costa Rican-American, living and working in Miami and Berlin

Moving Interlude, 2021

Aluminum, powder coating pigment, acrylic one-way architectural film and concrete,  The Plaza at Government Center 

Courtesy of the artist

Moving Interlude is a functional sculpture that challenges the traditional dynamic between the built environment and open spaces. Gonzalez is interested in revealing how urban design and architecture embody cultural values and create spatial injustices. For her commission, the artist recontextualizes forms and strategies of hostile architecture traditionally used by urban designers to control and restrict behavior in the public realm.

Railings, one-way mirrored acrylic, and dividers that are often used to create inequitable and unjust spaces become the foundation for a functional sculpture that encourages and facilitates informal social interactions. Situated at GovernmentCenter, this work is intended to be used by city workers, commuters, civilians, houseless individuals, and other denizens of downtown Miami as a space to rest, convene, and commune.

GeoVanna Gonzalez received her B.F.A. at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. Her work has been recently featured in solo and group exhibitions at Locust Projects, Miami; Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Miami; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami; The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington, D.C.; Dimensions Variable, Miami; The Bass, Miami Beach; NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale; Oolite Arts, Miami Beach; AIM Biennial, Miami; Commuter Biennial, Miami. 

Photography by Zachary Balber.