My friend and artist, Sergio Garcia, encouraged to me to truly see myself as "an artist". I was on doctor's orders to "go find something creative to do with yourself" and was searching for a project or something to do that would make me feel happy.
I was given an opportunity to participate in an all woman show a gallery at Art Rouge in Wynwood, Florida. It was April 4th and with only an idea based on a short film script I had been "tweaking" for 2 years I pitched an idea of a video and photographs. Thanks to the universe which brought key people in my life at exactly that moment I was ready for the open in May.
You know the line: JUST DO IT, I DID IT!
These people who helped where all fairly new friends yet they provided the cameras, video and still (when I took on the assignment I did own a single camera), helped with printing the images and provided very important guidance into the art world, from the perspective of an artist. In less than one month Fauna was created.
Tawlk about chutzpeh!
Femmedomania – All woman show Art Rouge (46 NW 36 Street, Miami, Florida) May, 2010
About the project:
The images in FAUNA are the organic personification of being Grounded, providing Security, representing Permanence, the symbolisms of Growth and the Family. All is energy and we draw energy up and in from our roots always remembering that from which we come from humbly and with honor.
In order to effectively represent the manifestation of drawing in of the power of Mother Earth in the photography: a moment of the stream of power is captured and honored in silence. This is the power found in roots and trees and in us when we ground and connect with Mother Earth’s energy. In video: the now moment present in the living trees and significance of their size with the passage of time.
About the artist:
Uprooted as a teen from Brooklyn, New York and transplanted to Miami, Florida in the late 1970’s in a transition which forced me to face the unique, social and cultural shocks one experiences living in Miami, I learned to speak Spanish outside of my house to fit in.
And where skyscrapers, concrete playgrounds, and brick once had surrounded me, there was what has remained of the natural abundant jungle like habitat of The Grove. So lush and green and fragrant surroundings and in a N.Y. minute I acquired a great appreciation for the lush fauna and flora of this tropical city.
After spending more than a dozen years as a commercial copywriter and producer for television, Ms. Monica Uribe is currently focused on documentary screenplays, Internet Radio, photography and travel.
Monica Uribe holds a degree in Communications, Video/Film from the University of Miami, is a mother of three, Realtor, Reiki Master and a former Coconut Grove resident.
