Liony Garcia

Historically, public architecture was built to last, and in spiritually directed cultures, its aim was towards eternity. Corporeal Decorum is a multidisciplinary dance performance piece and investigation into the cultural erasure of Miami’s Art Deco District, an area that is particularly affected by the effects of climate change and sea level rise.

The piece memorializes important features of the city’s surviving deco architecture, concretizing its elements in both scenery and the body itself. The performer's body stores the memory of these places through sequences of movements that are derived from the tracing of architectural ornamentation in the region. It is a work that deals with themes of loss, recovery, and rebirth.