Lee Pivnik is Nurturing A Culture of Ecological Care

“Miami is between two national parks, and both are at these points of precarity. The city itself has emerged out of this draining and dredging of ecosystems. What we build and how we live in relationship to the environment around us are some driving things I’m investigating in my work.”

Lee Pivnik works across mediums, often returning to sculpture, video, and social practice. His art takes inspiration from living systems and other species to imagine a future that is based on mutualistic relationships instead of extractive economies.

Watch this 3-minute video to learn more for yourself. Filmed by Preguntas Studio at The Deering Estate.