In the compelling Natural Transcendence, the multi-media installation Where Water and Rock Collide (2021) by Wendy Wischer stands out as the sole work fueled by evocations of geography, history, and climate crisis west of the Mississippi. It’s a perspective rarely seen in South Florida, given this region’s many ties to the Caribbean and Latin America. The vivid presence of water from the drought-affected Colorado River in her installation, presented for the first time in Miami Beach, offers an implicit reference to the environmental challenge of rising seas facing greater Miami. This reference is apt since Wischer, based in Salt Lake City, was formerly based in Miami.
