Michele Oka Doner
Epoxy terrazzo, bronze, mother-of-pearl
Concourse A, Miami International Airport

Phase I: Spillis Candela & Partners, Inc.
Phase II: Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, Inc.
Long walks along Miami’s beaches observing shells, seaweed, and other marine forms deposited by the tides inspired this monumental site-specific art installation. Phase I of A Walk on the Beach, a half-mile-long walkway featuring two thousand unique cast bronze elements embedded in a dark gray terrazzo matrix, celebrates the saltwater plants and vertebrate creatures inhabiting South Florida’s shallow coastal waters.  Scatterings of mother-of-pearl create a richness of texture and reference the sea foam at the water’s edge. 

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