Leave No Trace Opening Party

Red Flag.org presents “LEAVE NO TRACE”, an art exhibition addressing the issue of extinction and featuring special commission works from Bhakti Baxter, David Brooks, Brian Butler, N. Dash, Benjamin Degen, Mark Dion, Jim Drain, Christina Pettersson, Rebeca Raney, and Dana Sherwood. With three interactive bodies of work we will explore the story of our relationship to the great web of life. 

When venturing into nature the ethos of every wilderness lover is to “Leave No Trace”. That means we should enter nature humbly, carry out our trash and leave it the way we found it. 

When we step out of nature and into modern civilization there are a new set of rules. To “civilize” is to tame what is wild – to re-organize, re-design, and leave our trace. In the process we are eradicating entire bloodlines of species from the planet and ironically leaving “no trace” of animals and habitats that were here for millennia before we arrived. 

For this exhibition Red Flag has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to raise awareness and funding that will go directly to their Central Florida land conservation project for the Florida Panther. The aim of the project is to expand habitat and access to habitat for the Florida Panther, which was among the first animals to be listed on the U.S. Endangered Species List. 

Join us on Saturday October 24, 2015 from 7-11pm for the opening of “LEAVE NO TRACE” at Swampspace (Design District) 3940 North Miami Avenue – Miami, Florida 33127. We will have free drinks, live performances, opportunities to win a work of art and special performances by Camille Arroyo, Mustafa Wright, and Shira Lee of BaBa Yaga Art Wagon. 

Throughout the exhibition calendar we will offer several free events. Stay informed through our events page.