Doors to Freedom

A public installation arrives at Mid Beach Park as Doors to Freedom transforms the space into an open-air testimony to artists living under authoritarian rule. Presented in partnership with the Human Rights Foundation, Cuban Freedom March and the City of Miami Beach, the project shares the work and stories of creators who have faced censorship, imprisonment, or exile for what they chose to express.

The installation centers on a series of sculptural structures designed by Fullservice Office in collaboration with FXN Works Studio. These forms echo the architecture of confinement—walls, thresholds, barriers—yet become surfaces where drawings, etchings, performance documentation, and sculptural works reclaim visibility. Together they trace the experiences of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Rayma Suprani, Zehra Doğan, the Gao Brothers, Azza Abo Rebieh, Pedro X. Molina and Song Byeok, artists whose satire, symbolism, and acts of public performance challenge the narratives imposed by the states they fled or continue to confront.

Open daily during Miami Art Week, Doors to Freedom positions art as testimony and resistance, inviting visitors to engage with creative voices that persist even under the most restrictive conditions.

This installation is on view December 1-7 at Mid Beach Park and is free to the public.