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YOU ARE IN THE HOUSE OF ANA AND JULIO SERRANO. THE HOME PROJECT EXPLORES THEIR LIVES, A PUERTO RICAN COUPLE WHO MOVED TO MIAMI IN 1962 WITH THEIR TWO SONS JULIO AND ANIBAL. THEY BOUGHT THIS HOUSE ON 25TH STREET AND THEY WOULD REMAIN HERE UNTIL THEIR LAST DAYS. THIS HOUSE IS THE LAST STANDING ON 25TH STREET IN WYNWOOD, A NEIGHBORHOOD REMEMBERED BY THE SERRANO FAMILY AS A LIVELY VIBRANT PLACE. THE AREA IS NOW LARGELY DEVELOPED AND GENTRIFIED AS AN ARTS DISTRICT.

HOME IS A SERIES OF WORKS ON CANVAS. THE IMAGES CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THIS ORDINARY FAMILY, EMBODYING THE SPIRIT OF A GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO SHARED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOUSE AND COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT TIME. GUESTS WILL BE INVITED TO THE HOUSE TO EXPERIENCE THE SERRANO FAMILY’S STORY AND BY EXTENSION, HONOR THE LOSS OF COMMUNITY THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED; DISPLACED BY OTHER FORMS OF CULTURE AS SOCIETY EVOLVES OR CRUMBLES AROUND US.

ON THE 16TH OF APRIL, THE HOUSE WILL BE DEMOLISHED TOGETHER WITH THE ART WORKS. COME BACK ON MONDAY TO SEE THE LAST VIEWING OF THE SHOW AS WELL AS THE DEMOLITION.