Surrounded Islands

[3] The project was supported by the Miami-Dade Public Library System, which aided in the planning and facilitated coordination with local officials to attain the approvals necessary to realize it.

Margarita Cano, the Library System's Head of Community Relations, and librarian-curator Barbara Young were involved in the development of the project and helped the artists test the specialized fabric, custom made in Germany and Japan, on the roof of the former Bayfront Park library location in Downtown Miami to determine its durability and if it would fade before selecting it for use in the installation.

[5] The exhibition was curated by Margarita Cano and Barbara Young and detailed its process, concepts, and development while featuring the sketches and now-iconic pink cloth used, which were subsequently donated to the Library System's Vasari Project archives.

[7] The artwork is discussed, in contrast with William Lustig's 1980 slasher film Maniac, in David Antin's poem what it means to be avant-garde.

The film comments on how the artist duo wrapped a set of islands out of South Florida with 6.5 million square feet of pink textile.