Elijah Wood & Zach Cowie of Wooden Wisdom

Miami, FL – December 1, 2015 – Swire Properties Inc, one of South Florida’s leading international developers of urban real estate, welcomed Art Basel 2015 by opening the landmark $1.05 billion Brickell City Centre construction site for elite members of the international art and design communities to experience the project in its unfinished form, celebrating Swire’s commitment to art, sustainability and the community. The VIP evening included an intimate art and design dialogue followed by a cocktail celebration for more than 400 guests, featuring the vinyl-only paradise garage sounds of Wooden Wisdom, the underground celebrity DJ duo of Elijah Wood and Zach Cowie.

Guests also experienced for the first time the illumination of the CLIMATE RIBBON™, a $30 million installation of art and science that spans 150,000 square feet and connects all three blocks of Brickell City Centre. The elevated sculptural trellis consists of steel, fabric and glass and functions as an environmental management system for future shoppers, residents, hotel guests and office tenants of the 9.1-acre site. Select art and design aficionados attended the master dialogue, where famed designer Hugh Dutton, along with Arquitectonica’s Bernardo Fort-Brescia, both instrumental in the CLIMATE RIBBON™’s sustainable design, joined British pop artist Allen Jones to discuss the marriage of art, design, function and relationships with moderator Allison Pickett, Swire’s longtime corporate art consultant.   For the first time in the U.S., Jones unveiled his six-ton, 20-foot sculpture, “Dancers,” for the occasion, a sleek oeuvre that greeted guests at the entrance of the site with its sways and curves mimicking the wavelike movement of the CLIMATE RIBBON™ billowing above it. The abstract sculpture, which depicts an interlocked, tangoing couple, has been showcased at the renowned Royal Academy of London as recently as 2014 during Allen Jones’ retrospective exhibition.

Elijah Wood & Zach Cowie of Wooden Wisdom

Stephen Owens

Alison Pickett, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Hugh Dutton, Allen Jones, & Stephen Owens

Alison Pickett, Stephen Owens, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Hugh Dutton, & Allen Jones

Alison Pickett, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Hugh Dutton, & Allen Jones

Alison Pickett, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, & Hugh Dutton

Alison Pickett, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Hugh Dutton, & Allen Jones

Alison Pickett, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Hugh Dutton, & Allen Jones

Elijah Wood & Zach Cowie of Wooden Wisdom

Elijah Wood of Wooden Wisdom

Zach Cowie of Wooden Wisdom

Zach Cowie of Wooden Wisdom, Stephen Owens, & Elijah Wood of Wooden Wisdom

Laurent Fraticelli, Stephen Owens, & Elijah Wood of Wooden Wisdom

Chris Gandolfo, Jeff Benson, & Stephen Owens

Gonzalo Cortabarria, Gita Shamdasani, Aimee & Stephen Owens

Aimee & Stephen Owens

Maile Aguila & Stephen Owens

Edward Owens, Linda Chu, Laurent Fraticelli, Clare Laverty, Stephen Owens, Gonzalo Cortabarria, Maile Aguila, David Arraya, & Efren Ales

Edward Owens, Linda Chu, Stephen Owens, Zach Cowie, Gonzalo Cortabarria, Elijah Wood of Wooden Wisdom, Maile Aguila, Laurent Fraticelli, Efren Ales, Deborah Overholt, Alison Pickett, Allen Jones, & Chris Gandolfo

Allen Jones

Allen Jones & Alison Pickett

Juan Manuel Barrientos & Carrie Hyman

Amanda Harris, Ken Cooney, & Maile Aguila

Anne Moise & Khadija Andrews

Gina Sanchez & Yan Paoli

Kevin O’Donnell & Danielle Bourgi

Maity Interiano & Ale Siller

Carmen Lilly & Layne Smerilson

Joshua Roth, Clare Laverty, & Allese Thomson

Chris Gandolfo, Jeff Benson, & Clare Laverty

Zara Rahim, Sarah Humphries, Ara Hossain, & Emilie Sobel

Carrie Hyman, Kelly Blanco, & Jenise Fernandez