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Artist Talk with Yucef Merhi

An artist talk with Yucef Merhi, the inaugural winner of O, Miami's new Technically Poetic commission.

By O, Miami

Date and time

Saturday, May 11 · 2 - 3:30pm EDT

Location

Miami Beach Regional Library

227 22nd Street Miami Beach, FL 33139

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Wish-a-Poem is an interactive installation by artist Yucef Merhi that invites 3 users at 3 libraries across Miami to co-create a poem by rubbing a magic lamp. Inspired by the magic lamp's literary roots, Wish-a-Poem positions the object as a form of decolonial technology within the context of AI. Yucef Merhi is the inaugural winner of Technically Poetic, O, Miami’s new $30,000 commission for artists working at the intersection of poetry and technology.

Please join us for this special artist talk with Yucef at the Aventura Branch Library.


  • Saturday, May 11th | 2-3:30pm
  • Miami Beach Regional Library
  • Free and open to the public


About Technically PoeticWith funding provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, O, Miami is proud to announce the creation of Technically Poetic, an artist commission that unites poetry and technology. The commission is an open call for an artist or artist team of any discipline to create an original project that uses technology to spread the poetry of Miamians to Miamians. Interested in applying for the 2025 Festival? Check our Awards page in the Summer for more details.

Yucef Merhi is a Miami-based artist, poet, and coder, whose innovative works fuse language, technology, and philosophical ideas. His work has been exhibited at the New Museum, New York; LACMA, Los Angeles; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas; De Appel, Amsterdam; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; and Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul; among others.


Accessibility To request materials in an accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any accommodation, please contact Alanna Siemer at programs2@omiami.org five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

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O, Miami

O, Miami builds community through poetry in Miami, FL. We produce the annual O, Miami Poetry Festival and other programs that bring the best literature to the greatest number of people. For more, visit omiami.org.

To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any disability accommodation, please contact Monica Peña  (monica@omiami.org) five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

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