My Solo Experience at Superblue Miami
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Ever since I visited teamLab Borderless in Japan, I’ve been fascinated with digital art. When I heard that Superblue Miami was going to have a teamLab exhibit at their digital art museum, I was beyond excited and knew I had to make a visit.
It’s really a one-of-a-kind experience where you interact with the art and you feel immersed in the amazing creations surrounding you.
I was making a solo weekend trip to Miami staying in the Brickell area and luckily, Superblue Miami was near the hotel I was staying at, so this was the perfect opportunity to visit.
Downtown Miami has a great transportation system and I was easily able to take the metro from my hotel to the museum. I got off at Santa Clara Metrorail Station and walked 12 minutes to the museum from there.
The admission fee to Superblue is usually $36, but since I’m a Florida resident, I had a little discount and paid $29 instead. If you want to experience their special exhibit, it’s an extra $12. I decided to pay the extra fee and check out teamLab’s Massless Clouds Between Sculpture and Life exhibit.
I purchased my tickets in advance online and showed my QR code as soon as I entered the building. I visited the museum in the evening around 5pm on a Friday and there was no wait time. It was not crowded at all, so I think this was a good time to visit.
The first thing I did was enter the teamLab’s cloud experience. I was given a raincoat along with shoe covers to protect my clothes from the bubbles floating around the room.
As I walked around the cloud bubble room, I didn’t feel like it was anything special. The music playing in the room wasn’t really memorable either. I just felt like I was aimlessly walking around some quiet bubble party.
It was a little disappointing and definitely not worth the extra money for me. I feel like they should just include this experience in the ticket price.
Next, I entered the waterfall room. This was the same digital art by teamLab that I experienced in Japan and it’s absolutely breathtaking. I think the version in Japan was a little better, but that might be because I was experiencing this for the second time.
The waterfall experience has the same features in Japan where the waterfall interacts with you if you touch it or go near it. The scenes also change every so often.
As I made my way to the next area, I passed by an interesting 3D digital art piece that was pretty mesmerizing. It was some sort of tree or branch spinning in 3D space and the colors were so vibrant and sharp that I couldn’t stop staring at it.
The next room was a very chill vibe where there were a bunch of large bean bags laying on the ground and a large screen projecting a video. There were several people laying on the bean bags and watching the video quietly. I relaxed here a bit and watched the artistic video for a few minutes.
As I made my way to the other rooms, there were works by James Turrell, Sebastião Salgado, and Es Devlin. They were all interesting in their own right, but my favorite experience was Es Devlin’s Forest of Us.
In this experience, we watched a short film first about the relationship between human respiration and the breathing of trees. Then, to my surprise, the doors open to a bright, reflective, mirror maze.
The mirror maze is spectacular, to say the least. You can definitely take awesome photos within this installation, but the experience itself is out of this world. Every turn you take, you see a reflection of yourself - left, right, and even up top.
I’m a new Es Devlin fan and inspired by all of her amazing work. She has worked on so many large-scale projects and has even worked with high-profile celebrities like Billie Eilish and Beyoncé.
After the mirror maze, I went into a path that was all red that led to the exit. Before you leave Superblue, you can also check out Yinka Ilori’s colorful work outdoors.
Overall, I enjoyed my experience at Superblue and discovered some amazing new artists. I spent about an hour and a half walking through all the exhibits of Superblue, so it doesn’t take away too much time from your day if you are thinking about visiting this museum.
SUPERBLUE MIAMI
ADDRESS: 1101 NW 23 Street, Miami, FL 33127
HOURS: Monday–Thursday: 11am–7pm, Friday–Saturday: 10am–8pm, Sunday: 10am–7pm
ADMISSION: Florida Resident $29, Adult $36, Child $32