A Dream History Tour of Miami with Mathias Svalina

O, Miami is collaborating with Bas Fisher International for a poetry-inspired WEIRD MIAMI bus tour led by surrealist poet Mathias Svalina. We will visit sites of imaginary and unreal historical events and stop in spots where what did not or could not have happened, happened.

Just as history happens at the end of a sentence, in the newest eyes that see a city, this tour treats the city’s history with the lyric logic of the poem, and the expansive nonsense of the dream.

The tour considers how history is crafted & for whom. Participants will be encouraged to find their own ways of rewriting & newly redreaming their city.

Mathias Svalina is the author of nine books, most recently the short story collection Comedy, from Trident Books. Since 2014, he's run a dream delivery service, traveling around the country to write & deliver dreams to subscribers. With the Dream Delivery Service he's worked with the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, the Poetry Foundation, The MOCA Tucson, & the University of Arizona Poetry Center. Learn more & order dreams here.

Bas Fisher International offers a behind the scenes look at the city and its artistic offerings with popular, artist-led WEIRD MIAMI bus tours, which introduce locals, as well as tourists, to lesser-known places and cultural projects. BFI invites artists to create tours that reflect their relationship with the city as a kind of expanded studio visit. Learn more here.

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