Humans have more in common with animals than many would like to admit — even in how we move. A new three-day art activation in Miami highlights the connections between human migration and animal displacement through an array of murals.
“Kindred Spirits,” a Soul Basel public-art activation, draws parallels between wildlife habitat loss and the displacement of Black communities, such as the I-95 expansion in the 1960s that uprooted 12,000 Black residents.
“A lot of the people who are educated, more upwardly mobile and successful ended up leaving the community,” said Miami native artist Nate Dee, an FIU alum who is an influential artist in South Florida’s art scene…