Following the success of last year’s pop-up, The Prada Double Club, a live music venue and nightclub staged for three days during Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach fairs, the Italian fashion house returns for 2018 with Prada Mode, a private members’ club hosted at the Freehand hostel near Miami Creek.
German artist Carsten Höller was responsible for last year’s neon and monochrome installation, which opened in a disused 1920s film studios in the Wynwood District. A venue of two halves, it was inspired by Congolese and Western culture, like the original Double Club pop-up Höller created for Prada in London in 2008.
Continuing in the same vein, for 2018 Prada has collaborated with another artist on the ephemeral Prada Mode private members’ club, which takes over the lobby, lounge, restaurant, pool and tropical courtyard garden of the Freehand. Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, whose work often hovers between art and life, manifested through installation, performance and urban interventions, has transformed the space with a selection of photography.
Midcentury modern furniture and an abundance of ferns and palms generates a retro aesthetic of 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Miami. This is enhanced by a gallery of black and white photography dating from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, which Gates has curated from the archives of the legendary Johnson Publishing Company.
One of the rare black-owned businesses in postwar America, the publishing house became a famous chronicler of African American culture, producing successful magazines such as Ebony and Jet. The Miami members’ club, which includes the ‘Johnson Lounge’, designed by Gates with vintage furniture, is an experiential sequel to ‘The Black Image Corporation’, an exhibition staged currently by Gates in Milan at the Fondazione Prada Osservatorio until 14 January 2019.
Peaceful jungle oasis by day and bustling pool party with live music and rotating DJs, Prada Mode Miami is staffed by waiters in smart Prada uniforms, and members can enjoy an all-day menu of Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut with local dishes such as fresh ceviche. For more substantial dining the Freehand’s 27 Restaurant has been given the Prada spin with a special menu.
Prada Mode might only be open for three days, but like the Double Club the branding is on point with graphic identity extending to the menus, coasters and bespoke cocktail menu, and just like its predecessor it's likely to be the hottest ticket in town.
INFORMATION
Prada Mode is open until 6th December 2018.
ADDRESS
Freehand Miami
2727 Indian Creek Drive
Miami Beach
FL 33140
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