CELESTE x JO-HS
JO-HS is pleased to present the participation of Celeste in the Special Projects section of Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025, with their large-scale installation Cosmos.
The Cosmos flower, native to central Mexico (Cosmos bipinnatus), transforms the landscape with its pink hues every rainy season. Its resilience has allowed it to migrate naturally, following the cycles of water.
It is likely that this very flower once bloomed in the legendary gardens of Nezahualcóyotl — poet, philosopher, and ruler of Texcoco in the 15th century — sustained by the intricate network of canals and aqueducts he designed to keep the land perpetually fertile. There, water was organized across three levels: above, the streams descending from the mountains; at the center, the pool that received and distributed them; and below, the stairways through which water flowed, giving life at the foot of the mountain.
For Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 – Special Projects, Celeste has developed an installation that envelops the viewer and invites them to move across the plaza, discovering that both the exterior and interior of the textile structure unfold as a visual and narrative journey. Cosmos is conceived as a vessel for water — a space that gathers and guides it with the sole purpose of making life flourish and greenery return. Within it, two flows — one ascending and one descending — meet and intertwine in a spiral.
At the top, the system is nourished by rain, storms, and nearby rivers and lagoons. At the bottom, channels and stairways merge into a single undulating movement: water descends, irrigates the gardens, and allows the flowers of each season to bloom, completing the cycle in harmony and continuity.
The Cosmos flower, native to central Mexico (Cosmos bipinnatus), transforms the landscape with its pink hues every rainy season. Its resilience has allowed it to migrate naturally, following the cycles of water.
It is likely that this very flower once bloomed in the legendary gardens of Nezahualcóyotl — poet, philosopher, and ruler of Texcoco in the 15th century — sustained by the intricate network of canals and aqueducts he designed to keep the land perpetually fertile. There, water was organized across three levels: above, the streams descending from the mountains; at the center, the pool that received and distributed them; and below, the stairways through which water flowed, giving life at the foot of the mountain.
For Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 – Special Projects, Celeste has developed an installation that envelops the viewer and invites them to move across the plaza, discovering that both the exterior and interior of the textile structure unfold as a visual and narrative journey. Cosmos is conceived as a vessel for water — a space that gathers and guides it with the sole purpose of making life flourish and greenery return. Within it, two flows — one ascending and one descending — meet and intertwine in a spiral.
At the top, the system is nourished by rain, storms, and nearby rivers and lagoons. At the bottom, channels and stairways merge into a single undulating movement: water descends, irrigates the gardens, and allows the flowers of each season to bloom, completing the cycle in harmony and continuity.
INSTALLATION VIEWS
MAKING PROCESS OF COSMOS : Images courtesy of the artist
