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Sallisa Rosa: ‘The audience can remember what the earth feels like’ Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 interview Sallisa Rosa: ‘The audience can remember what the earth feels like’ The Brazilian artist’s first solo US project, an Audemars Piguet Contemporary commission, turns the Collins Park Rotunda into a cavern of clay Gabriella Angeleti 9 December 2023 Share Sallisa Rosa's Miami installation will be part of next year's inaugural programming at the Pina Contemporânea in São Paulo Courtesy the artist and Audemars Piguet In her first solo presentation in the US, the Brazilian artist Sallisa Rosa has created an immersive installation made from ceramics concocted from raw materials gathered in Rio de Janeiro, where she is based. The Audemars Piguet Contemporary commission, Topography of Memory (2023), evokes a miniature cave, enveloping the viewer in a meditative space. While the work symbolically references ancestry and identity, its themes are not specifically autobiographical.