YOU ARE LOVE

Site-specific public installation, 2026

Medium:
Light-emitting diodes, electric wire, acrylic, aluminum, steel, hardware, timer, sensor, custom circuit, paint, and lamp

You Are Love is a site-specific public installation created for Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Composed of an illuminated calligraphic sculpture integrated within a painted architectural structure, the work transforms language into a shared spatial experience.

Location:
Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida

Videos by Natalia Santander
Photos by Valerie Lopez

The installation combines custom-fabricated acrylic, aluminum, and steel elements with LED illumination, sensors, timer controls, and custom electronic circuitry. A vibrant color intervention activates the surrounding architecture, extending the work beyond the sculptural object and into the public realm.

At the center of the work is a simple idea: words have the power to shape how we feel, connect, and remember. By translating the handwritten concept into light, scale, and space, Camilo Rojas transforms an intimate realization into a public reminder.

Installed within one of Miami Beach's most active pedestrian corridors, YOU ARE LOVE invites passersby to pause, reflect, and reconnect with something often hidden beneath the noise of everyday life.

Not something to become.

Something to remember.

You Are Love reflects Rojas' ongoing exploration of how language can activate space,
foster belonging, and transform simple words into meaningful shared experiences.