North Beach Trophy Shop 

Cast silicone alligator skins, custom built installation trailer, t-8 florescent lights, neon, astro-turf, performers 

Dimensions: 240"x180"x102"

Year: 2014

Press Release From SELECT Miami

BAUHELM ENTERPRISES

North Shore Park Installation

SELECT | ART FAIR | DEC 2 – 7

73rd and Collins Avenue

Miami Beach, FL 

SELECT is proud to debut a new installation from scientist/artist team Kate Helms and Michael J. Bauman. Under the handle Bauhelm Enterprises, Helms and Bauman will present a new installation entitled North Beach Trophy Shop. North Beach Trophy Shop is inspired by the wunderkammer, carnivalesque lighting, and notions of bionic paradise. Helms and Bauman’s, Trophy Shop will offer brilliantly colored, highly detailed silicone replicas of alligator hides out of a custom-fabricated 5’x10’ trailer, transforming an outdoor location into a hotspot for tropical revelry.

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