MIAMI, Fla. — It’s been said that South Florida’s art scene is booming with notoriety. 

Miami has been undergoing an art renaissance for decades, with new museums, festivals and new galleries.

Now a new art experience has opened called Superblue Miami that challenges the way we all view art.

And it’s a place you and your family may want to check out next time you’re in Miami.

When you enter Superblue, you’ll see the art venue is divided into large rooms.

In one room, you will find thousands of lights hanging from the ceiling, forming a net of glowing lights.

Place your hand underneath one of three specific lights, and this light will sense your heartbeat.

“Every lightbulb is flickering to a participant’s heartbeat,” said Shantelle Rodriguez, the director of the experiential art center at Superblue.

Once that light grabs your heartbeat, it is shared among thousands of other visitors.

“It uses a technology called photoplethysmography, which is reading blood circulating in your veins. And it’s going to pick up your heartbeat and shoot in up into the canopy,” Rodriguez said.

More than 20 artists from around the world have created the exhibits using lights and projections.

The idea is for guests to experience art in a whole new manner.

It’s nothing like your typical art gallery or museum, where paintings or photos hang from walls. 

“Every ticket that is sold here is shared with the artists that are presenting here,” she said.

Walk into another room and you will find 30-foot ceilings where projections of flowers are growing on the wall.

You can walk along the projection and have an interaction by touching the screen. 

“So, these large flowers that grow, the more they react to your touch and wither and die. And a whole new flower will grow after that,” Rodriguez said.

Superblue opened in May 2021 and is home to what artists here call experiential art, which challenges traditional venues and makes it more accessible and engaging to diverse audiences.  

“So, redefining the way art is experienced. Broadening the audience for art from all ages and backgrounds,” Rodriguez said.

One room you might want to check out is the cloud room.

There is an extra cost aside from the entrance fee to experience this room, where you will have to put on shoe covers and a plastic raincoat.

Entering this exhibit is pure fun. 

The artist who created this room wants guests to feel like they are walking through clouds.

Machines inside this room pump out clouds that are made of materials that allow you to shape the clouds as you walk through.

“There’s these large foam structures with the right technology and science in the room, including proper humidity and viscosity of the bubble liquid and all of that. They create these masses that go around you,” she said.

Whether it’s a cloud room, giant waterfalls or flowers that live and die, it’s a presentation from creative artists who might just be changing the way we all experience art.

Superblue is located near downtown Miami and is open 7 days a week.

The price for an adult ticket with a Florida ID is $29.

For more information, visit https://www.superblue.com/.

Correction: This original version of this story named an incorrect opening date. Superblue opened in May 2021.