Published on the occasion of the exhibition Catherine Camargo, Frederic Snitzer, & Fared Manzur at Rice Hotel, this essay traces three sustained encounters through the exhibition's architecture of sound, language, and observation. Moving between personal reflection and close looking, the text approaches each artist through a different mode of attention, allowing memory, perception, and proximity to shape its course. Rather than offering fixed interpretations, the essay remains with what accumulates between objects, people, and place. With installation views and reproductions of select artworks, the publication extends the encounter beyond the rooms of Rice Hotel.

Catherine, Fared, & Fred
Miami, Florida, United States
May – July, 2026

Text by: Books Bischof
Edition size: 100 copies

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