Jook is part of a larger set of works that highlight family histories and memories in media, collectively representing my community in Homestead, FL-- the lens through which I explore loss of home, culture, and place, and invokes conversations surrounding gentrification and displacement. This piece documents a Black vernacular dance style from Miami called "jookin'," which is part of Miami Bass music. I was interested in capturing the filmic motion of the fabric like a traditional painting. It was acquired in a private collection.

Sydney Rose Maubert (b.1996) is a Haitian-Cuban artist and architect based in Miami. A graduate of Yale University and the University of Miami, she leads Sydney R. Maubert, LLC., a practice recognized by the Graham Foundation, Oolites Ellies Creator Award, Locust Projects Wavemaker Grant, NALAC Foundation, and others. Her work has been exhibited at the Bakehouse Arts Complex, GreenSpace Miami, Cornell Hartell Gallery, and more, and is held in the 21C Museum’s permanent collection. Maubert has had fellowships at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Cornell University, completed an Artist Residency in the Everglades, and will serve upcoming residencies at Arts4Learning Miami and the Bakehouse Art Complex. She also sits on the Center for Architecture’s Scholarship Committee, has taught at several universities, and her writing has appeared in Avery Review, Log, Drawing Matter, and Yale Retrospecta. Architect Magazine has named her a New Progressive.