If you’re not sure what to do with your yard signs now that the midterm elections are over, a South Florida artist has a suggestion for you.
Visual artist Xavier Cortada is leading a project to turn political yard signs into markers showing how high people’s homes are above sea level. The goal is to bring people together following the divisive 2018 midterms, and to raise awareness of how sea-level rise can impact South Florida — from property values to insurance rates to tidal flooding and contamination of drinking water.
“I want these political signs to be gestures of our civility,” said Cortada, the artist-in-residence at Pinecrest Gardens in south Miami-Dade.