A glimpse into another creative journey.
Museography
In 2015 I was given the task to create a space for a Visitors Center in the Straight of Magellan. It was an epic enterprise to overtake, especially because I had never done anything like it before.
Everything started with sketches and discussions on how to narrate a story. We did it through illustrations, videos, sculptures and even hanging a real fisherman's boat from the ceiling!
One of the things I enjoyed most was the creation of a continuous barrel volt on the ceiling, dimly illuminated by the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere.
Under which, a timeline in the form of a glass showcase displayed the story of the Straight of Magellan, through a curated selection of ships that crossed this dangerous body of water. Starting with Nao Victoria and ending with Goleta Ancud.
The astrolabe, the boat, the maquetes...
The main area of the visitors center was all about navigation as ways to discover the Staright of Magellan. Therefore, under the stars that were used by sailors for guidance, we decided to mention other man-made tools, like maps, pilot books, lighthouses, cross staffs, leadlines, and others. Of all the tools that sailors used, the astrolabe was the most beautiful of all.
We generated an experience. We didn't think about things to display, but to create an environment to immerse oneselve in the story to connect history in our memory through emotions. That was our goal, I was the orchestrator and my main teammate was Mirko Vukasovic.
This is the right eye of a humpback whale.
It caught our attention. Not only because of how wise the look in this eye is but for the fact that the person who drew this wasn't only a naturalist, but a whaleman, a man that hunted whales and at the same time was able to execute this drawing with great love.
Tell tales of the forest...
We sculpted three movements of the Cachana (Austral Parakeet) or the "tell tales of the forest"...
Mold making was left to my husband, Sam Detch.
And I hand painted over forty fiberglass birds. Which we then hung like a flock in the Visitors Center.
