Who
Who!
National Museum and Research Center of Altamira
Santillana del Mar - Spain
From  May 18, 2018

Artist
Andrea Juan

Coordination & Direction
Pilar Fatás
Director
Asun Martínez
Art and Education
Isabel Trinidad
Press / Press
Who!!! It is a participative site-specific installation, in the natural environment of the Altamira Museum, which invites visitors to explore it and discover who has been the one who made the first art, the beginning of culture and all humanity.
The installation that we set up in the natural environment, on Friday, May 18, celebrating International Museum Day, is delimited by four trees very close to the stalactite cave, and has hundreds of basic geometric shapes: triangles, squares and circles that also represent the four fundamental elements of nature: water, earth, air and fire which dialogue with the organic forms of nature.
The mirrored elements that are at different heights suspended from a structure formed by a square, a circle and triangles, partially reflect the visitor in their journey, multiplying their images and those of the environment, without knowing that he / she are essential parts in this project.
It is in a giant dream catcher, so that the visitors can cross it, enjoy it and find them reflected in a text-mirror....

Text in the mirror:

We…who paid homage to life, respecting, admiring and communing with nature, weaving tales and legends that we left as testaments in our caves, and that today, unfortunately we no longer comprehend.
I, you, she, he together with them, are here in this special, magical place, just to discover ourselves again...

Who!!!
Who!!! It is a catalyst for spirits and souls, a generator of collective energies and consciousness, a dream and memories catcher.
Who!!! It is not a question, it is a declamation of enthusiasm, of knowing that we were the ones we made, a long time ago, the Art of Altamira ... We!!!
We who took care of our environment, who dialogued with the beings with whom we lived with, trees, leaves, grass, animals, birds, caterpillars and butterflies ...
We felt, we vibrated...
We had dreams, fantasies, fears and hopes ... Children and future...
We who communed with the earth, the sky, the sea, the rain and the winds...
WE!!
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