Pacha-Tikray, Inversion Chamber, Co-production Workshop by Nicolás Sáez

PACHA-TIKRAY, INVERSION CHAMBER, CO-PRODUCTION WORKSHOP BY NICOLÁS SÁEZ

Another crossover between the museum without museum and school without school programs was generated with the workshop for the construction of the piece Pacha-Tikray, Inversion Chamber by the architect and photographer from Concepción, Nicolás Sáez, conducted with his assistants Ismael Sandoval and Patricio Valderrama (former students of the artist) on the rooftop of the AIEP Professional Institute in Antofagasta from October 2nd to the 5th. This piece was also made with the collaboration and enthusiasm of four students of the Technician in Art career of the Institute who, after the opening, became mediators of the work.

Nicolás’ work is a large-scale dark chamber, whose particularities are its habitability, design, manufacture, and interactivity. Going into it alone, sitting down, and watching an upside-down image of the world in the dark is a key part of this artwork. The triangular shape is directly linked to the ancestral representations of the Andean mountains. Through its rigorous manufacture, the spatial coordinates of the world disappear, while projecting it upside down. Hence its expressive potential, a transposed point of view with a blurred horizon, which exhibited an indeterminate image of eastern Antofagasta, between veiled hills and endless urban buildings. The outside was a block of planed wood, in which visitors could freely leave their impressions of the experience. One of these writings read: “It was a special experience, although it made me a bit claustrophobic, it was an opportunity to reflect.” A large-scale dark chamber, whose particularities are its habitability, design, manufacture, and interactivity.

Once the work was finished, the artist was invited by AIEP to give a virtual talk to its students.