Working in Exhibitions.
From 2019 to 2022 I participated in more than 10 exhibitions in the Centro de las Artes, on the Site Museum (previously a penitentiary pavillion with 15 ex-cells available as exhibitions spaces) and the Gallery, an elongated, contemporary volume
I started as an intern, learning the basics and working to understand the role of architects within museums and exhibition planning, as well as getting to know the concept of ‘museography’ for the first time.
The builing, which was originally built as a penitentiary in the late 1800’s, is now home to three large exhibition spaces: the Site Museum, the Gallery and the Leonora Carrington Museum. I quickly became passionate about the space, its history, and how it allowes people to connect. The community within the Exhibitions Coordination was enthusiastic and hard-working, making me realise how much I wanted to keep in touch with this world after finishing my internship.
Contributing on and off during 2020, I came back and joined the team to coordinate the installation of a few exhibitions before leaving in August of 2022 to study an MA in London.
The job as an exhibitions assistant was less glamorous than anything most people imagine. Working in a public museum teaches you about austerity and resource-creativity. We didn’t keep a lot of records and museography projects were adapted and re-adapted to the space depending on physical/climatic conditions - budget or the ability we had as a team to install (or not) a certain piece.
Please find a comprehensible recollection of some of the exhibitions I happily worked in during this period of my life.
I started as an intern, learning the basics and working to understand the role of architects within museums and exhibition planning, as well as getting to know the concept of ‘museography’ for the first time.
The builing, which was originally built as a penitentiary in the late 1800’s, is now home to three large exhibition spaces: the Site Museum, the Gallery and the Leonora Carrington Museum. I quickly became passionate about the space, its history, and how it allowes people to connect. The community within the Exhibitions Coordination was enthusiastic and hard-working, making me realise how much I wanted to keep in touch with this world after finishing my internship.
Contributing on and off during 2020, I came back and joined the team to coordinate the installation of a few exhibitions before leaving in August of 2022 to study an MA in London.
The job as an exhibitions assistant was less glamorous than anything most people imagine. Working in a public museum teaches you about austerity and resource-creativity. We didn’t keep a lot of records and museography projects were adapted and re-adapted to the space depending on physical/climatic conditions - budget or the ability we had as a team to install (or not) a certain piece.
Please find a comprehensible recollection of some of the exhibitions I happily worked in during this period of my life.
Additionally, I’ve contributed to other exhibitions . Please find more about them in the following links.
- Architectural Association (HCT 22-23 cohort)
- Kirkland Gallery (collab. with DC Arquitecto)