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This application is designed to distribute the content stored in rocks, wind, and the gaze of a subjective observer along 1000 km of the fire-patagonian territory. The platform functions as a map that transcends the three Cartesian planes that delimit it, managing information that integrates spatial, temporal, and sensory dimensions. This is an improved version ...

> projects / 2025 / radiales / Visita Preliminar / Archivo Emergente / Antecedentes Históricos / Foro / Documentación / Participantes Robert Carracedo et al. The Murray Channel, formerly known as Yagashaga or Yagán Channel, is a silent witness to a vast cultural heritage that stretches from the ancestral past to the recent historical past. ...

> projects / 2025 / radiales / Preliminary Visit / Emerging Archive / Historic Background / Forum / Documentation / Participants The idea is to understand the heritage as something living, as an activity inscribed in otherness. We are interested in conceiving the distinctive and emerging characteristics of these ecosystems and establishing new definitions necessary ...

> projects / 2025 / radiales / Preliminary Visit / Emerging Archive / Historic Background / Forum / Documentation / Participants Radiales is the name of the new project by Terra Ignota, extending the geological research “Intercultural Contact Zone” conducted between 2017 and 2024 in Yendegaia National Park. This project continues the transdisciplinary study as ...

>> Background Before the research trip to the Zona de Contacto Intercultural, Fernanda Olivares and Nicolás Spencer were invited to participate in a residency at Weltmuseum Wien to be part of the exhibition “Extinction!?” as part of the TAKING CARE project. The idea of this residency was to work with objects from the collections obtained by Martin Gusinde and Carl Hagenbeck and explore new museographic ...

The origin of this work dates back to 2015, following a visit to the Gusinde-Hagenbeck collection consisting of cultural objects originally belonging to the Kawesqar, Selk’nam, Yagán and and Aonikenk peoples, which are now housed in the Weltmuseum, Vienna (formerly the anthropological museum). The review of this collection was initially conducted by Alfredo Prieto and ...

In 2022, Fernanda Olivares and Nicolás Spencer were invited to participate in a residency at Weltmuseum to be part of the exhibition “Extinction!?” as part of the TAKING CARE project. The idea of this residency was to work with the objects belonging to the collections obtained by Martin Gusinde and Carl Hagenbeck and explore new ...

A sound installation by Nicolás Spencer made up of 44 stones in suspension – all collected from Fiordo Témpano north of Puerto Edén to Cabo de Hornos and about to be returned to the place where they were found. In addition to being considered part of the living heritage of the southern territory, the rocks ...

by Nicolas Spencer Archaeology is a scientific discipline that studies human behavior through the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of past and present material and cultural remains. The wind oscillator is a tool that considers this natural force as a cultural object, providing clues about human activity where it resonates. The numbers represent the distance in centimeters ...

This project is an archaeological prospection in Cerro Otten, Última Esperanza, Magallanes, Chile – following the discovery of rock-paintings by Alfredo Prieto in 2022. Despite being located in an easily accessible territory close to inhabited places, the area features numerous unexplored valleys and favorable conditions for discovering rich archaeological sites. The study is aiming to document Prieto’s findings and to establish ...

> projects / 2025 / radiales / Preliminary Visit / Emerging Archive / Historic Background / Forum / Documentation / Participants In preparation for the Radiales project (2025) we did an initial field trip in March 2024 in order to familiarize ourselves with the territory, to meet with the local community, partners and friends, to ...

Artistic vision  The Antarctic continent is the one continent that is still seemingly secluded from the rest of the world. It was the last great land mass discovered by humans and uninhabited until the beginning of its colonization in the early 1820s. For decennia, it has served as a collaborative research territory, governed and safeguarded ...

Alero el Paso – Rock shelter (69.060330ºW, 54.605527ºS, MAMSL 572)LIDAR scan with Scaniverse, IPad Pro 11″, March 08 2023(download .fbx file, 87,7 MB) CMT1_BB2 – Tree mark (69.138833ºW, 54.550670ºS, MAMSL 1)LIDAR scan with Scaniverse, IPad Pro 11″, March 12 2023(download .fbx file 35,2 MB) CMT2_BB2 – Tree mark (69.139301ºW, 54.551048ºS, MAMSL 1)LIDAR scan with Scaniverse, ...

> projects / 2024 / contact zones / conference / exhibition / participants The exhibition at UMAG documents results and different methodologies developed around the discovery of the Intercultural Contact Zone (ICZ) in the Yendegaia National Park. The expedition(s) carried out by the Terra Ignota team (2021 and 2023) confirmed the existence of a transit ...

> projects / 2024 / contact zones / conference / exhibition / participants 13.3.24 Projection: Heritage as an Activity Ideas and strategies to address a challenging question of heritage and environmental responsibility will be discussed. Terra Ignota Forum proposes to conceive spaces as dynamic and adaptable fields with the power to regenerate and reprogram themselves ...

Mirrored perceptions between Tierra del Fuego + RügenMarch and September 2023 Objects in mirror are closer than they appear (unknown automobile producer) Important for the Terra Ignota project is the aspect of mediation. How can this artistic-scientific knowledge production be translated for a wider audience? What are suitable formats for public presentation? How can results ...