10.000 - 30
10.000-30 is a research installation created during my residency at Fabrica, it explores my study of native practises in 19th Century Tierra del Fuego, settler colonialism and genocide, from a Chilean-Argentinian lens. The first part of the exhibition narrates displacement and coexistence through ceramics, while the second reimagines the pieces as future archaeological findings.
The project seeks to uncover a painful past
''They lived here for 10.000 years but were displaced in less than 30''
Alessandra Centorbi
Nottingham, England
Research process, Alessandra Centorbi
Tierra del fuego, Tierra del agua, Gerda StudioVase depicting rivers and bodies of water found in Tierra del fuego, as well as a canoe sitting on the edge of the vase.
Child's plate, Gerda StudioThe child runs, the child sings and shout, The child cries and sees his mother again. When the river looks dark, cold and frozen, the child shelters between the walls of tree bark and the warmth of the embers of the fire. And the warmth of his father, who guides the canoe. And that of his sisters, who sleep while they wait for their mother’s long journey into the depths of the river. The boy is tired, after so much chasing and running with the guanaquitos, He is so tired that he sleeps, He sleeps for minutes that slowly turn into hours and days. When the boy wakes up, he finds himself surrounded by plants, some thorns brush against his body and confused, he gets up and runs back home. The child runs, the child sings and shout, The child cries and sees his mother again
Spearhead vase, Gerda StudioBlack stoneware clay, unglazed
Exhibition space of 10.000 - 30, Gerda StudioA looping video of the sea, accompanied by sounds of the sea waves and a wooden ship, as well as ice cracking in the background, separates the two areas of the exhibition. The ceramic pieces developed for the project present themselves in the front, next to a table with six fanzines displaying poems and texts that explaint the origin of the concept that gave life to each piece. Then, on the back and behind this area you can find broken ceramic pieces in the bottom and a looping documentary made with 3d scans and renders, portraying a futuristic scenario where these pieces are found, yet their origin remains unknown.