Falling Walls Engage Project

LOVE LETTER TO A SPACE ROCK

Mexico (Allende)

Description

Love Letter to a space rock is an artistic approach to a scientific dialogue on research about meteoritic in Mexico. A series of art pieces, audiovisuals, photographs and text, are used to create a declaration of love to the Allende meteorite stone, found in 1969 in Mexico. Conceived as a multimedia art installation, this project aims to use tools of contemporary art to present important information about meteoritic science and the importance of Mexican meteorites for world science. Designed for non-specialists in science, love letter to a space rock features a multimedia exhibition, lectures, and workshops around the topic, with the aim of bringing the audience to scientific knowledge through unconventional artistic dynamics.

Region

Latin America & The Caribbean

location

Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico

Type of Organisation

Falling Walls Engage Project

Focus Area / Approach

Arts & Science, Exhibition

Impact Towards SDGs

Goal 4: Quality Education

Main Target Group

Adults (>18 Years Old), Youth & Students (>13 years old)

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Project Lead

‹ People overview

Cintia Duran

2021 Science Engagement (Falling Walls Engage)

Cintia Durán has a degree in Audiovisual Media from the Centro de Arte Audiovisual as well as various specialized workshops in art, programming and science. She is the General Director of Tlaloque, an experimental platform for the dissemination of science in Mexico and the Head of Operations at HackerGarage. Cintia is currently conducting research for the formal inclusion of pre-Hispanic meteorological teachings through a citizen science program in the central area of Mexico. She is also the coordinator of Bibliotecas del Espacio, an educational platform on astronomy and planetary sciences.
Cintia’s photographic and artwork has been exhibited in different states of Mexico and abroad. She has also presented papers on the use of art and photography for science dissemination within the International Astronautical Congress 2016 and 2018 (IAC), and at the CAP Conference Communicating Astronomy with the Public in 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan.