To'on: The Story of Contemporary Mayans

 

To'on is another project I developed with Adriaan Schalkwijk in 2014. We worked amongst historians, photographers, linguists and ethnographers to show a glimpse at contemporary Mayan towns in the southern territory of Mexico.

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The museography as a concept is developed around 7 Mayan legends that represent the same values in today's societies than thousands of years ago.

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The exhibition took place inside the Palacio Cantón, an old palace from one of Merida's richest families during the 1900's and was comprised of a series of "sensory chambers" that picture behaviors and characteristics of contemporary Mayans with images, objects, textures and sound.