Documented artwork / sculptural installation
Chultún El Semillero
A speculative space-time capsule connects Maya storage chambers with space exploration. Two steel structures joined by a narrow tunnel carry ideas about ancestral knowledge, seeds and the shared resources needed for future life.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2021 commission announcement; 2025 exhibition documented
- Materials
- welded steel
- Documented setting
- unknown
- Dimensions
- Not documented
- Dimensions apply to
- Not documented
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2025
Seeds: Containers of a World to Come, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
- Site
- Kemper Art Museum
- Event
- Seeds: Containers of a World to Come
- Start year
- 2025
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
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- beatrizcortez.com ↗ · Checked 2026-09-21
- samfoxschool.washu.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-09-21
- samfoxschool.washu.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17