Océano interior [The ocean within] invites you to venture into the deep. This immersive oceanic journey presented as an encounter with the most remote and the most intimate takes you through polar landscapes and eternal ice fields – well beyond the continental shores – towards the unknown that dwells within ourselves.

An archipelago of works emerges, revealing fantastical habitats and abyssal geologies. From kelp forests to southern landscapes where life and planetary memory persist, the ocean appears as an archive of ancestral technologies. It is here where the earliest metamorphoses of life took place and where future transformations will unfold. Bioluminescent creatures, invisible currents and submerged worlds reawaken a primordial sense of wonder, capable of transforming our way of seeing, feeling and thinking. Immense bodies of water offer a territory to be discovered, where our fascination can open the door to imagine more empathetic and complex forms of life.

In a context of increasing exploitation of marine ecosystems, Océano interior advocates for imagining creative responses to pressing questions, such as: how can we adapt to a changing environment? What can we learn from the species that inhabit the ocean? Listening to the rumblings of the ocean also involves allowing a space for pause, patience and deep empathy. In the midst of a moment in time that is saturated with urgency and fear, this exhibition proposes a new perspective; one in which we submerge ourselves and navigate other rhythms and states of matter through myths, narratives, stories of diasporas and scientific research which, thanks to the emotional power of the aesthetic experience, expand the boundaries of the known.