Musoe Open Air

Mural diptychs: portraits of Indigenous peoples in public space

flowchart LR A((World Representation)) --> T([The Tangible]) A --> I((The Intangible)) I --> C([Images of Capitalism]) I --> P([Images of the Popular]) I --> AN((Images of the Ancestors)) AN --> TA([Urban Mapuche: The Felling of Memory]) AN --> MU((Musoe Open Air)) click A "/EN/world-representation.html" "Go to World Representation" click T "/EN/tangible.html" "Go to The Tangible" click I "/EN/intangible.html" "Go to The Intangible" click C "/EN/images-of-capitalism.html" "Go to Images of Capitalism" click P "/EN/images-of-the-popular.html" "Go to Images of the Popular" click AN "/EN/images-of-the-ancestors.html" "Go to Images of the Ancestors" click TA "/EN/urban-mapuche.html" "Go to The Felling of Memory" click MU "/EN/musoe-open-air.html" "You are here"

Musoe Open Air is a series of mural diptychs painted on the facades of three-story residential buildings. The works portray men and women from Mapuche, Aymara, Rapa Nui, and Selk'nam cultures.

The series was completed in La Florida, Santiago, between 2018 and 2021. It comprises four mural diptychs, each panel measuring 8.0 × 6.0 meters, made with acrylic enamel and varnish on brick in Villa Alberto Larraguibel.

The name Musoe combines the artist's teenage graffiti name, Jusoe, with the Spanish word museo. The diptych format responds to the paired architecture of the site and enables complementary readings: man/woman, figure/symbol, presence/territory.

MURAL DIPTYCHS (2018–2021)

Portraiture, historically associated with distinction and honor, is used here as a strategy of recognition. The images give public scale and visibility to Indigenous presence, treating the image itself as territory and memory.

1. TO THE MAPUCHE PEOPLE (2018)

Location: Av. A. Vespucio 6566, La Florida.
Format: Mural diptych, 8.0 × 6.0 m each panel.
Technique: Acrylic enamel and varnish on brick.

Musoe Open Air 1, Mapuche mural diptych — Musoe Open Air 1 — To the Mapuche People, 2018.

Mapuche mural diptych in Villa Alberto Larraguibel — Mapuche diptych in its residential setting.

2. TO THE AYMARA PEOPLE (2019)

Location: Av. A. Vespucio 6460, La Florida.
Format: Mural diptych, 8.0 × 6.0 m each panel.
Technique: Acrylic enamel and varnish on brick.

Musoe Open Air 2, Aymara mural diptych — Musoe Open Air 2 — To the Aymara People, 2019.

Aymara mural diptych in public space — Aymara diptych and neighborhood scale.

3. TO THE RAPA NUI PEOPLE (2020)

Location: Av. El Parque 6486, La Florida.
Format: Mural diptych, 8.0 × 6.0 m each panel.
Technique: Acrylic enamel and varnish on brick.

Musoe Open Air 3, Rapa Nui mural diptych — Musoe Open Air 3 — To the Rapa Nui People, 2020.

Rapa Nui mural diptych in Villa Alberto Larraguibel — Rapa Nui diptych in its architectural context.

4. TO THE SELK'NAM PEOPLE (2021)

Location: Av. El Parque 6467, La Florida.
Format: Mural diptych, 8.0 × 6.0 m each panel.
Technique: Acrylic enamel and varnish on brick.
Additional material: Photio photocatalytic additive, according to manufacturer information.

Musoe Open Air 4, Selk'nam mural diptych — Musoe Open Air 4 — To the Selk'nam People, 2021.

Selk'nam mural diptych in public space — Selk'nam diptych and public-space view.

Images of the Ancestors

Return to the conceptual branch.

Urban Mapuche

The Felling of Memory.