Man is an
animal of language
Man is an
animal of language









The work takes its reference from an ancient astronomical technique discovered in Mexico. The "Ojo Estelar" (Starry Eye) is a technology used to study the movement of the stars by pre-Columbian cultures and has been detected by the self-run Community Museum of the Xico Valley in Chalco, on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Genaro Amaro Altamirano -director of the Museum-, together with an archaeologist, had found the tomb of an Aztec astronomer. Inside the tomb, there was a stone seat, and in front, a round basin. The place was used by the astronomer to study the night sky reflected in the basin filled with water. Unfortunately, the authorities sealed the tomb due to a lack of funds for restoration.
Involving the Museum in the production of a new prototype of "Ojo Estelares" this project aims to diffuse a discover that it is not possible to preserve. The prototype shape is based on Klein's bottle, an algebraic shape used in mathematics to describe the universe.
Elisa Strinna, A Hole in the Universe Ojo estelar prototype; The Sky Beyond Venice, print on satin paper, 70 x70 cm; at Galleria Massimodeluca, If I were You I’d call me Us, immersion of the Klein’s bottle (cement and iron, 43 x 48 x 17 cm); print on satin paper, 70 x 70 cm
Community Museum of the Xico Valley, The Sky Beholder; Ojo estelares prototype by the Community Museum of the Xico Valley in Chalco, 2015; The sky beholder, aztec statue collected in the Xico Museum;