The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930
This exhibition was divided in two sections on either side of the reception desk. The unique architecture posed a challenge to engage the audience to visit both sides with way-finding signage. It also increased the space-planning complexity because of the additional components to the art objects, including multilingual texts, 2 video displays, 1 interactive audioguide map, an extensive historical timeline, and an information graphic. As the exhibition design lead, I directed the junior designer on producing a supplementary newspaper take-away offering the same content in Spanish and English.
The infographic and timeline bookended the exhibition and helped convey the growth of Latin American cities between 1830 to 1930. The infographic achieved this by visualizing quantitative data. While the timeline identified pivotal moments between these years in three sections; politics & economics, culture & arts, and urban projects & town planning. The timeline contained artwork and facsimiles.
Curation: Maristella Casciato, Senior Curator and Head of Architectural Collections at the Getty Research Institute
Exhibition Design and Exhibition Graphic Design: Tristan Telander
Design Director: Merritt Price, former Head of Design
Organized by the Getty Research Institute
This exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern California. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty.