Installazione collezioni First Nations, Sud Dakota

The installation was the result of a dialogue between the museum's planner and designer Massimo Chiappetta and Gerald Mac Master, a Cree artist from the Canadian Plains. Gerald accepted the invitation to interpret the museum's collections from his people and present in Genoa since 1892. The pieces came from the American Catholic Missions for Colombian celebrations in the last century and were donated to the city at the end. The display leads to the female and child world of some South Dakota peoples, whose artefacts, however, are laid on a bed of marble dust, as a sign of homage to peoples we have exterminated with alcohol, disease, guns and greed for raw materials and territories to conquer for our own good. Incorporating the indigenous voice into the transmission of the collections, bringing together multiple voices and multiple perspectives was crucial for us to broaden both the vision and interpretation.