Tesla, the future belongs to me

“The present is yours, but the future, for which I have worked so hard, belongs to me” The phrase is from Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943), an inventor who created and imagined part of the future that we inhabit today. He devised alternating current and the radio, but despite this, others went down in history with that merit. He was also a pioneer in robotics, vertical take-off aircraft, remote-controlled weapons, low-consumption lamps, alternative energies and wireless transmission of electricity, among others. However, he did not get the support he needed or the recognition he deserved for it.

Tesla, the future belongs to me is an exhibition that explores the life and work of this genius, through models of inventions such as Columbus's egg, historical photographs, videos, animations, information and some of his most emblematic inventions, such as the Tesla coil and plasma balls.

The exhibition answers who Tesla was, what his emblematic inventions and discoveries are and what his current importance and influence is, so widespread that it goes from Elon Musk to Charly García.

After having been in Mexico, the exhibition comes to Chile curated by Andrea di Castro and presented by the Cultural Corporation of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC).

Organized: CChC Cultural Corporation
Original Idea: Canopia
Curatorship and Research: Andrea di Castro
Advisory: Salvador Quiroz
Original museographic project: Concept M
Graphic identity: Vértigo Galería, Dr. Alderete
Exhibition design: Concepto M, CQ Estudio
Collaborators: Laboratory of Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission
Sponsorship: Ministry of Energy and Faculty of Communications of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Funding: Soquimich

CONICYT Project Ring ACT 172101 CCHEN and U. of Chile 

Credit Photo gallery Jorge Sánchez