A good way to draw the attention of visitors to any exhibition is to show a sculpture of baby to excessive size. Shanghai Expo 2010 presents a giant baby for the Spanish Pavilion, is called Miguelín, has movement and measures 6 and a half meters.
The idea is the Spanish director Isabel Coixet, who along with Bigas Luna and Basilio Martín Patino is responsible for providing content to one of the rooms of the Spanish pavilion of the Expo.
The giant baby was created in the Amalgamated Dynamics workshop in the United States, responsible for shaping less angelic creatures, such as Alien or the "Starship Troopers" bugs. The figure of "little" Miguelín is endowed with movement and gestures based on the real expressions of babies and that impress a lot, as I have seen on television.
This image of the giant baby is intended to refer to the motto of Spain in the exhibition, "From the city of our parents to that of our children."
The explanation is that it is intended to expose the evolution of Spanish cities throughout history and imagine the cities of the future. In addition, we also want to raise awareness about our present decisions for the future of our children. With this purpose, Isabel Coixet has created several shorts that will accompany Miguelín in the Spanish pavilion.
We have seen giant baby sculptures in Madrid, in Paris or in the United Kingdom. And it seems that enlarging what is so small is striking. And more if the features are as real as those presented by Miguelín.
At least to me, I don't know about you, these giant sculptures are much more pleasant to me than the miniature or life-size reproductions of babies that seem almost real.
In any case, this giant baby in the Spain pavilion of Expo 2010 It will not leave visitors indifferent, although I hope they are left with something more than with the image of Miguelín representing Spain.
