The Project
Inspired by Aruba’s Indigenous rock drawings, the project explores how traces from the past continue to resonate in the present.
Its aim is to strengthen awareness, understanding, and care for this fragile cultural heritage by creating new ways of engaging with the drawings and the landscapes in which they exist.
The journey unfolds through three interconnected perspectives: SITE, SIDE, and SIGHT.
SITE – SIDE – SIGHT WALKS
A shared journey
The project emerged through a shared process of walking, observation, dialogue, and research. Guided by the long-term work of archaeologist Harold J. Kelly and developed in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum Aruba (MANA), it brings together archaeological knowledge, artistic practice, and public engagement.
SITEWALK
SITE
Presence
Walking to the places
Walking to the physical sites throughout Aruba where Indigenous rock drawings are found.
Experiencing the landscape through heat, wind, silence, and distance.
Standing where others once stood.
SIDEWALK
SIDE
Sharing
Walking alongside
Walking with archaeologist Harold Kelly.
Learning through conversation, collaboration, and shared experience.
SIDE is also the slower path beside the main road — a place for observation, reflection, and exchange.
SIGHTWALK
SIGHT
Inner Seeing
Seeing differently
What do we see?
What remains hidden?
SIGHT explores what emerges through stillness, reflection, and attention.
Glass becomes a medium through which light, memory, and insight take shape.
The project continues
SITE – SIDE – SIGHT WALKS continues through different forms of research, participation and encounter.
Living Heritage – Passing Knowledge in Aruba
An educational art programme connecting young Arubans with Indigenous rock drawings through artistic research and glass.
SIGHTwalk – Private In-Sight Experience
A private cultural experience for visitors who want to encounter Aruba’s Indigenous heritage through landscape, art and reflection.
