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AT THE FILM HUB
OUR LADY OF
GUADALUPE
THE TILMA EXPERIENCE
A museum-grade exhibition built around one of the most scientifically examined and spiritually significant sacred artifacts in the world — A PAINTING MADE BY GOD?
AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION
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30-MINUTE CINEMATIC DOCUMENTARY
15 FABRIC PANELS - WITH SMART PHONE AUDIO TOUR
TWO LOOPED ANIMATIONS ON FLAT PANELS
A INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK
FULL-SIZE REPRODUCTION
6FT GUADALUPE STATUE
THREE 6X8' LIGHTBOXES - EYES, STARS, SCIENCE TIMELINE
HISTORY IN ART TIMELINE
490 years, no decay. No sizing. No brushstrokes.
The Event
Mexico at the crossroads.
A widowed farmer.
Four apparitions across four days.
Castilian roses in December.
The world in 1531
Juan Diego: the man
behind the miracle
The apparitions: December 9–12
The roses and the season
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The TILMA
An ayate cloak woven from agave fibers. An image with no brushstrokes. An iconography legible to both the conqueror and the conquered.
The fabric: what it is,
and how it survives
The image: no brushstrokes,
no underdrawing
The eyes of the Virgin:
images within images
The 46 stars on the mantle
What she stands on:
the angel and the moon
Iconography: a message
in two languages
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The SCIENCE
Five centuries of investigation by chemists, ophthalmologists, astronomers, and NASA optical physicists. The image mechanism remains officially unexplained.
Scientific examination timeline (1751–present)
Alternative theories
and the skeptical case
Temperature, dynamite,
and acid: resilience
Parallels with the
Shroud of Turin
What remains unknown
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A museum-grade exhibition built around one of the most scientifically examined and spiritually significant sacred artifacts in the world — A PAINTING MADE BY GOD?
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