QUÉ ES EL OBSERVATORIO
A place is recognised by what it expresses.
The Observatory is MA·MA's way of looking at that expression: it studies, selects and documents the work of local Makers, island by island, so that their work enters the spaces being built today, and not only the museums of tomorrow.
Look, study, document
The Observatory grew out of Arte y Diseño Mallorquín, the cultural association behind MA·MA. It is not a directory or an open catalogue: it is a curated archive.
Painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, furniture, light, objects, surfaces, construction. Every Maker in it has gone through a selection, and each record brings together their work, their workshop, their processes and their path.
Ese archivo es la base sobre la que trabaja MA·MA.
When a hotel, a home or a studio is looking for work with an origin, the Observatory is where the conversation begins.
Judgement, creativity, culture
Excelencia
Work made with creativity, intention and a voice of its own.
The selection is demanding because each name answers for the others.
Contemporary creation
What is being created today, not only what was inherited.
Art, design and making that look ahead from the place where they are born.
Culture that circulates
Every commission keeps the islands' creative scene alive and ensures that what is created here stays here, in the spaces that hold it.
Work with a story to tell
Author, workshop, process and path, documented.
A true story behind every piece.
Getting in is a recognition
Every year more Makers want to be part of the Observatory, and every year the selection follows the same criteria: excellence, a voice of their own and a real capacity to work on projects.
For 2027 it admits a maximum of 20 new Makers, because each name answers for the others.
New Makers are presented in public every year, and throughout each edition the Observatory opens the workshops during the Open Studio Tours.