Col 86, Cabinet of Curiosities of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Colombia, 2023 
Installation with objects and various materials 

A current in cultural historiography has sought to approach the study of the past through speculative analysis of events that could have occurred, not only relying on the evidence of completed facts (Burke, 2012). The cancellation of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, originally awarded to Colombia by FIFA in 1974 and declined by President Belisario Betancourt in 1982, represents a point that society repeatedly returns to, to assess our capacity for organization and social and economic development. This is the origin of "Col 86, Cabinet of Curiosities of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Colombia," a proposal for museographic interpretation composed of graphic material and sculptural objects. With these, Juan Sicard creates a series of "non-documentary" pieces that speculate on how this sporting event could have unfolded in our country. Sicard's speculation about the graphic identity of Colombia '86 led him to create newspaper pages with news that would have made headlines worldwide, as well as uniforms, cleats, and souvenirs. Sicard connects part of our cultural and identity history with the setbacks triggered by drug trafficking and the social and political instability of the 1980s, which justified the event's suspension. All of this provides an opportunity to understand sports as a political and social index within a contextualized field. 
 

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