Exhibition Details
Exhibition
Orinoco
Orinoco: Viaxe a un mundo perdido
Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Monte Gaiás, s/n
15707 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Information about the catalogue for the exhibition can be found here.
About the Exhibition
After having traveled for thirteen years through some of the most important cultural institutions in Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Slovenia, and received more than seven million visitors, the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in collaboration with Centro Gaiás Cidade da Cultura present, for the first time in Spain, the exhibition Orinoco: Viaje a un mundo perdido [Orinoco. Journey to a lost world], on view from May 27th 2013 through January 12th, 2014.
The show at Centro Gaiás offers a unique tribute to the cultural tradition of the twelve ethnic groups living in the Venezuelan Amazon: De’aruwa (Piaroa) Ye’kuana, Yanomami, Hiwi (Guahibo) , E’ñepa (Panare) Wakuenai (Curripaco), Baniva, Bare, Puinave, Warekena, Tsase (Piapoco) and Hoti. Composed of a wide selection of useful objects used by each indigenous group, the collection consists of over 1,500 pieces collected over fifty years of exploration: masks, basketry, body ornaments, musical instruments, feathered, canoes, paddles or gear , everyday objects and magical-religious objects made of forest materials, from parts of animals to plants and minerals.
The Orinoco Collection immerses in the so called "Lost World," a protected and warm place in the heart of the Amazon jungle, where only one percent of the sunlight manages to reach the ground by noon, but where thethese groups found twelve thousand years ago a cozy place with all the necessary to live. The exhibition is a hymn to unspoiled nature and to the respect for the environment as well as a tribute to traditional cultures and their environmentally friendly way of live.
You can explore the show at www.orinoco.org
Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Monte Gaiás, s/n
15707 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Information about the catalogue for the exhibition can be found here.
About the Exhibition
After having traveled for thirteen years through some of the most important cultural institutions in Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Slovenia, and received more than seven million visitors, the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in collaboration with Centro Gaiás Cidade da Cultura present, for the first time in Spain, the exhibition Orinoco: Viaje a un mundo perdido [Orinoco. Journey to a lost world], on view from May 27th 2013 through January 12th, 2014.
The show at Centro Gaiás offers a unique tribute to the cultural tradition of the twelve ethnic groups living in the Venezuelan Amazon: De’aruwa (Piaroa) Ye’kuana, Yanomami, Hiwi (Guahibo) , E’ñepa (Panare) Wakuenai (Curripaco), Baniva, Bare, Puinave, Warekena, Tsase (Piapoco) and Hoti. Composed of a wide selection of useful objects used by each indigenous group, the collection consists of over 1,500 pieces collected over fifty years of exploration: masks, basketry, body ornaments, musical instruments, feathered, canoes, paddles or gear , everyday objects and magical-religious objects made of forest materials, from parts of animals to plants and minerals.
The Orinoco Collection immerses in the so called "Lost World," a protected and warm place in the heart of the Amazon jungle, where only one percent of the sunlight manages to reach the ground by noon, but where thethese groups found twelve thousand years ago a cozy place with all the necessary to live. The exhibition is a hymn to unspoiled nature and to the respect for the environment as well as a tribute to traditional cultures and their environmentally friendly way of live.
You can explore the show at www.orinoco.org
- Title: Orinoco: Viaje a un mundo perdido
- Date: May 27, 2013 - January 12, 2014
- Title: Orinoco: Viaje a un mundo perdido
- Date: May 27, 2013 - January 12, 2014
Orinoco: Viaxe a un mundo perdido
Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Monte Gaiás, s/n
15707 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Information about the catalogue for the exhibition can be found here.
About the Exhibition
After having traveled for thirteen years through some of the most important cultural institutions in Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Slovenia, and received more than seven million visitors, the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in collaboration with Centro Gaiás Cidade da Cultura present, for the first time in Spain, the exhibition Orinoco: Viaje a un mundo perdido [Orinoco. Journey to a lost world], on view from May 27th 2013 through January 12th, 2014.
The show at Centro Gaiás offers a unique tribute to the cultural tradition of the twelve ethnic groups living in the Venezuelan Amazon: De’aruwa (Piaroa) Ye’kuana, Yanomami, Hiwi (Guahibo) , E’ñepa (Panare) Wakuenai (Curripaco), Baniva, Bare, Puinave, Warekena, Tsase (Piapoco) and Hoti. Composed of a wide selection of useful objects used by each indigenous group, the collection consists of over 1,500 pieces collected over fifty years of exploration: masks, basketry, body ornaments, musical instruments, feathered, canoes, paddles or gear , everyday objects and magical-religious objects made of forest materials, from parts of animals to plants and minerals.
The Orinoco Collection immerses in the so called "Lost World," a protected and warm place in the heart of the Amazon jungle, where only one percent of the sunlight manages to reach the ground by noon, but where thethese groups found twelve thousand years ago a cozy place with all the necessary to live. The exhibition is a hymn to unspoiled nature and to the respect for the environment as well as a tribute to traditional cultures and their environmentally friendly way of live.
You can explore the show at www.orinoco.org
Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Monte Gaiás, s/n
15707 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Information about the catalogue for the exhibition can be found here.
About the Exhibition
After having traveled for thirteen years through some of the most important cultural institutions in Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Slovenia, and received more than seven million visitors, the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in collaboration with Centro Gaiás Cidade da Cultura present, for the first time in Spain, the exhibition Orinoco: Viaje a un mundo perdido [Orinoco. Journey to a lost world], on view from May 27th 2013 through January 12th, 2014.
The show at Centro Gaiás offers a unique tribute to the cultural tradition of the twelve ethnic groups living in the Venezuelan Amazon: De’aruwa (Piaroa) Ye’kuana, Yanomami, Hiwi (Guahibo) , E’ñepa (Panare) Wakuenai (Curripaco), Baniva, Bare, Puinave, Warekena, Tsase (Piapoco) and Hoti. Composed of a wide selection of useful objects used by each indigenous group, the collection consists of over 1,500 pieces collected over fifty years of exploration: masks, basketry, body ornaments, musical instruments, feathered, canoes, paddles or gear , everyday objects and magical-religious objects made of forest materials, from parts of animals to plants and minerals.
The Orinoco Collection immerses in the so called "Lost World," a protected and warm place in the heart of the Amazon jungle, where only one percent of the sunlight manages to reach the ground by noon, but where thethese groups found twelve thousand years ago a cozy place with all the necessary to live. The exhibition is a hymn to unspoiled nature and to the respect for the environment as well as a tribute to traditional cultures and their environmentally friendly way of live.
You can explore the show at www.orinoco.org